Dunoding was an early sub-kingdom within the

Kingdom of Gwynedd The Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: ; Middle Welsh: ) was a Wales in the Early Middle Ages, Welsh kingdom and a Roman Empire Succession of states, successor state that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon ...

in north-west

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which existed between the 5th and 10th centuries. According to tradition, it was named after Dunod, a son of the founding father of Gwynedd –

Cunedda Wledig Cunedda ap Edern, also called Cunedda ''Wledig'' (reigned – c. 460), was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd, one of the very oldest of Western Europe. Name The name ''Cunedda'' (spelle ...

– who drove the Irish settlers from the area in c. 460. The territory existed as a subordinate realm within Gwynedd until the line of rulers descended from Dunod expired in c. 925. Following the end of the House of Dunod, it was split into the

cantref A cantref ( ; ; plural cantrefi or cantrefs; also rendered as ''cantred'') was a Wales in the Early Middle Ages, medieval Welsh land division, particularly important in the administration of Welsh law. Description Land in medieval Wales was divid ...

i of Eifionydd and Ardudwy and fully incorporated into Gwynedd. After the defeat of the kingdom of Gwynedd in 1283 and its annexation to

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, the two cantrefi became parts of the counties of

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and

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, respectively. It is now part of the modern county of

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List of the rulers of Dunoding

Later medieval genealogical sources, which should be treated with some caution, list the following rulers of Dunoding: # Dunod ap Cunedda (from c. 450) # Eifion ap Dunod # Dingad ab Eifion # Meurig ap Dingad # Eifion ap Meurig # Isaac ab Eifion # Pobien Hen ab Isaac # Pobddelw ap Pobien # Eifion ap Pobddelw # Brochwel ab Eifion # Eigion ap Brochwel # Ieuanawl ab Eigion # Caradog ab Ieuanawl # Bleiddud ap Caradog # Cuhelyn ap Bleiddud (c. 860 – 925) Cantrefs Medieval history of Wales Kingdoms of Wales {{Wales-hist-stub