The Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd (‘Descent of the Men of the North’) is a document which first appears in Peniarth MS. 45 of the 13th century. It was probably first drawn up in the 12th century and data from it, or at least congruent with it, appears in many later texts.
Chart 1: Descendants of Coel Hen[]
Chart 1: Descendants of Coel Hen:
1–6
♂Coel
Hen
│
♂Keneu
│
┌─────────────────────┴────────────────────┐
│ │
♂Gorust ♂Mor
Letlwm │
│ │
♂Meirchawn ♂Arthwys
│ │
┌────┴───┐ ┌────────────────┬─────────┴─────────┬─────────────────────┐
♂Kynuarch ♂Elidir ♂Kynuelyn ♂Pabo ♂Eliffer ♂Keidyaw
│ Lydanwyn │ Post Prydein │ │
│ │ │ ┌───────┼───────┐ ┌───┴───┐ ┌───────┼──────┐
♂Vryen ♂Llywarch ♂Kynnwyt ♂Dunawt ♂Kerwyd ♂Sawyl ♂Gwrgi ♂Peredur ♂Gwendoleu ♂Nud ♂Cof
Hen Kynnwydyon Pen Uchel
┌─────────┬──────────┼──────────┬───────────┐
♂Clydno ♂Kynan ♂Kynuelyn ♂Kynvawr ♂Katrawt
Eidno Genhir Drwsgyl Kadgaddvc Calchuynyd
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Chart 2: Descendants of Dyfynwal and Tutuwlch[]
Chart 2: Descendants of Coel Hen and Tutuwlch:
8–12
♂Maxen
Wledig
│
♂Idnyuet
│ 13
│
♂Dyfynwal ♂Amlawt
Hen Wledic
┌──────────────┬───────┴──────┬─────────────┐ │
♂Kedic ♂Garmonyawn ♂Gauran ♂Gorust ♂Tutuwlch = ♀Dywanw
│ │ │ Priodawr Corneu │
┌────┴────┐ │ │ │ │
♂Tutwal ♂Seruan ♂Cawrdaf ♂Aedan ♂Elidyr ♂Huallu
Tutclyt │ │ Uardawc Mwynuawr
│ │ │
♂Ryderch ♂Mordaf ♂Gwydno Gauran is here placed as father
Hael │ of Aedan rather than his son following
│ all other sources.
♂Elffin
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References[]
Welsh Text[]
- Bartrum, P. C. (Ed.) {1966). Bonedd Gwŷr y gogledd. In Early Welsh genealogical tracts (pp. 70–74).
- Bromwich (Ed.) (2006) Appendix II: Pen. 45, 291–2: Bonhed gwyr y gogled yw hin. In Trioedd ynys Prydein: The triads of the island of Brtain (pp. 266–9).
- Wade-Evans, A. W. (Ed., Trans.) (1930). Bonedd gwyr y gogled. In Archaeologia Cambrensis, 85 (pp. 339–40)
Welsh Text and English Translation[]
- Jones, Mary (Ed., Trans.) (2004). Boneddy y Gwyr Gogledd:The Descent of the Men of the North. In Mary Jones (website) (http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/bonedd.html)
- Retrievable from http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/bonedd.html
- Skene, William F. (Ed., Trans.) (1868). MS. Hengwrt 536: Bonedd gwyr y gogled yw hin. In The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Welsh text and translation: Vol. 2, pp. 454–555).
Web[]
- Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts [“Bonedd Gwyr y Gogledd”]. Family Search: Community Trees. Retrieved from http://histfam.familysearch.org/showsource.php?sourceID=S314&tree=Welsh 2011.08.01
- Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith. (2006-03-9). Bonhed Gwyr y Gogled yn hav http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/gwyr_y_gogledd/index.html