For the later king of Alt Clut named Rhydderch, see Riderch II of Alt Clut.
Clochoderick rocking stone in Renfrewshire, Scotland. This stone is said to mark the burial place of Rhydderch.
Rhydderch Hael (English: Rhydderch the Generous), Riderch I of Alt Clut, or Rhydderch of Strathclyde, (fl. 580 – c. 614) was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic kingdom in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain. He was one of the most famous kings in the Hen Ogledd, and appears frequently in later medieval works in Welsh and Latin.[1][2][3][4]
^MacQuarrie, pp.6–7.
^Sacred Texts
^Bromwich, pp. 240-1.
^Clarkson, T. (2014), Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age, Birlinn, Edinburgh, p. 30
RhydderchHael (English: Rhydderch the Generous), Riderch I of Alt Clut, or Rhydderch of Strathclyde, (fl. 580 – c. 614) was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic...
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the following treasures: White-Hilt, the Sword of RhydderchHael (Dyrnwyn, gleddyf RhydderchHael): "if a well-born man drew it himself, it burst into...
the Island of Britain, is said to be a powerful sword belonging to RhydderchHael, one of the Three Generous Men of Britain mentioned in the Welsh Triads...
Christians, at least in name. His descendant RhydderchHael is named in Adomnán's Life of Saint Columba. Rhydderch was a contemporary of Áedán mac Gabráin...
to have gone mad after the Battle of Arfderydd (Arthuret) at which RhydderchHael of Strathclyde defeated the Brythonic king Gwenddoleu. According to...
ap Ceidio and either the princely brothers Peredur and Gwrgi or King RhydderchHael of Strathclyde. Gwenddoleu was defeated and killed in the battle. His...
year 573. He fled from the alleged wrath of the king of Strathclyde, RhydderchHael, after the slaying of Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio. This is written in the two...
begun to raid the mainland. Urien joined with other northern kings, RhydderchHael "the Generous" of Strathclyde and two other descendants of Coel, Gwallog...
before the latter died (probably in 547 CE). The Latin-Breton Life of Iudic-hael refers to Taliesin visiting the monastery of Gildas at Rhuys in Brittany...
in some Old Russian fairy tales.[citation needed] Dyrnwyn – Sword of RhydderchHael in Welsh legend; When drawn, it blazed with fire; if drawn by a worthy...
Bran Angharad of Brittany, wife of Idwal Iwrch Angharad, daughter of RhydderchHael, a 6th-century king of Strathclyde Angharad Gatehouse (born 1954), British...
(Peredurus) is joined by his allies Merlin, king of the South Welsh, and RhydderchHael, king of the Cumbrians, when he engages Gwenddoleu (Guennolus), king...
her own right. Geoffrey also makes her the wife of the northern king RhydderchHael. She was remembered in Welsh traditions recorded in the 16th century...
undertook a pilgrimage to Rome. However, the new King of Strathclyde, Riderch Hael, invited Mungo to return to his kingdom. He decided to go and appointed Saint...
Gwallog ap Llaennog Gwenddolau Llywarch Hen Morcant Bulc Myrddin Wyllt Owain mab Urien Pabo RhydderchHael Talhaearn Taliesin Urien Gwrgi and Peredur...
Kingdom of Strathclyde. Laleocen correctly prophesied the death of King RhydderchHael. As a wild man and seer living in the forests of what is now southern...
Venedotian Code and an elegy by Taliesin says that he waged a war against RhydderchHael of Alt Clut and the kings of Gododdin or Manaw Gododdin. The small scattered...
three most generous men in Wales, along with his two cousins, RhydderchHael and Mordaf Hael. His two sons are known as Edern ap Nudd and Gwyn ap Nudd. Nudd...
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