Dyfnwal Hen or Dumnagual Hen ("Dyfnwal the Old") was a ruler of the Brittonic kingdom of Alt Clut, later known as Strathclyde, probably sometime in the early 6th century. His biography is vague, but he was regarded as an important ancestor figure for several kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain. As an ancestor figure, he compares to Coel Hen, another obscure figure credited with founding a number of northern dynasties.
According to the Harleian genealogies, Dyfnwal was the son of a Cinuit, the son of Ceretic Guletic, probably his predecessors as king.[1] The Harleian genealogies name three of his sons, each of whom formed a kingly line: Clinoch, Dyfnwal's successor as king of Alt Clut; Guipno (NB this is NOT the same name as "Gwyddno" [2]), who fathered the later king Neithon; and Cynfelyn, a king of Eidyn or Edinburgh.[3] The Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd, a later genealogy of northern kings, gives a modified version of Dyfnwal's family tree.[4] Here, he is the son of Idnyued and the grandson of Maxen Wledig, better known as the Roman usurper Magnus Maximus. The Bonedd follows the Harleian in making Dyfnwal the great-grandfather of Rhydderch Hael, a later king of Alt Clut, but his other descendants are altered significantly.[3] A Gwyddno is included, but he listed as Dyfnwal's great-grandson rather than son, and he is specifically identified as Gwyddno Garanhir of the Taliesin legend.[4] A highly confused track makes Dyfnwal the ancestor to the family of Áedán mac Gabráin, a 6th-century ruler of the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata.[4]
^Harleian genealogy 5
^David Dumville "St Patrick" Boydell & Brewer 1993 p 112
DyfnwalHen or Dumnagual Hen ("Dyfnwal the Old") was a ruler of the Brittonic kingdom of Alt Clut, later known as Strathclyde, probably sometime in the...
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an ancestor figure, he compares to DyfnwalHen, who is likewise attributed with founding kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd. Hector Boece and Ayrshire folklore...
documents mention Dyfnwal. A tenth-century genealogy in the British Library (Harley MS 3859) identifies him as the grandson of Coel Hen, and ancestor of...
medieval Gaelic kings and noblemen: Dyfnwal Moelmud (Dunvallo Molmutius), legendary king of pre-Roman Britain DyfnwalHen (Dumnagual I), Ruler of Alt Clut...
have suggested a king-list as follows: Ceretic Guletic (410–450) DyfnwalHen/Dumnagual Hen (450–475) Erbin (475–480) Cinuit (480–485) Gereint (485–490) Tutagual...
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Scotland and North West England, a region the Welsh tribes referred to as Yr Hen Ogledd (“the Old North"). At its greatest extent in the 10th century, it...
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Eugein I, here described as "the grandson of Neithon", over Domnall Brecc ("Dyfnwal Frych" in Welsh), king of Dál Riata, at the Battle of Strathcarron in 642:...
the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" in what is now the counties of Westmorland, Cumberland...
Dyfed 710–730 Brycheiniog 710–720 Awst ap Cadwgan [ru] Brycheiniog 720–735 Dyfnwal ap Arthwyr [br] Seisyllwg 735–770 Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal Gwynedd 720–754...
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Molmutine Laws were the laws said to have been instituted over the Britons by Dyfnwal Moelmud, who is also referred by the Latin form of his name, Dunvallo Molmutius...
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Cador, and son of Sortogus, a direct male-line descendant of Maxentius, Dyfnwal Moelmud, Camber and Brutus of Troy. William Worcester travelled to Cornwall...
Regum Britanniae; Survey of Cornwall; Book of Baglan folios 83, 165, 307 Dyfnwal Moelmud King/Duke Son of Cloten; unites Britain as its king c. 400 BC Historia...
victory was against the last Cumbrian king, known as Dunmail (possibly Dyfnwal III of Strathclyde), and, following the defeat, the area was ceded to Malcolm...
Dyfed 710–730 Brycheiniog 710–720 Awst ap Cadwgan [ru] Brycheiniog 720–735 Dyfnwal ap Arthwyr [br] Seisyllwg 735–770 Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal Gwynedd 720–754...
victory was against the last Cumbrian king, known as Dunmail (possibly Dyfnwal III of Strathclyde), and, following the defeat, the area was ceded to Malcolm...
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