Selyf ap Cynan

• Preferred Name: Selyf ap Cynan^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: ABT 568 in Teyrnas, Powys
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Powys
  
• Death: 616 in Battle of Chester, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1938 LONG: E2.8921
  
• Occupation: Roi de Powys
  
• FSID: L5K6-M42
  
• AFN: with note: Description: QF5M-XL Prior research.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Was Selyf ap Cynan or Selyf ap Cynan Garwyn (d. About 615 ), a prince of the former Powys. He was the son of king Cynan Garwyn, the subject of one of the earliest poems in the Welsh language, namely 'Trawsganu Cynan Garwyn,' the work of the poet Taliesin. His dad was Brochfael Ysgithrog, king Powys mid 6 th . Selyf is sometimes referred to as 'Selyf Sarggadau'. His son, Manwgan ap Selyf , became king of Powys.
  
  At that time the boundaries of Powys extending east, over the Offa's Dyke today, and include significant parts of the Borderlands. Selyf was sent by his father (some sources can be read to mean that Cynan is dead and his son reigns) to try to protect Powys from Anglo-Saxons. Selyf joined his warriors with the Brython army who fell in the Battle of Chester (615 or 616) (recorded in the Annales Cambriae) when he fought against Æthelfrith from Northumbria. This is the first connection between a king of England with Chymry. It is possible that Selyf was the leader of the Britons' forces in that crucial battle, which broke the connection between the reigns of Wales and the Old North.
  
  Arofan is referred to as "poet Selyf ap Cynan" in the Tales of Britain. In another trio, he is one of 'Three Air Force (war leaders) of the Island of Britain', with Urien fab Cynfarch (Urien Rheged) and Afaon fab Taliesin. In a variation on one of the Trio found in the Black Book of Carmarthen, the march of Selyf is called Du Hir Derwenydd, one of 'Three Thom Edystr Ynys Prydain' (Three Phonster).
  
  There is also a reference to the legend of the Rhonabwy Dream, as one of Arthur's knights (there is no historical basis for that connection).
  
  Selyf was still in the middle of the Middle Ages. The poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr refers to the warriors of Powys as "Selyf dances."
  
  === !`Sarffgadau' listed with given name ===
  !`Sarffgadau' listed with given name
  
  === "SELYV" ===
  "SELYV"
  
  === A Great Warrior King. ===
  A Great Warrior King.
  
  === Alternate birthplace: , Powys, Wales (IG ===
  Alternate birthplace: , Powys, Wales (IGI (International Genealogical Index))
  
  === !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.2 ===
  !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.242 H249t p. 758
  
  === Ancestral File Number: QF5M-XL ===
  Ancestral File Number: QF5M-XL
  
  === Line 133 from GEDCOM File not recognizab ===
  Line 133 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
  
  === 615: In this year was the Massacre of th ===
  615: In this year was the Massacre of the saints at Bangor Iscoed andSelyf ap Cynan Garwyn was defeated by Aethelfrith at Chester. (TheAnglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1953, 1960)
  
  === https://www.geni.com/people/Selyf-ap-Brochwel-II/6000000009354037517 ===
  https://www.geni.com/people/Selyf-ap-Brochwel-II/6000000009354037517
  
  === #Générale# Roi de Powys. ===
  #Générale# Roi de Powys.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === !GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral ===
  !GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), The Churc h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987 , June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
  
  === Line 84 from GEDCOM File not recognizabl ===
  Line 84 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap /CYNAN/ GIVN Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Line 85 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap /CYNAN/ SURN CYNAN Line 88 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
  
  === !#4568-v1-p14*; !#771-v1-p61,62; !Arch R ===
  !#4568-v1-p14*; !#771-v1-p61,62; !Arch Rec: Gen of the Powells of Castle Madoc; !died circa 616; !DIED: #4568-v1-p14; FN #QF5MXL;
  
  === [JaneMorgan.FTW]
  
  Selyf Sarffgadau, King ===
  [JaneMorgan.FTW]
  
  Selyf Sarffgadau, King of Powys
  (c.586-613)
  (Latin: Solomus; English: Solomon)
  
  Selyf, son of King Cynan Garwyn, was a great warrior king: his nickname was Battle Serpent. He took a Powysian army north, in 613, to join the united British force that was to fight King Aethelfirth of Bernicia at the Battle of Caer-Legion (Chester, Ches.). Aethelfirth had invaded Gwynedd in order to stop King Iago of Gwynedd restoring the former's old enemy, Edwin, to the Deiran throne. Unfortunately the British were severely defeated and Selyf and Iago were both killed.
  
  From www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/selyfspw.html
  
  From www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/pow.html:
  
  Selyf ruled Powys 610-613.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

1. Eiludd ap Manwgan of Powys, b. 599 in Cynan, Powys     d. 642 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: David Nash Ford, Early Brittish Kingdoms: Geneaologies: Mid-East Welsh Royal Pedigrees
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: History Files
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
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4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940; John Edward Lloyd & R T Jenkins, Ed. {1957}, Page number: 52
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742404
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: www.britannia.com/history/monarch/pow.html
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6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan - birth:
   Author: 13143.GED, Not Given
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7. Title: Wikipedia; Selyf ap Cynan
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selyf_ap_Cynan;
   
8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2035901749
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90),Ed by Sir Leslie S, Page number: II:1274
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Selyf "Sarffgadau" Ap Cynan -
    Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2941801618