Brochfael ap Elisedd

• Preferred Name: Brochfael ap Elisedd^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]}
  
• Alternate Name: Brochfael Ysgythrog King of Powys
  
• Alternate Name: Brochmael Isgythrawg Ap Cyngen
  
• Alternate Name: Brochwel Ysgythrog of the Tusks King of Powys
  
• Alternate Name: Birthquein Cymru
  
• Alternate Name: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Saint
  
• FSID: LD3L-7RM
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Wales
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: King of Powys
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Powys
  
• Death: ABT 773 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• Birth: 725 in Powys at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664 with note: (Removed incorrect reference to UK)
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince
  
• Burial: in Pentrefoelas, Denbighshire, Wales at LATI: N3.0721 LONG: E3.6602 with note: (Removed incorrect reference to UK)
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Broachfael ap Elisedd Powys, fl 760s
  The son of Elisedd, little is known of his reign, except hat it would have paralled that of Mercia's greatest king, Offa. Whatever lands Elisedd had gained in the first half of the century, Brochfael probably lost in the second half. Offa undertook many raids into Wales during his reign, some as far west as Dyfed, and Powys was little more than a doorstep to his mighty army. Although the dates of Brochfael's reign are not known, it is possible he reigned for a considerable period. It was during his reign that Offa's Dyke was constructed, a remarkable feat of engineering which must have taken many men many years. It is a sign of Offa's power that it could be achieved at all, and it is probable that it was the men of Powys and of Glywysing who were pressed into service to complete the work. It served as much as a line of demarkation as a defence, and as such shows that Offfa effectively agreed a border between the Welsh and the Eglish would help sustain peace. Brochfael would therefore have benefitted from the Dyke in the short term, though in the long term it spelled the end for Powys. Brochfael was succeeded by his son Cadell.
  
  Gender:Male
  Birth:circa 715
  Ysgithrog,Brenin,Powys, Wales
  Death:773 (54-62)
  Wales
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Elisedd Ap ap Gwylog
  Husband of N.N. Pabo
  Father of Cadell, King of Powys and Cyngen ap Brochwel
  Brother of St. Enghenedl ab Elisedd and Cyngen ab Elisedd
  Added by:Jon Brees Thogmartin FTDNA Mcclendon on January 2, 2008
  Managed by:Ofir Friedman and 44 others
  Curated by:Erin Spiceland
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  Birth: Circa 715 - Place
  Death: 773 - Place
  Parents: Names of both parents
  Siblings: Enghenedd Verch Elisedd and name of one more sister
  Wife: Name of wife
  Children: Cadell Ap Brochwel and name of one more son
  
  BIO: from British Kings and Queens (Mike Ashley) p 155
  
  === The first ruler of Powys to establish hi ===
  The first ruler of Powys to establish himself in the bardic memory. This suggest that he may have been the first to carve out a recognizable kingdom from the mass of petty chieftainships that no doubt existed in eastern, northern and central Wales. His capital was at Pengwern, the Celtic fortress that became Shrewbury. He must have maintained good relations with his neighbours, for he developed his kingdom without a history of bloodshed.
  
  === Coat of Arms: 3 Nags Heads erased argent ===
  Coat of Arms: 3 Nags Heads erased argent upon a field sable Lewis Dwn: Heralds Visitation of Wales Vol I P. 317, 319
  
  === Bartrum's "Early Welsh Genealogical Tra ===
  Bartrum's "Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts."
  
  === PRINCE OF POWYS ===
  PRINCE OF POWYS
  
  === [JaneMorgan.FTW]
  
  Ruled Powys c 755-773. ===
  [JaneMorgan.FTW]
  
  Ruled Powys c 755-773.
  
  From www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/pow.html
  
  === Brochwel Ysgythrog, more correctly 'Ysgi ===
  Brochwel Ysgythrog, more correctly 'Ysgithrog,' i.e. 'of the tusks' (fl 550), prince, was, according to tradition, the outstanding figure in the older line of rulers of Powys, insomuch that the poets came to call Powys the land of Brochwel. He was the son of Cyngen and the father of Cynan Garwyn and of S Tysilio, founder of the ancient church of Meifod. As his grandson, Selyf ap Cynan, fell while leading the Welsh in the battle of Chester (c 613), he cannot be the Brochmail mentioned by Bede as playing a cowardly part on the same occasion. According to the legend of S Melangell of Pennant, supported by Gerald of Wales, he had a royal seat at Shrewsbury, not yet occupied by the Mercians and bearing the Welsh name of Pengwern; this is variously placed on the site occupied later by the castle and on that of (old) S Chad's. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p52]
  
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  Brochmael Ysgythrawg (fl 584), king of Powis, is mentioned in Llywarch Hen's elegy, a poem which Dr Guest has referred to the overthrow of Uriconium and the descolation of the Severn Valley by Ceawlin, king of the West Saxons in 584. The country of Kyndylan, the chief whose death Llywarch Hen bewails, is there called the land of Brochmael, and it is probable, therefore, that Brochmael was lord of that part of Britain, and that it was under his command that the Welsh (Britons) checked Ceawlin's career of conquest at Fethan-leag or Faddiley. When in 613 Athelfrith of Northumbria overthrew the Welsh at the battle of Chester, Baeda says that the monks of Bangor who had come to pray for the success of their contrymen were under the card of Brochmael, who stayed with them while the battle was fought, and who left them and fled when the victorious Aethelfrith attacked them. In this battle Selim the son of Cynan, was slain, and as Cynan is said to have been the son of Brochmael, it is evident that he must have been an old man at the time, and 'therefore may very well have been king of Powins when Ceawlin attacked Uriconium.' [Dictionary of National Biography II:1274]
  
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  Brochfael Ysgythrog, King of Powys
  (Born c.AD 502)
  (Latin: Brogmaglus; English: Brockbald)
  
  Brochfael of the Tusks presumably had very big teeth! He was a younger son of King Cyngen Glodrydd who lived in the early 6th century. The famous Taliesin was his bard for a time. Brochfael is particularly known for an incident involving St. Melangell. This stunning young woman had taken to the life of a hermit, living in a small cell in the Powys wilds. One day, Brochfael was out hunting a hare when the creature made for Melangell's hermitage and hid in her skirts. The dogs would not attack, and the King became so enamoured of the lady's pious beauty that he asked her to marry him. She humbly declined, so Brochfael gave her land to build a monastery instead. He should not be identified with the Commander of Caer-Legion, of the same name, who died at the great battle there in 613. Brochfael of Powys was buried at Pentrefoelas in Gwynedd where the grave of a six foot man, with a covering slab bearing the name "Brohomagli", has been uncovered.
  
  From www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/brochypw.html
  
  From www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/pow.html:
  
  Brochfael Ysgythrog of the Tusks ruled Powys c 550
  
  === Brochwel Ap Elise-18359 is the 34th grea ===
  Brochwel Ap Elise-18359 is the 34th great grandfather of Margaret Amarulis (Peggy) Bartholomew-2.
  
  === BARTRUM WELSH GEN 300-1400 P. 14; PED OF ===
  BARTRUM WELSH GEN 300-1400 P. 14; PED OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS. Acquired from Roger W. Winget (Genealogy@Winget.com) BARTRUM WELSH GEN 300-1400 P. 14; PED OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS. Acquired from Roger W. Winget (Genealogy@Winget.com)
  
  === 2 SOUR S003589 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of ===
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  === !#4568-v1-p8,14*; !#248-v4-p384; !Mediev ===
  !#4568-v1-p8,14*; !#248-v4-p384; !Medieval: Achau Brehinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru; Bonedd Y Cymru; Royal Tribes of Wales; Eminent Welshmen; History of Wales, Lloyd; History of Brecknock; (Birth 540, Prince of Wales);
  
  === #Générale# Roi de Powys. ===
  #Générale# Roi de Powys.
  
  === !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.2 ===
  !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.242 H249t p. 758
  
  === Whatever lands Elisedd had gained in the ===
  Whatever lands Elisedd had gained in the first half of the century, he probably lost to the Mercian king Offa in the second half.
  
  === !#4568-v1-p14*; !#249-NS-v2-p363; !#771- ===
  !#4568-v1-p14*; !#249-NS-v2-p363; !#771-v1-p62,63,307; !Medieval: History of Wales, Lloyd; Y Cymrodor; Jesus College; Bonedd Y Cymru; !living 773;
  
  === http://homepage.mac.com/akingdom BARTRU ===
  http://homepage.mac.com/akingdom BARTRUM WELSH GEN 300-1400 P 14 BARTRUM WESH GEN 300-1400 P. 14. Acquired from Roger W. Winget (Genealogy@Winget.com) http://homepage.mac.com/akingdom BARTRUM WELSH GEN 300-1400 P 14 BARTRUM WESH GEN 300-1400 P. 14. Acquired from Roger W. Winget (Genealogy@Winget.com)
  
  === Source: History of Morgan Family. SOURCE ===
  Source: History of Morgan Family. SOURCES: 1. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_. SOURCES: 1. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
  
  === First ruler of Powys to establish himse ===
  First ruler of Powys to establish himself in the bardic memory, where his name became synonymous with his kingdom.
  
  === children known ===
  children known

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd King of Powys) -
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd King of Powys) -
   Author: Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940; John Edward Lloyd & R T Jenkins, Ed. {1957}, Page number: 52
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel ab Elisedd King of Powys -
   Author: David Nash Ford, Early Brittish Kingdoms: Geneaologies: Mid-East Welsh Royal Pedigrees
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6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel ab Elisedd King of Powys -
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7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd King of Powys) -
   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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8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd King of Powys) - Published information: male
   Note: Published information: male Published information: birth-name: Brochfael Ysgythrog of the Tusks Published information: burial: ; Pentrefoelas, Denbigh, Wales, United Kingdom Published information: aka-name: Brochfael Ysgythrog of the Tusks Brocmail Ysgythrog Brohomagli Brocmailus of Powys Published information: death: 0612; Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Published information: birth: from 0502 to 0530; Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
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9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochfael Ap Elisedd King Powys - Published information: aka-name: Brochfael AP Eliusedd
   Note: Published information: aka-name: Brochfael AP Eliusedd Published information: male Published information: death: 0773; Wales, United Kingdom Published information: birth: 0720; Guilsfield, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom Published information: birth-name: Brochfael or Brochwel AP Elised
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd King of Powys) -
    Author: David Nash Ford, Early Brittish Kingdoms: Geneaologies: Mid-South Welsh Royal Pedigrees, 2000
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12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Brochwel - Church record: birth-name: Brochwel Ap Elise
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14. Title: Wikipedia: Brochwel Ysgithrog
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brochwel_Ysgithrog;
    
15. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel Ysgithrog ap Cyngen Glodryd King of Powys) -
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16. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Brochwel - Published information: birth: 0900; Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
    Note: Published information: birth: 0900; Powys, Wales, United Kingdom Published information: birth-name: Brochwel of Powys Published information: male
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17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Brochwel ab Elisedd King of Powys -
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