Gododdin

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Gododdin was an early medieval Brittonic kingdom in what is now southeastern Scotland and northeastern England, remembered in Welsh tradition and poetry.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gododdin canonical 2
Y Gododdin 2
Gododdin (Welsh form of Votadini) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval Brittonic kingdom
historical polity
sub-Roman kingdom
associatedWithPlace Edinburgh
Traprain Law hillfort
linked to: Traprain Law
associatedWithPoet Aneirin
capital Din Eidyn
Traprain Law
category Kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd
Sub-Roman Brittonic kingdoms
conqueredBy Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia
linked to: Kingdom of Bernicia

Northumbria
coreTerritory Lothian
Northumberland
Scottish Borders
Tyne–Forth region
eastern Dumfriesshire
culture Brittonic
ethnicGroup Brittonic people
linked to: Celtic tribes
floruit early 7th century
late 6th century
hasAlternativeName Gododdin (Welsh form of Votadini)
linked to: Gododdin

Guotodin
hasLiteraryWorkAbout Y Gododdin
linked to: Gododdin
hasSource early Welsh poetry
medieval Welsh tradition
historicalRegion northern England
southern Scotland
language Common Brittonic
linked to: Brittonic

Cumbric
linked to: Cumbric language
locatedIn northeastern England
southeastern Scotland
modernCountry England
Scotland
United Kingdom
namedAfter Votadini
notableBattle Battle of Catraeth
partOf Hen Ogledd
politicalStructure kingdom
predecessor Votadini
religion Celtic paganism
Christianity
rememberedIn Welsh poetry
Welsh tradition
successor Northumbria
timePeriod early Middle Ages
post-Roman Britain

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Referenced by (5)

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

Bernicia borders Gododdin
The Gododdin: The Oldest Scottish Poem subject Y Gododdin
linked to: Gododdin
Old North hasKingdom Gododdin
Gododdin hasLiteraryWorkAbout Y Gododdin
linked to: Gododdin
Gododdin hasAlternativeName Gododdin (Welsh form of Votadini)
linked to: Gododdin