Kingdom of Powys
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The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. It very roughly covered the northern tw
Powys landscape near Foel
Approximate extent of Powys before division in 1160
Royal seat of the princes of Powys Fadog, at Castell Dinas Bran, near Llangollen
Royal seat of the princes of Powys Wenwynwyn, at Powis Castle, near Welshpool
Battle of Maserfield
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The Battle of Maserfield, was fought on 5 August 641 or 642 between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia allied with Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd, ending in Oswald's defeat, dea
Kingdom of Powys
…dynasty's Royal mausoleum. If King Cynddylan of Pengwern hailed from the royal Powys dynasty, then forces from Powys may also have been present at the Battle of Maes Cogwy in 642. According to the probably ninth-century cycle of englyn-poems Canu Heledd, the region around Pengwern was sacked soon after, its royal family…
A twelfth-century painting of St Oswald, killed at Maserfield, in Durham Cathedral