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Bonedd Gwyr y Gogledd
(Descent of the Men of the North) Genealogies

from Henwrt MS 536 in The Four Ancient Books of Wales Vol 2

1. [Rheged I]
Vryen uab Kynuarch mab Meircha6n mab Gorust Ledl6m mab Keneu mab Coel.
(Uryen son of Kynvarch son of Meirchawn son of Gorust Ledlum son of Keneu son of Coel.)

2. [Rheged II]
Llywarch Hen mab Elidyr Lydanwyn mab Meircha6n mab Gorust Ledl6m mab Keneu mab Coe1.
(Llywarch Hen son of Elidyr Lydanwyn son of Meirchawn son of Gorust Ledlum son of Keneu son of Coel.)

3. [Eiddin]
Clydno Eidin a Chynan Genhir a Chynuelyn Dr6sgyl [Kynvawr kadgaddvc] a Chatra6t Calchuynyd meibon Kynn6yt Kynn6ydyon mab Kynuelyn mab Arthwys mab Mar mab Keneu mab Coe1.
(Clydno of Eidyn and Chynan Genhir and Cynvelyn Drwsgl and Catrawt Calchvynyd, sons of Kynwyt Kynwydyon son of Kynvelyn son of Arthwys son of Mar son of Keneu son of Coel.)
Better version in Harleian 3859 Gen 7

4.
Duna6t a Cherwyd a Sawyl Penuchel meibyon Pabo Post Prydein mab Arthwys mab Mar mab Keneu mab Coel.
(Dunawt and Cerwyd and Sawyl Penuchel, sons of Pabo, the pillar of Prydein, son of Arthwys son of Mar son of Keneu son of Coel.)

5. [Ebrawg]Incorrect, use Harleian_3859
G6rgi a Pheredur meibon Eliffer Gosgordua6r mab Arthwys [mab Mar] mab Keneu mab Coel.
Gwrgi and Peredur, sons of Eliffer of the great retinue, son of Arthwys son of Keneu son of Coel.

6. Southern Strathclyde/Northern Rheged [De Ystradclud/Gogledd Rheged]
Gwendoleu a Nud a Chof meibyon Keidya6 mab Arthwys mab Mar mab Keneu mab Coel.
(Gwendoleu and Nud and Cof, sons of Keidyaw son of Arthwys son of Mar son of Keneu son of Coel.)

7. Trychan cledyf kynuerchyn a ttrychan ysg6yt kynn6[y]dyon a ttycha[n] way6 coeling pa neges bynhac yd elynt iddi yn duun. Nyt amethei hon honno.
(Three hundred swords (of the tribe) of Kynvarch, and three hundred shields of Kynwydyon, and three hundred spears of the tribe of Coel. Whatever object they entered into deeply -- that never failed.)

8. Strathclyde I [Ystradclud I]
Rydderch Hael son of Tutwal Tutclyt son of Kedic son of Dyfnwal Hen.
(Rydderch Hael son of Tutwal Tutclyt son of Kedic son of Dyfnwal Hen)

9. Strathclyde II [Ystradclud II]
Mordaf mab Seruan mab Kedic mab Dyfynwal Hen.
Mordaf son of Serfan son of Kedic son of Dyfnwal Hen.
(Mordaf son of Serfan son of Kedic son of Dyfnwal Hen.)

10. Strathclyde III [Ystradclud III]
Elffin mab G6ydno mab Ca6rdaf mab Garmonya6n mab
Dyfynwal Hen.
(Elffin son of Gwyddno Garanhir [deleting 'mab Cawrdaf'], son of Gorvyniawn, son of Dyvnwal Hen.)

11. Strathclyde IV [Ystradclud IV]
Gauran mab Aedan Triad 29 Gavran son of Aeddan Urada6c mab Dyuynwal Hen (Dyfnwal Hen) mab Idnyuet (Ednyfed) mab Maxen Wledic amhera6dyr Euuein.
(Gavran son of Aedan the treacherous, son of Dyfnwal Hen son of Ednyved, son of Macsen Wledig, Emperor of Rome.)
Better version in Harleian 3859 Gen 5

12. Strathclyde V [Ystradclud V]
Elidyr M6ynua6r mab Gorust Prioda6r mab Dyfynwal Hen.
(Elidyr Mwynfawr son of Gorust Priodawr son of Dyfnwal Hen.)

13. [Cernyw]
Huallu mab Tutu6lch Corneu tywyssa6c o Kerny6 a Dywana merch Amla6t Wledic y uam.
(Huallu son of Tutvwlch Corneu, prince of Cernyw, and Dywana daughter of Amlawt Guledic (Amlawdd Wledig) was his mother.
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From: The Four Ancient Books of Wales Vol 1 pp 168,169


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