Rhyddfedd Frych (435? -?), sometimes called Rhyddfedd ap Categern was, according to the genealogical lists, a late 5th century
Welsh
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ruler.
The name of his father, Categern, has led some scholars to identify him as the son of
Cadeyern Fendigaid
Catigern ( cy, Cadeyrn Fendigaid) is a figure of Welsh tradition, said to be a son of Vortigern, the tyrannical King of the Britons, and the brother of Vortimer. A figure of this name also appears in the Welsh genealogies, though he is given differ ...
, and thus brother to
Cadell Ddyrnllwg,
King of Powys.
His actual date of birth is uncertain, as is his date of death and his entire reign.
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House of Gwertherion
Monarchs of Powys
5th-century Welsh monarchs