Cynfarch Oer ap Meirchion Gul, King of North Rheged

See Peter Bartrum, https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173393042914 (February 5, 2023; Anne Brannen, curator)

See Peter Bartrum, https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173392948868 (February 5, 2023; Anne Brannen, curator)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - Pasgen "ap Urien Rheged", Lord of Gower; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id62.html. (Steven Ferry, January 3, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - Ancient Lordship of Gower; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id162.html. (Steven Ferry, January 18, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Rethinking the Gwent Pedigrees; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id24.html. (Steven Ferry, February 20, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Pedigree of the Ancient Lords of Ial; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id93.html. (Steven Ferry, April 6, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Harleian Ms 3859; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id129.html. (Steven Ferry, March 9, 2021.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Foundations of 'The Men of the North' - Part 2; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id279.html. (Steven Ferry, July 9, 2021.)

Please see Dr. J White-Phillips and Darrell Wolcott: Bernicia-From Doormat to Dominant in North Britain; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id280.html. (Steven Ferry, July 20, 2021.)

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• Cynfarch "Oer" ap Meirchion "Gul"

born about 0570? Wales

father:

• Meirchion "Gul" ap Gwrgust

born about 0450? Wales

mother:

unknown

siblings:

• Elidir "Lydanwyn" ap Meirchion "Gul" born about 0510? Wales

spouse:

• Nyfain verch Brychan

born about 0570 Wales

children:

• Enynny verch Cynfarch "Oer" born about 0600? Wales
• Urien "Rheged" ap Cynfarch "Oer" born about 0491 South Reged, Britain

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source:

ancestry.com

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Notes: HRM King Cynfarch Oer ('Cynfarch the Dismal', also known as Cunomarcus or Cynfarch ap Meirchion) was probably a 6th-century king of the Sub-Roman realm of Rheged, believed to be located in north-west England and south-west Scotland. Next to nothing is known about HRM King Cynfarch. He appears in the Old Welsh pedigrees of the Brythonic 'Men of the North' as the son of the equally obscure Meirchion Gul (Marcianus, the Lean) and father of the slightly better documented HRM King Urien Rheged. His name was well remembered however and his family were known as the 'Cynferchyn' in his honour. His unflattering epithet Oer probably means '(the) Unwelcoming' (literally 'cold'). It is assumed that HRM King Cynfarch ruled in Rheged before HRM King Urien. Hence, the apparent 'Rheged' placename at Dunragit near Stranraer and tales of March ap Meirchion (or Cun-march ap Meirchion) in the same area. He may also have been a participant in the Battle of Arfderydd in 573 A. D. Source: http://www.wikipedia.org