Kingdom of Powys
Kingdom of Powys Teyrnas Powys | |||||||||||
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| c. 5th century? – before 886 c. 1124 – 1160 | |||||||||||
Arms of the lords of Southern Powys, later used by John Charlton, baron of Powys
Coat of arms
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The borders of the region of Powys in c. 1201 | |||||||||||
| Capital | None | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Latin | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
• c. 6th century | Cynan Garwyn | ||||||||||
• d. 616 | Selyf ap Cynan | ||||||||||
• d. 755 | Cyngen ap Cadell | ||||||||||
• c. 1124 – 1132 | Maredudd ap Bleddyn | ||||||||||
• 1132–1160 | Madog ap Maredudd | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
| 613 | |||||||||||
• First attestation of the name | 828 | ||||||||||
• Erection of the Pillar of Eliseg | c. 850 | ||||||||||
• Conquest of Powys by the Second Dynasty of Gwynedd | before 886 | ||||||||||
• Reestablishment of Powys by Maredudd ap Bleddyn | c. 1124 | ||||||||||
• Reign of Madog ap Maredudd | 1132 – 10 February 1160 | ||||||||||
• Killing of Llywelyn ap Madog, division between Northern and Southern Powys | 1160 | ||||||||||
| Currency | ceiniog | ||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Powys (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈpowɪs]; Latin: Regnum Poysiae) was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. It very roughly covered the northern two-thirds of the modern county of Powys and part of today's English West Midlands (see map). More precisely, and based on the Romano-British tribal lands of the Ordovices in the west and the Cornovii in the east, its boundaries originally extended from the Cambrian Mountains in the west to include the modern West Midlands region of England in the east. The fertile river valleys of the Severn and Tern are found there, and this region is referred to in later Welsh literature as "the Paradise of Powys" (an epithet retained in Welsh for the modern UK county).