Glyndŵr was a descendant of the Princes of Powys from his father Gruffydd Fychan II, hereditary Tywysog of Powys Fadog and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy, and of those of Deheubarth through his mother Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn.

She was lady of GlynDyfrdwy and Cynllaith, and heiress of the Principalities of Powys, South Wales, and Gwynedd.

He was driven from his territory by princely in-fighting after Urien's death and was perhaps in old age associated with Powys.

However, it is possible, because of internal inconsistencies, that the poetry connected to Powys was associated with Llywarch's name at a later, probably ninth century, date.

Maelgwn, the eldest son but illegitimate, refused to accept this and was given military assistance by Gwenwynwyn ab Owain of Powys.

Schematic cross-section of Offa's Dyke, showing how it was designed to protect Mercia against attacks / raids from Powys.

In 821, Coenwulf was succeeded by his brother Ceolwulf, who demonstrated his military prowess by his attack on and destruction of the fortress of Deganwy in Powys.

It was translated into English by Powys Mathers, and issued in 1923.

The earliest Welsh genealogies give Maximus the role of founding father for several royal dynasties, including those of Powys and Gwent, a role he also played for the rulers of medieval Galloway in Scotland, home to the Roman-era Novantae whose territory was also made independent of Roman rule by Maximus.

Wales was divided into a number of separate kingdoms, the largest of these being Gwynedd in northwest Wales and Powys in east Wales.

The first to rule a considerable part of Wales was Rhodri Mawr ( Rhodri The Great ), originally king of Gwynedd during the 9th century, who was able to extend his rule to Powys and Ceredigion.

At the time of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the dominant ruler in Wales was Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, who was king of Gwynedd and Powys.

Powys also had a strong ruler at this time in Madog ap Maredudd, but when his death in 1160 was quickly followed by the death of his heir, Llywelyn ap Madog, Powys was split into two parts and never subsequently reunited.

Llywelyn's mother was Marared, occasionally anglicised to Margaret, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys.

Gwenwynwyn ab Owain, prince of Powys Wenwynwyn, tried to take over as leader of the Welsh princes, and in 1198 raised a great army to besiege Painscastle, which was held by the troops of William de Braose, Lord of Bramber.

Llywelyn made his first move beyond the borders of Gwynedd in August 1202 when he raised a force to attack Gwenwynwyn ab Owain of Powys, who was now his main rival in Wales.

His performance this time was apparently more satisfactory and by 1238 he had been given the remainder of Llŷn and a substantial part of Powys.

He was known as Owain Gwynedd to distinguish him from another contemporary Owain ap Gruffydd, ruler of part of Powys who was known as Owain Cyfeiliog.

These excerpts describe Saint Germanus ' incident with one Benlli, an inhospitable host seemingly unrelated to Vortigern, who comes to an untimely end, but his servant, who provides hospitality, is made the progenitor of kings of Powys ; Vortigern's son by his own daughter, whom Germanus in the end raises ; and Vortigern's own end caused by fire brought from heaven by Germanus ' prayers.

This led to a further re-flowering-in the Depression and war years between 1930 and 1955-and this can be seen in the work of: artists such as John Piper ; John Tunnard, David Jones ; Graham Sutherland ; John Craxton ; John Minton ; Stanley Spencer ; Eric Ravilious ; Robin Tanner ; Bettina Shaw-Lawrence ; writers such as John Cowper Powys ; J. R. R. Tolkien ; Mervyn Peake ; C. S. Lewis ; Arthur Machen ; T. H. White ; Dylan Thomas ; Geoffrey Grigson ; and Herbert Read ; film-makers such as Humphrey Jennings ; Powell and Pressburger ( e. g.: A Canterbury Tale, 1944 and Gone to Earth, 1950 ); and photographers such as Edwin Smith ; Roger Mayne ; and John Deakin.

Penda's Welsh allies would have included Cynddylan ap Cyndrwyn of Powys ; the Marwnad Cynddylan says of him that " when the son of Pyd requested, how ready he was ".

Powys as the easternmost of the major kingdoms of Wales came under the most pressure from the English in Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire.

In addition, writers born outside Wales, who have both lived in as well as written about Wales, are often included, such as John Cowper Powys ( 1872 – 1963 ), who settled in Wales in 1935 and wrote two major novels, Owen Glendower ( 1941 ) and Porius ( 1949 ), that have Welsh subject matter.

The first major book of the new regime was The Glory of Life ( 1934 ) by Llewellyn Powys, a large quarto with wood engravings by Gibbings.

Hanley never achieved major success as a writer, even though he often received favourable reviews, both in Britain and America and counted amongst his admirers E. M. Forster, Lawrence of Arabia, John Cowper Powys, Anthony Burgess, Henry Green and Doris Lessing.

In The Observer of December 18, 1938, " Torquemada " ( Edward Powys Mathers ), a stated admirer of Christie, finished his review by stating defensively, " Is Hercule Poirot's Christmas a major Christie?

In the 1930s, in addition to further major works by Faulkner, Samuel Beckett's published his first major work, the novel Murphy ( 1938 ), while in 1932 John Cowper Powys published A Glastonbury Romance, The same year as Hermann Broch's The Sleepwalkers.

A Comparative Study of J. C. Powys, T. F. Powys and Llewelyn Powys, with special reference to the influence of their private religions in their literary work.

Alarmed by Gruffydd's growing influence and authority in north Wales, and on pretext that Gruffydd sheltered rebels from Rhos against Chester, Henry I launched a campaign against Gwynedd and Powys in 1116, which included a vanguard commanded by King Alexander I of Scotland.

Powys, however, was not strong enough to garrison Rhufoniog and Rhos, nor was Chester able to exert influence inland from its coastal holdings of Rhuddlan and Degannwy.

The death of Madog ap Meredudd of Powys in 1160 opened an opportunity for Owain I of Gwynedd to further press Gwynedd's influence at the expense of Powys.

England's endorsement was part of a larger strategy of reducing the influence of Powys Wenwynwyn, as King John had given William de Breos license in 1200 to " seize as much as he could " from the native Welsh.

The traditional identification of the battle site with Oswestry, probably in the territory of Powys at the time, suggests that Penda may have had British allies in this battle, and this is also suggested by surviving Welsh poetry which has been thought to indicate the participation of the men of Powys in the battle.

Some of his men had been taken prisoner by the garrison of Montgomery and beheaded, and Llywelyn responded by burning Montgomery, Powys, New Radnor, Hay and Brecon before turning west to capture the castles of Neath and Kidwelly.

He was selective in his choice of kings, as he had no comments concerning the kings of the other British kingdoms that were thriving at the time, such as Rheged, Gododdin, Elmet, Pengwern / Powys, or the kingdoms of modern-day southern England.

It has been suggested that the saint mentioned here may be no more than a local saint or a tale that had to explain all the holy places dedicated to a St. Germanus or a ' Garmon ', who may have been a Powys saint or even a bishop from the Isle of Man around the time of writing the Historia Britonum.

In The Observers issue of November 15, 1936, in a review section entitled " Supreme de Poirot ", " Torquemada " ( Edward Powys Mathers ) said, " I was not the only one who thought that Poirot or his creator had gone a little off the rails in Murder in Mesopotamia, which means that others beside myself will rejoice at Mrs. Christie's brilliant come-back in Cards on the Table.

He was joined here by a force of his supporters from Gwynedd, and he and Rhys marched north to seek Trahaearn ap Caradog and Caradog ap Gruffudd who had themselves made an alliance and been joined by Meilyr ap Rhiwallon of Powys.

It is represented by the Radnorshire area of Powys, which according to the 2001 census, had a population of 24, 805.

He restored the principality of Powys Wenwynwyn to Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn who had suffered at the hands of Llewellyn, and he and his successor Owen de la Pole held it as a marcher lordship.

By now, Owain's enemies had joined Henry II's camp, enemies such as his wayward brother Cadwaladr and in particular the support of Madog of Powys.

It was created in 1797 for Thomas Powys, who had previously represented Northamptonshire in the House of Commons.

Henry had already declared Owain Glyndŵr, a descendant of the Princes of Powys, a traitor, and on 16 September 1400 Owain launched a revolt.

In that time strong links have been created with Powys County Council, Rhayader Town Council, local businesses, a selection of charitable and voluntary organisations and the local community, to enable a variety of initiatives to be undertaken which have had a real and lasting impact on the life of the town.

In the early 1870s the ornamental lake had been formed by draining marshland near the Pump House Hotel ( current site of the Powys County Council offices ), and in 1893 a 9-hole golf course was opened on the common beside the lake.

The ancient Kingdom of Powys had covered the counties of Montgomeryshire, much of Denbighshire, parts of Radnorshire and more anciently large areas of Shropshire.

The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd.

Owain ap Cadwgan had, by now, been pardoned by the king, and was prince of Powys ; in 1111, his father had been assassinated by Owain's cousin and former comrade in arms, Madog ap Rhiryd, whom Owain captured, castrated, and blinded.

He married Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of the Mathrafal dynasty of Powys, by whom he had four sons, Gruffudd, Hywel ap Rhys, Goronwy and Cadwgan, and a daughter Nest ( who married Gerald de Windsor Constable of Pembroke, progenitors of the FitzGerald and de Barry dynasties of Ireland.

He was selective in his choice of kings, as he had no comments concerning the kings of the other British kingdoms that were thriving at the time, such as Rheged, Gododdin, Elmet, Pengwern / Powys, or the kingdoms of modern-day southern England.

Evan-Thomas ' family came from Wales, where they had owned the Llwynmadoc estate near Beulah, Powys for two hundred years.