Eiludd Powys was an early 7th-century

King of Powys This is a list of rulers in Wales (; and neighbouring regions) during the Middle Ages, between . The rulers were monarchs who ruled their respective realms, as well as those who briefly ruled the Principality of Wales. These former territor ...

. He is likely to have been the son or younger brother of Selyf "Sarffgadau" ap Cynan Garwyn. It is not known which he was as there are two accounts: one in Jesus College, Oxford MS 20 that makes him the son of Selyf and brother of Manwgan, whereas the one in British Library Harley MS 3859 makes him the brother of Selyf Sarffgadau. Either is plausible, as it is not unheard of that a brother succeeds in absence of a mature heir (see

Rhuddfedel Frych Rhuddfedel Frych ('Rhuddfedel the Freckled') may have been a late 5th-century Wales, Welsh ruler. At least one historian has suggested that he may have been the first member of the Kingdom of Powys, royal house of Powys to be styled as "Prince". ...

), or that the eldest is passed over in the succession (see

Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (c. 1196 – 1 March 1244) was a Welsh prince, and the first-born son of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great). His mother Tangwystl (c. 1180/1185 – c. 1210) probably died in childbirth. Hostage As a boy, ...

and

Dafydd ap Llywelyn Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c. March 1212 – 25 February 1246) was List of rulers of Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd from 1240 to 1246. Birth and descent Though birth years of 1208, 1206, and 1215 have been put forward for Dafydd, it has recently been p ...

). There is an interesting reference to the descendants of Selyf, serpents of battle, by the 12th-century Powysian court poet

Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr ("Cynddelw the Great Poet"; or ; 1155–1200), was the court poet of Madog ap Maredudd, Owain Gwynedd (Owen the Great), and Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, and one of the most prominent Welsh poets of the 12th century. Cyn ...

, who, after the dynasty's fall, went to work for the

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

and then that of

Powys Wenwynwyn Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high Middle Ages. The realm was the southern portion of the former princely state of Kingdom of Powys, Powys which split following the death of Madog ap Maredudd of P ...

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