Ceredig ap Cunedda King of Ceredigion

• Preferred Name: Ceredig ap Cunedda King of Ceredigion^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LR1M-9GN
  
• Death: ABT 503 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664 with note: Ceredigion, Wales
  
• Birth: 459 in Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9667 LONG: E2.6667 with note: Manau Gododdin, Firth of Forth, Stirling, Scotland Scotland was not a country yet in 421. It was part of the Roman Empire
  
• Burial: ABT 503 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664 with note: Ceredigion, Wales
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: King of Ceredigion
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1st King of Ceredigion
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  BIO: from British Kings and Queens (Mike Ashley) p 131
  Ceredig, Ceredigion, fl 470s
  Ceredig is the eponymous founder of Ceredigion, and supposed son of Cunedda. His existence, though, is subject to doubt, and his name may have been assumned by working back form the name of the territory. If he existed, he must have been a younger son of Cunedda, as Einion inhertited the heartland of Venedotia (Gwynedd), while Ceredig inherited the coastal territory of west Wales. He probably ruled it as a sub-kingdomof Gwynedd, assuming it existed at all at tahat taime. There is some archeological evidence to suggest that the southern part of Ceredigion was culturally part of Dyfed and thus had closer Irish connections. Ceredig is recorded as marrying Eleri, the daughter of Brychan, which if true, would place him closer to the early sixth century. Two of Ceredig's daughters married the native rulers of Gwent and Glywysing suggesting that Ceredig was keen to develop alliances in south Wales. It is just possible that this Ceredig bears some relation to Ceretic, the ruler of Alclud, for although the latter is clearly identified with Dumbartom, both would have had opportunities to undertake slave trading in Ireland.
  
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  Wikipedia
  
  Ceredig ap Cunedda, (424 - 453 AD), king of Ceredigion,[1] may have been born c. 420 AD in the Brythonic kingdom of Manaw Gododdin (modern Lothian in Scotland), centred on the Firth of Forth in the area known as Yr Hen Ogledd. Little is known of him. One of the sons of Cunedda, grandfather of Saint David,[2] according to tradition, he arrived in what is now modern Wales from Gododdin with his father's family when they were invited to help ward off Irish invaders. As a reward for his bravery, his father gave him the southernmost part of the territories in north-west Wales reconquered from the Irish. The realm came to be called Ceredigion after him.
  
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  Early British Kingdoms
  
  Ceredig Ceredigion,
  King of Ceredigion
  (Born c.AD 420)
  
  Ceredig was born in his father Cunedda Wledig's original homeland of Manau Gododdin around the Upper Firth of Forth. When called upon to expel Irish invaders from North Wales in the early 5th century, he travelled south, with the rest of his family. He fought bravely against the advancing Gaels and his father rewarded him with the most southern area of his new kingdom, bordering on Dyfed, possibly including part of the Cantref Gwaelod. Here, he became a great patron of his brother-in-law, St. Curig. The region became so associated with Ceredig that the people named it Ceredigion after him. In his old age, the kingdom was attacked once more by the Irish and he was persuaded by his counsellors to abdicate in favour of a younger man. However, his heir, his eldest grandson, Carannog, declined the offer of the Crown in order to become a hermit. Instead the people of Ceredigion had to look to Ceredig's second son, Usai.
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  History Files.co.uk
  Ceredigion
  
  Although not really one of the sub-kingdoms of Gwynedd, Ceredigion, situated along much of the western coast of Cymru, was founded by Ceretic ap Cunedda. It bordered Dyfed and Powys, the former a Gaelic Deisi kingdom growing in strength, the latter the long border kingdom slowly being squeezed by the English. The creation of this kingdom, sealing the gap between Dyfed and Gwynedd, effectively secured the purpose of the Votadini migration and prevented any further Irish raids on Wales. The name lives on today as the English Cardigan, although its original name is still used in Cymru.
  
  === Cardiganshire is a county of South Wales ===
  Cardiganshire, formerly known as "Ceredigion" is a county of South Wales. Encyclop. Britannica: "In the post-Roman days the whole basin of the Teifi is said to have fallen to the power of Ceredig, son of Cunedda Wledig of north Wales, and from Ceredig's name has been derived that of the present county." ('56 Ed., 4:853)

1. Usai ap Ceredigion King of Ceredigion Cerdig Wales, b. 492 in Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales     d. in Ceredigion, Cardiganshire, Wales

1. Title: History Files.co.uk -Britain, Cymru, Gwynedd
   Publication: Name: https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesBritain/CymruGwynedd.htm;
   Note: Ceredigion Although not really one of the sub-kingdoms of Gwynedd, Ceredigion, situated along much of the western coast of Cymru, was founded by Ceretic ap Cunedda. It bordered Dyfed and Powys, the former a Gaelic Deisi kingdom growing in strength, the latter the long border kingdom slowly being squeezed by the English. The creation of this kingdom, sealing the gap between Dyfed and Gwynedd, effectively secured the purpose of the Votadini migration and prevented any further Irish raids on Wales. The name lives on today as the English Cardigan, although its original name is still used in Cymru.