Padarn Beisrudd Tegid

Grandfather of Cunedda Wiedig Edern
Name meant "Paternus of the Scarlet Cloak"

Almost certainly a Roman official of high rank who was placed in command of Roman British troops in the Votadini or Gododdin area, what later became Lothian and Bernicia around 388.

~~~~~~Padarn Beisrudd ap Tegid literally translates as Paternus of the Scarlet Robe, son of Tegid. Combination Celtic Briton and Roman name.

His father may have borne the Roman name of Tacitus. Padarn is believed to have been born in the early 4th century in the Old North (or Y Gogledd Hen) of Roman Britain. According to Old Welsh tradition, his grandson, Cunedda certainly came from Manaw Gododdin, the modern Clackmannanshire region of Scotland.

One traditional interpretation identifies Padarn as a Roman (or Romano-British) official of reasonably high rank who had been placed in command of Votadini troops stationed in Clackmannanshire in the 380s or earlier by the Emperor Magnus Maximus. Alternatively, he may have been a frontier chieftain in the same region who was granted Roman military rank, a practice attested elsewhere along the empire's borders at the time.

His command in modern Scotland likely lasted till his death and was then assumed by his son Edern. Edern was father to Cunedda, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padarn_Beisrudd


Maredydd Tewdws

Little is known about his reign except his death is recorded in the Cambrain Annals as 796 or 797, which coincides with the Mercian's raid on Dyfed. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Rhain and then his younger son, Owain.

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Tewdws

Possibly killed during Offa of Mercia's invasion of Dyfed in 778. Succeeded by his son, Maredydd.

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