Tegeingl, in English Englefield, was a

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 ...

in north-east Wales during the mediaeval period. It was incorporated into Flintshire following Edward I of England's conquest of northern Wales in the 13th century.

Etymology

The region's name was derived from the '' Deceangli'', an Iron Age Celtic tribe which had inhabited the region and attested since the 1st century BC.

Location

The cantref formed the eastern part of Perfeddwlad (or ''Y Berfeddwlad'') on the northern coast of Wales between the River Clwyd and Deeside. The territory is roughly equivalent to the modern county of Flintshire today.

History

Comprising the three commotes of Rhuddlan, Prestatyn and Coleshill (Cwnsyllt), the territory originally formed part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd until, in the late 8th century, it was conquered by the

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Kingdom of Mercia. It remained under Mercian (or English) control for over three centuries until

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recovered it in the 12th century.

Edwin of Tegeingl Edwin of Tegeingl (born about 1020 and died 1073) was a prince or lord of the cantref of Tegeingl in north-east Wales. Biography Later pedigrees provide Edwin and his descendants with a Welsh pedigree, making him son of Gronwy and great-great- ...

(d.1073) was in the 11th century described as "lord" or "prince" of Tegeingl. He was succeeded as lord of Tegeingl by his son

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who supported the Anglo-Normans' invasion of North Wales in the 1090s. The family remained powerful in North Wales until Owain's sons were killed in 1125 by a son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd.Wilcott, Darrell "The Ancestry of Edwin of Tegeingl"
/ref> It then changed hands several times between England and Gwynedd, but was eventually seized by

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as part of his conquest of the Principality of Wales between 1277 and 1283. It was then incorporated into the county of Flintshire by the Statute of Rhuddlan.

References

{{reflist Cantrefs Commotes of Gwynedd Medieval Wales