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
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
Ywain
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Ywain, also known as Yvain and Owain, is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the supernatural figure Modro
Urien Rheged
…Welsh context, he was later transformed in Arthurian legend into the figure of king Urien of Garlot or Gorre. His son, Owain, likewise lent his name to Ywain. As with almost all figures of the early Middle Ages in Britain, the greatest difficulty when attempting to reconstruct Urien's life and career is how…
The attributed arms of Yvian (Yriam), son of King Urien (Nurier)
Yvain saving the lion from a dragon in a 15th-century French illustration for Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
Iwein (Yvain) is cured of madness in a 1851 German fresco at the Schwerin Castle in Mecklenburg