Cynyr Ceinfarfog

Cynyr Ceinfarfog, known in Latin as Cunoricus[1] and in English, as Kendrick and sometimes and sometimes as Cynyr the Red, was a ruler of Dyfed who ruled from Caer Goch, near (Caer Gawch) near Mynyw (St. Davids, Wales).

According to the earliest Welsh versions of the Arthurian legend, he was the foster parent who raised King Arthur,[2] with his son Sir Kay.[3][4] Though this latter attributed to Sir Ector.

Born about 480AD he may have been born a Roman citizen,[5] and ruled from Caer Cai.[4]

Family

He is reputed to have married twice, first to Princess Sefin, daughter of St. Brychan, King of Brycheiniog, and second to Anna daughter of Vortimer.[6]

He was the father of Saint Non.[7][8] the mother of Saint David of Wales,[9] and Saint Wenna,[10] the mother of Saint Cybi.

His grandchildren include

His great-grandchildren include

References

  1. ↑ Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles:Celts of Cymru.
  2. ↑ Cynyr Ceinfarfog, Lord of Caer Goch.
  3. ↑ Chris Barber, David Pykitt, Journey to Avalon: The Final Discovery of King Arthur (Weiser Books, 15 Jan. 1997) p107.
  4. 1 2 Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles.
  5. ↑ Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles:Celts of Cymru.
  6. ↑ Cynyr Ceinfarfog, Lord of Caer Goch
  7. ↑ Nash Ford, David, St. Non in Early British Kingdoms, 2001, accessed 17 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Book of King Arthur.(Hachette UK, 2011).
  9. ↑ Stanton, Richard (1892). A menology of England and Wales: or, Brief memorials of the ancient British and English saints arranged according to the calendar, together with the martyrs of the 16th and 17th centuries. London: Burns & Oates. p. 99.
  10. 1 2 3 Brian Starr, The Life of Saint Brychan (Lulu.com) p34.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Butler, Alban. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, volume 1, p. 275 (Henry & Co. 1857).
  12. 1 2 3 Baring-Gould, Sabine and Fisher, John. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volume 3, p. 38 (1911).
  13. ↑ Baring-Gould, Sabine and Fisher, John. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volume 2, p. 9 (C. J. Clark, 1908).
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