Clydno Eiddin

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Clydno Eiddin is thought to have been a Brythonic warlord who ruled part of northern Britain (see Hen Ogledd) during the late 5th or early 6th Century at around the same time as Maelgwn Gwynedd ruled in Gwynedd, north Wales.

Here Elidyr Muhenvaur (Elidir Mwynfawr), a man from the north was slain and, after his death, the men of the north, came here to avenge him. The chiefs, their leaders, were Clydno Eiddin; Nudd Hael, son of Senyllt; and Mordaf Hael, son of Seruari, and Rhydderch Hael, son of Tudwal Tudclyd.^[1]

It is likely there is a connection between the city of Edinburgh, which in Old Welsh was called Din Eiddin (Fortress of Eiddin) and Clydno Eiddin. Often in these circumstances the place is named after the founder implying Clydno Eiddin was a ruler in Lothian at this time.

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