Cadelling (Powys)

This article is about the dynasty of Powys. For the dynasty of Deheubarth, see Cadelling (south Wales).
Cadelling
CountryKingdom of Powys
Foundedc. 440 (440)
FounderCadell Ddyrnllwg
Final rulerElisedd ap Cyngen?
Depositionbefore 886 (886)

The dynasty of the Cadelling was a dynasty in early medieval Wales which was strongly associated with the Kingdom of Powys, though the name Powys is only first attested in a text of year 829. Members of this family claimed descent from Cadell Ddyrnllwg, a porter who according to legend was raised to the kingship by Germanus of Auxerre. They were deposed by the Second Dynasty of Gwynedd before the year 886, but the family still existed in the twelfth century, when members of the dynasty were commemorated in a poem by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr as one of the main noble families of Powys.

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