Cynfyn

This article is about the 7th-century king of Ergyng. For the 11th-century Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, see Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, see his page. For Cynfyn ap Cillyn, see Rhirid Flaidd.

Cynfyn
Conbinus
King of Ergyng
Reignc. 585 – c. 615
PredecessorPeibio Clafrog
SuccessorGwrfoddw
IssueGwrgan Fawr
FatherPeibio Clafrog

King Cynfyn (Latin: Conbinus; died c. 615) was the King of Ergyng, a kingdom of south-east Wales in the early medieval period. He was the son of Peibio Clafrog.[1]

Life

Little is known of Cynfyn ap Peibio apart from the evidence of later medieval genealogies. He appears a number of times in the Llandaff Charters, particularly in association with Bishop Aeddan and Bishop Elwystl.

References

  1. ^ Rees, William Jenkins (1840). Liber landavensis, Llyfr Teilo, or, The ancient register of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff [microform]: from MSS. in the libraries of Hengwrt, and of Jesus College, Oxford : with an English translation and explanatory notes. William Rees: sold also by Longman and Company, D. Williams, and H. Hughes, London: and E. Parry, Chester. p. 405.
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