Kings of Rheged
The traditional royal genealogy of Urien and his successors traces their ancestry back to Coel Hen (alias King Cole), who may have ruled much of the North in the early 5th century. It is generally assumed that all of those listed ruled in Rheged, but only three of their number can be verified from external sources:
- Meirchion Gul, also known as Cynfarch fab Meirchion; father of Cynfarch Gul
- Cynfarch Oer, who gave his name to the family tribe; father of Urien
- Urien Rheged, (c. 550 – 590), about whom survive eight songs of Taliesin
- Owain, also celebrated for having fought the Bernicians; son of Urien
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