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Cyfeiliog (Welsh pronunciation: [kəˈvɛiljɔɡ]) was a medieval commote in the cantref of Cynan of the Kingdom of Powys. Cynan also contained the commote of Mawddwy. [1] . Other sources refer to Cyfeiliog as a cantref in its own right, possibly as a result of Cynan being renamed for the largest commote within it. [2] .
Cyfeilliog (Welsh pronunciation: [kəˈvɛiɬjɔɡ]) or Cyfeiliog [2] (Welsh: [kəˈvɛiljɔɡ], in Old Welsh Cemelliauc; probably died 927), was a bishop in south-east Wales. The location and extent of his diocese is uncertain, but lands granted to him are mainly close to Caerwent , suggesting that his diocese covered Gwent.
CYFEILIOG (or CYFEILLIOG?) (died 927), bishop of Llandaff. Name: Cyfeiliog Date of death: 927 Gender: Male Occupation: bishop of Llandaff Area of activity: Religion Author: John Edward Lloyd.
- 1141 Birth
- Parents
- Lands and Titles
- 1153 Accession
- 1169 Marriage to Bertrade de Montfort
- 1173 Baronial Revolt
- 1177 Restoration of Lands
- Ireland
- Benefactions
- 1181 Death
Richardson states that he was born about 1141, since he was of age in 1162. Wikipedia states that Hugh of Cyfeiliog the 5th Earl of Chester was born in 1147, possibly in Cyfeiliog, which since 1996 has been part of Gwynedd. He is sometimes called Hugh of Cyfeiliog, because, according to a late writer, he was born in that district of Wales. Hugh le/...
Hugh, called Hugh of Cyveiliog or Cyveliok or Keviliock, palatine Earl of Chester, was the son of Randle/Ranulf/Ranulph II, earl of Chester, known as Gernons, and his wife Matilda/Alice, the daughter of Earl Robert of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, making her Henry's granddaughter. His parents were Ranulf de Gernon, 4t...
Hugh was 6th earl of Chester, hereditary Vicomte of Avranches in Normandy, seigneur of Saint Sever and Briquessart, son and heir of Ranulph. Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester (1147 – 1181), also written Hugh de Kevilioc, was an Anglo-Norman magnate who was active in England, Wales, Ireland and France during the reign of King Henry II of Englan...
Hugh was probably underage when his father died on 16 December, 1153 (or 1152), and he succeeded to his family's estates on both sides of the channel, including the earldom of Cheshire and the viscounties of Avranches and Bayeux. "On his father's death in 1153, he became heir to extensive estates. In France, these included the hereditary viscountci...
In 1169 he married Bertrade de Montfort, daughter of Simon de Montfort, Count of Evreux. She was born about 1156 (aged 29 in 1185). Hugh married Bertrada/Bertrade/Bertred De Montfort, the daughter of Simon III, surnamed the Bald, count of Evreux and Montfort, before 1171,in 1169 in Montfort, Normandy, or Montfort, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. She...
Hugh joined the baronial Revolt of 1173-1174 against King Henry II of England. Assisted by Ralph of Fougeres/Rafe de Filgeres, Hugh excited the Bretons to revolt. Henry II sent an army of Brabant mercenaries against them, and after they were defeated on 20 August, Hugh was shut up in the castle of Dol, where they had no provisions. Henry II arrived...
"At the Council of Northampton in January 1177 his lands were restored, but not his castles, and in March he was a witness to Henry's arbitration between the kings of Castile and Navarre. Then in May, at the Council of Windsor, Henry restored his castles and ordered him to Ireland.
Hugh then went to Ireland with William Fitzaldhelm to prepare for the arrival of the king's son John. There is no record of him gaining any military successes or grants of land there."
During his life he made grants to St Werburgh's Abbey at Chester, to Stanlow Abbey, to St Mary's Priory at Coventry, to Bullington Priory, to Greenfield Priory, to Trentham Priory, and to Bordesley Abbey. He also confirmed grants of his parents to Calke Abbey, to St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, and to the Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, in Normandy.
Hugh died on 30 June 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire.He was buried beside his father at the chapter-house of St. Werburgs, Chester, which is now the cathedral. He died 30 June 1181, Leek, Staffordshire and is buried in Chester Cathedral He died on 30 June 1181 at Leek in Staffordshire and was buried beside his father on the south side of the chapter ho...
- Male
- Bertrade (Montfort) de Montfort
Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high Middle Ages.
Gender: Male. Occupation: prince and poet. Area of activity: Military; Poetry; Politics, Government and Political Movements; Royalty and Society. Author: David Myrddin Lloyd. Son of Gruffudd, brother of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys. In 1149 Madog appointed him under-lord of Cyfeiliog.
Cyfeilliog was Bishop of Ergyng and probably Gwent in south-east Wales. He is recorded by the mid-880s in the Llandaff Charters and in 914 he was captured by the Vikings and ransomed by Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons, for 40 pounds.
