Rhyddfedd Frych (435? -?), sometimes called Rhyddfedd ap Categern was, according to the genealogical lists, a late 5th century
Welsh ruler.
The name of his father, Categern, has led some scholars to identify him as the son of
Cadeyern Fendigaid, and thus brother to
Cadell Ddyrnllwg,
King of Powys
Prior to the Conquest of Wales, completed in 1282, Wales consisted of a number of independent kingdoms, the most important being Gwynedd, Powys, Deheubarth (originally Ceredigion, Seisyllwg and Dyfed) and Morgannwg (Glywysing and Gwent). Bounda ...
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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