Triffyn son of Rhain ( cy, Triffyn ap Rhain; died c. 814) was an 8th- and 9th-century

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of Dyfed. He was the son of

Rhain ap Maredudd Rhain son of Maredudd ( cy, Rhain ap Maredudd; died c. 808) was a king of Dyfed. He ruled following his father Maredudd ap Tewdws and was succeeded by his brother Owain. His son Triffyn then succeeded Owain. His lineage is included among the H ...

. On the death of his father, Triffyn did not succeed himinstead, his uncle

Owain Owain () is a name of Welsh origin, variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Y ...

did. After Triffyn succeeded Owain, nothing is known about the realm of Dyfed before

Hyfaidd Hyfaidd ap Bleddri (born ) was a king of Dyfed, king of kingdom of Dyfed, Dyfed. Welsh Triads, Triad 68"Three Kings who Sprang from taeog, Villeins"lists Hyfaidd among their number, meaning that his father Bleddri or Bledrig was held to have been ...

went to

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in the 880s to request help opposing

Rhodri the Great Rhodri ap Merfyn ( 820 – 873/877/878), popularly known as Rhodri the Great ( cy, Rhodri Mawr), succeeded his father, Merfyn Frych, as King of Gwynedd in 844. Rhodri annexed Powys c. 856 and Seisyllwg c. 871. He is called "King of the Britons" ...

's younger son Cadell. It's possible the kingdomcrushed by Coenwulf of Mercia around 818fell under the control of the

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. Traditional genealogies report that from Triffyn descends, in the male-line, Cadifor ap Collwyn (aka Cedifor/Cadivor ap Gollwyn/Colhoyn), a ''Lord of Dyfed'' within

Rhys ap Tewdwr Rhys ap Tewdwr (c. 1040 – 1093) was a king of Deheubarth in Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great. He was born in the area which is now Carmarthenshire and died at the battle of Brecon in April 10 ...

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. When Cadifor died, his sons revolted against Rhys, which destabilised his kingdom, setting the scene for the Norman Conquest of South Wales; legends reported in the 16th century (e.g. by John Leland) claim that Cadifor had a brother -

Einion ap Collwyn Einion ap Collwyn (sometimes "ap Gollwyn") ( fl. 1093), was a Welsh prince and warrior supposed to have existed in the eleventh century. Not mentioned in medieval chronicles, he is the subject of possibly legendary or fictional writings from the si ...

, who was instrumental in the Norman Conquest of

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.''The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1536-1539'', Lucy Smith, Volume 3, page 38

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