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'''Ebrauc''' is the suggested name for a ] kingdom of ], based on the city of ]. This city was called by the ] name of ''Caer Ebrauc'' in ]’s ]. It is derived from the ] name, ]. In modern ] it is still called ''Efrog''. |
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At the end of Roman rule, some historians think the city may have briefly flourished as the capital of an independent realm, split off from a great ‘Kingdom of the North’, perhaps in c.]. The area known to the British as ], meaning ‘waters’ (perhaps referring to its coastal location), may have been part of this Yorkist kingdom. It is better known as the later ] kingdom of ]. |
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Welsh poetry of this period indicates that the native Britons of what the ] were to call "the old north" or '']'' were disastrously fractious and were far happier to fight amongst themselves than to confront their common foes. If the historical Northern king, Peredur ab Eliffer, ruled in York (see ]), then independence for this kingdom was not to last long. |
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In ], this Peredur, and his brother, Gwrgi, went to war with the armies of a Northern king called ] and were victorious at the ] (modern Arthuret in ], now ]). The original of the ] wizard, ], is supposed to have been one of the few survivors. This was a ] for these Northern princes for, according to the ], they were killed only seven years later when their weakened forces moved against the ] of ]. However, the Angles of ] who subsequently took over the region. |
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British control of Ebrauc was briefly restored under King ] of ] who seized the area and the city after the ] in October ] during which his rival, ] was killed. Three years later, Cadwallon was ejected by ] at the ] and Anglian control was restored. |
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==References== |
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*Bromwich, Rachel (1978) ‘Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads ’’ |
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*Guest, Lady Charlotte (1849) ‘’The Mabinogion’’ |
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*Ingram, James (ed.) (1912), ‘’The Annales Cambriae’’ |
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*Morris, John (1973) ‘’The Age of Arthur’’ |
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