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- Gwent (Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.
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Gwent (Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.
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While one of his other lands, Gwrtheyrnion, bore a variation of his name in its medieval Welsh form, Gwent was for a time known as Gwerthefyriwg in honour of his son (using the Welsh version of his Romanised name). This may only have been a temporary renaming though, as its true name, Venta, or Guenta, quickly re-emerged.
Gwent was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.
The Kingdom of Gwent was a medieval Welsh kingdom that existed from the 5th century to 942 and from 974 to 1063, with Caerwent and Porth-is-Coed serving as its historic capitals. Gwent was established after the fall of the Roman Empire, and it consisted of the principalities of Gwent, Gliwissig...
Essentially there were two main kingdoms: Gwent and Glywysing, both descended from the Silures. Petty chieftains responded to the stronger rulers, sometimes from Gwent and sometimes from Glywysing but it was not until the tenth century that the two kingdoms effectively united under the name Morgannwg. The following lists the primary rulers.
About: Kingdom of Gwent. Gwent (Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.
Ynyr Gwent was a mid-5th century monarch of the kingdom from which he took his epithet. A late and doubtful tradition makes him a son of Prine Dyfnwal of Dyfed and, therefore, great great grandson of the Emperor Magnus Maximus. Perhaps this was designed to explain his being named after the Emperor Honorius.
