Ceredig ap Cunedda(died 453), was king ofCeredigionin Wales.[1]
| Ceredig ap Cunedda | |
|---|---|
| Ruler,Kingdom of Ceredigion | |
 | |
| Born | c. 420 |
| Died | 453 |
| Father | Cunedda |
He may have been born c. 420 in theBrythonickingdom ofManaw Gododdin(modernLothianinScotland), centred on theFirth of Forthin the area known asYr Hen Ogledd. Little is known of him. One of the sons ofCunedda,grandfather ofSaint David,[2]according toNennius'Historia Brittonum,he arrived in what is now modernWalesfrom Gododdin with his father's family when they were invited to help ward offIrishinvaders. As a reward for his bravery, his father gave him the southernmost part of the territories in north-west Wales[3]reconquered from the Irish. The realm is traditionally supposed to have been calledCeredigionafter him, which led to the name of modernCeredigion,one of theprincipal areas of Wales.
He marriedMeleri,one of the many daughters of KingBrychan Brycheiniogof Brycheiniog (now Brecknockshire).[4]Amongst their children was a daughter named Ina who is thought to be theSaint Inato whom St Ina's Church inLlaninanearNew Quay,Ceredigion is dedicated, and a son named Sanctus who in legend sexually assaultedSaint Nonand is the father ofSaint David.[5]
Footnotes
edit- ^"Lives of the Cambro British saints",p. 396, 1853, Rev. William Jenkins Rees
- ^The Cambrian, A Bi-Monthly Published in the interest of the Welsh people and their descendants in the United States, 1881, Vol. 1, 1881
- ^Baring-Gould, Sabine(1903).A Book of North Wales.Methuen & Company.OCLC559701019.
- ^Ford, David Nash (2001)."King Ceredig Ceredigion of Ceredigion".Early British Kingdoms.Nash Ford Publishing.Retrieved25 July2021.
- ^Baring-Gould, Sabine; Fisher, John (1911).Lives of the British Saints.Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.p. 318.