Rheged
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Rheged was one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd, the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages. It is recorded i
The Eden Valley is thought by some to have been the heartland of the kingdom of Rheged.
Urien Rheged
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Urien ap Cynfarch Oer or Urien Rheged was a powerful sixth-century Brittonic-speaking figure who was possibly the ruler of the territory or kingdom known as Rheged. He is one of the best-known and bes
Rheged
…Rheged. Rheged possibly extended into Lancashire and other parts of northern England. In some sources, Rheged is intimately associated with the king Urien Rheged and his family. Its inhabitants spoke Cumbric, a Brittonic dialect closely related to Old Welsh. The origin of the name Rheged has been described as…
Places mentioned in early Welsh sources concerning Urien's period
The Book of Aneirin, page 23: the so-called 'Reciter's Prologue' to the Gododdin