Dunoding was an early sub-kingdom within the

Kingdom of Gwynedd The Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: ; Middle Welsh: ) was a Welsh kingdom and a Roman Empire successor state that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. Based in northwest Wales, th ...

in north-west

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that existed between the 5th and 10th centuries. According to tradition, it was named after Dunod, a son of the founding father of Gwynedd - Cunedda Wledig - who drove the Irish settlers from the area in c.460. The territory existed as a subordinate realm within Gwynedd until the line of rulers descended from Dunod expired in c.925. Following the end of the House of Dunod, it was split into the

cantref A cantref ( ; ; plural cantrefi or cantrefs; also rendered as ''cantred'') was a medieval Welsh land division, particularly important in the administration of Welsh law. Description Land in medieval Wales was divided into ''cantrefi'', which were ...

i of

Eifionydd Eifionydd () is an area in north-west Wales covering the south-eastern part of the Llŷn Peninsula from Porthmadog to just east of Pwllheli. The Afon Erch forms its western border. It now lies in Gwynedd. The commote of Eifionydd formed the no ...

and

Ardudwy Ardudwy is an area of Gwynedd in north-west Wales, lying between Tremadog Bay and the Rhinogydd. Administratively, under the old Kingdom of Gwynedd, it was first a division of the sub kingdom (cantref) of Dunoding and later a commote in its own ...

and fully incorporated into Gwynedd. After the defeat of the kingdom of Gwynedd in 1283 and its annexation to

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, the two cantrefi became parts of the counties of Caernarfonshire and Meirionnydd respectively. It is now part of the modern county of

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

within a devolved

List of the rulers of Dunoding

Later medieval genealogical sources, which need treating with some caution, list the following rulers of Dunoding: # Dunod ap Cunedda (from c.450) # Eifion ap Dunod # Dingad ab Eifion # Meurig ap Dingad # Eifion ap Meurig # Isaac ab Eifion # Pobien Hen ab Isaac # Pobddelw ap Pobien # Eifion ap Pobddelw # Brochwel ab Eifion # Eigion ap Brochwel # Ieuanawl ab Eigion #

Caradog ab Ieuanawl Caradog, Caradoc, Caradawg, or Cradawg, Latinised as Caratacus and anglicised as Craddock, is a given name for men in the Welsh language. It may refer to: People * Caradog ap Bran, son of Bran the Blessed in Welsh mythology * Caratacus, first-cent ...

# Bleiddud ap Caradog # Cuhelyn ap Bleiddud (c.860 - 925) Cantrefs Medieval Wales Kingdoms of Wales {{Wales-hist-stub