Rhuddfedel Frych ('Rhuddfedel the Freckled') may have been a late 5th-century
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ruler. At least one historian has suggested that he may have been the first member of the
royal house of Powys to be styled as "Prince".
Peter Bartrum
Peter Clement Bartrum (4 December 1907 in Hampstead, London, England – 14 August 2008, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England) was a researcher and genealogist who, from the 1930s onwards, specialised in the genealogy of the Welsh nobility ...
notes that Rhuddfedel appears only in a "very artificial pedigree of
Cadell Ddyrnllug
Cadell Ddyrnllwg (Welsh for 'Cadell of the Gleaming Hilt'; born c. AD 430) was a mid-5th century King of Powys. Much of what is known of him involves a heavily-mythologized account of his rise to power thanks to divine intervention.
Biography
A ...
" in the ''
Hanesyn Hen'' and that "Nothing is known about Rhuddfedel Frych. He may perhaps be a son of
Cateyrn."
Rhuddfedel was said to have been succeeded by his son
Cyngen Glodrydd
Cyngen Glodrydd was a semi-legendary early sixth-century King of Powys.
Cyngen was a descendant of Cadell Ddyrnllwg, probably his son. Cyngen married Tudglid ferch Brychan, resulting in a large family: Brochwel Ysgithrog, Cadell, Ieuaf, Maig Myng ...
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House of Gwertherion
Monarchs of Powys
5th-century Welsh monarchs