Manwgan ap Selyf was an early 7th-century

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, the son of

Selyf Sarffgadau Selyf ap Cynan or Selyf Sarffgadau (died 616) appears in Old Welsh genealogies as an early 7th-century King of Powys, the son of Cynan Garwyn. His name is a Welsh form of Solomon, appearing in the oldest genealogies as Selim. He reputedly bore ...

. One theory asserts that when Manwgan ap Selyf came to the throne in 613 he was a young boy, which led to an invasion of

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by Eluadd ap Glast (alias Eiludd Powys), the erstwhile King of

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. The usurper probably managed to hold the throne for some thirty years or more before he was killed fighting the

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, possibly at the Battle of Maes Cogwy (

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) in 642. The Dogfeiling dynasty was finally crushed by the

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around 656, and Manwgan was able to take his rightful place on the Powysian throne. However Eiludd is unlikely to be the same as Eluadd ap Glast as Eiludd is recorded as the brother of Manwgan and son of Selyf in

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MS. 20, whereas in the

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Harley MS 3859 he is Manwgan's uncle and a brother of Selyf.

References

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