Brycheiniog

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Brycheiniog was an early medieval Welsh kingdom located in what is now Brecknockshire in south-central Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brycheiniog canonical 6
Frycheiniog (Brecon/Brycheiniog) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval Welsh kingdom
historical polity
associatedWith saints of Brychan
borderedBy Buellt
Ergyng
Glywysing
Gwent
Powys
capital Talgarth
contains Brecon
River Usk
Talgarth region
linked to: Talgarth

Usk valley
linked to: Usk Valley
country Wales
dissolvedInto Norman Marcher Lordships
ethnicGroup Brittonic
Welsh
founder Brychan Brycheiniog
governmentType monarchy
hasRuler Brychan Brycheiniog
Elisedd ap Tewdr
Gruffydd ap Elisedd
linked to: Gruffydd

Tewdr Brycheiniog
historicalCountyCorrespondence Brecknockshire
linked to: Breconshire
language Old Welsh
laterAdministrativeUnit Lordship of Brecknock
linked to: Lordship of Brecon
locatedIn Brecknockshire
linked to: Breconshire

Kingdom of Wales
south-central Wales
locatedInPresentDay Brecon Beacons region
Powys
namedAfter Brychan Brycheiniog
partOf Wales in the Early Middle Ages
linked to: Medieval Wales

medieval Wales
sub-Roman Britain
politicalStatus independent kingdom
sub-kingdom of Deheubarth
regionType Welsh kingdom
religion Celtic Christianity
Christianity
successor Kingdom of Deheubarth
linked to: Kingdom of Dyfed
timePeriod 10th century
5th century
6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
early Middle Ages

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seisyllwg borderedBy Brycheiniog
Glywysing borderedBy Brycheiniog
Sir Frycheiniog hasNameElement Frycheiniog (Brecon/Brycheiniog)
linked to: Brycheiniog