Maelgwn is a Middle Welsh personal name meaning 'Princely Hound', stemming from Common Brittonic *Maglo-kunos, attested in Latin as Maglocunus. A number of Welsh kings and princes have borne the name:
Maelgwn Gwynedd (died 547), king of Gwynedd
Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd (died c. 1173), son of Owain Gwynedd and ruler of Anglesey
Maelgwn ap Rhys (c. 1170 - 1230), son of Rhys ap Gruffydd and ruler of part of Deheubarth
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name: Maelgwn Gwynedd (died 547), king of Gwynedd Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd (died c. 1173), son of Owain Gwynedd and ruler of Anglesey Maelgwn ap Rhys...
Maelgwn Gwynedd (Latin: Maglocunus; died c. 547) was king of Gwynedd during the early 6th century. Surviving records suggest he held a pre-eminent position...
Maelgwn ap Rhys (c. 1170–1230) was prince of part of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south west Wales. Maelgwn was the son of Rhys ap Gruffydd (The Lord...
Rhun ap Maelgwn Gwynedd (died c. 586), also known as Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn Gwynedd (English: Rhun the Tall, son of Maelgwn Gwynedd), sometimes spelt as 'Rhûn'...
Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd was a prince of part of Gwynedd. Little is known about him, but he was the son of Owain Gwynedd and Gwladus ferch Llywarch ap...
heroine of The Celestial Triad series of novels. Maelgwn of Gwynedd - Former King of Gwynedd, Maelgwn is known as 'the Dragon of the Isle' or simply 'the...
Morgan and Maelgwn. She was defeated and killed by an army commanded by Maurice de Londres of Oystermouth Castle. Morgan was also killed and Maelgwn captured...
Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd. Dafydd was the son of Owain...
Cunedda came from Manaw Gododdin, the modern Falkirk region of Scotland: Maelgwn, the great king, was reigning among the Britons in the region of Gwynedd...
(Cadwallon Long Hand) (c. 500–c. 534). Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon (Maelgwn Gwynedd) (c. 520–c. 547). Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn (Rhun the Tall) (c. 547–c. 580). Beli...
Cadwallon Long Hand, c. 440) Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon (English: Maelgwn the Tall, Maelgwn Gwynedd, d. 547) Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn (English: Rhun the Tall, c...
out between Gruffydd ap Rhys II and Maelgwn ap Rhys. Rhys Gryg formed an alliance with Gruffydd against Maelgwn, then in 1195 joined with another brother...
post-Roman period.[citation needed] The great-grandson of Cunedda, Maelgwn Hir (Maelgwn the Tall), was regarded as an able military leader, impetuous and...
inherited by Cadwallon's son, Maelgwn ap Cadwallon (not to be confused with Maelgwn ap Cadwallon of Gwynedd, also known as Maelgwn Gwynedd, who lived centuries...
a Christmas feast, a crowd of lords, knights, and squires praised King Maelgwn Gwynedd. Amongst this, Elphin interjected that he had a wife who is even...
child by Elffin, the son of Gwyddno Garanhir, and prophesied the death of Maelgwn Gwynedd from the Yellow Plague. In later stories he became a mythic hero...
Gruffydd and his brother Maelgwn ap Rhys, both supported by some of their other brothers. In 1189 Rhys was persuaded to imprison Maelgwn, and he was given into...
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Locrinus King Lot Lucius of Britain Lucius Tiberius Lud son of Heli Maddan Maelgwn Gwynedd Magnus Maximus Mandubracius Queen Marcia Marganus Marganus II Marius...
Modredus on the early 6th-century "high king" of Gwynedd, Maglocunus (Maelgwn), whom the 6th-century writer Gildas had described as an usurper, or on...
first to Gwladus ferch Llywarch ap Trahaearn, by whom he had two sons, Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Iorwerth Drwyndwn, the father of Llywelyn the Great...
Rhun ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1146), son of King Owain Gwynedd Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn (died 586), King of Gwynedd Rhun ap Iorwerth (born 1972), Welsh politician...
leaders of the Celtic Britons that are personified as dragons include Maelgwn Gwynedd, Mynyddog Mwynfawr and Urien Rheged. Later Welsh "dragons" include...
disinherited illegitimate children. Maelgwn was forced into exile. In 1197, when Rhys died, Gwenwynwyn loaned troops to Maelgwn to help him take the throne of...
gaps in his written histories. Tory, Maelgwn and Rhun recall their life and times in ancient Britain when Maelgwn reigned as High King of the Britons and...
Taliesin, though still a baby, spoke in beautiful poetry. A few years later, Maelgwn Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd, demanded that Elffin praise him and his court...
including both obscure figures and relatively well-documented ones such as Maelgwn Gwynedd. Part III is a similar attack upon the British clergy of the age...
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