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'''Ebrauc''' or ''Caer Ebrauc'' is the ] name for the modern city of ]. It is thought that Ebrauc was originally a ] settlement before it was incorporated into the ] (c.80AD) and renamed ]. |
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At the end of Roman rule the city briefly flourished as the capital of an independent realm. The Kingdom of Ebrauc came into existance when the great "Kingdom of the North" split in c.470 between the sons of it's last High-King; ], grandson of ]. Sometimes this new realm was called ] meaning "waters" (perhaps referred to the kingdom's coastal location) but was more usually named for the capital itself; Ebrauc. |
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Independence for Ebrauc was not to last long, for the native Britons of what the later Welsh ] were to call "the old north" or ''Y'r Gogledd Hen'' were disasterously fractious and were far happier to fight amongst themselves than to confront their common foes. |
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In 573 the men of Ebrauc went to war with what remained of the ] tribe further to the north. At the ] (close to modern Arthuret in ]) the joint-kings of Ebrauc were victorious in slaying their rival (King ]) and destroying his fortress of ]. ] himself is supposed to have been present and was said to have been one of the few survivors. |
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This was a ] for Peredur and his brother Gwrgi as only seven years later when his weakened forces moved against the ] of ] (formerly called ]) they were defeated and he and his brother were killed. |
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Panic spread as the pagan Angles ravaged the leaderless kingdom and attacked the city of ''Caer Ebrauc''. After what by all accounts was an heroic last battle the new king was able to escape into exile and the city fell. Once Ebrauc had been captured the territory of Deifr became an ] kingdom renamed ]. |
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British control of Ebrauc was briefly restored under High-King ] (the King of Gwynedd) who seized the area and the city after the ] (]) in October ] during which his rival, ] was killed. Cadwallon was eventually defeated and killed by Northumbrian forces under the command of ] at the ] (]) in 635 afterwhich Anglian control over York was restored. |
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] is named as one of the kings of this realm and scholars identify him with the of ] fame. |
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== Kings of Ebrauc == |
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* Einion ap Mor c.470 - c.505 |
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* Eliffer ''Gosgorddfawr'' ap Einion c.505 - c.560 |
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* Peredur ''Arueu Dur'' ap Eliffer c.560 - 580 |
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* Gwrgi ap Eliffer c.560 - 580 |
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* Gwrgant ''Gwron'' ap Peredur 580 - c.581 |
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== Restoration == |
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* Cadwallon ap Cafan 632 - 635 |
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References |
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* The Annales Cambrae, James Ingram Edition, 1912 |
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* David Nash Ford "Early British Kingdoms" |
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* Kessler Web |
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* Red4.co.uk |
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