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King Donyarth (Latin: Doniert) is thought to have been a 9th century King of Cornwall, now part of the United Kingdom.
He is known solely from an inscription on 'King Doniert's Stone', a 9th century cross shaft which stands in St Cleer parish in Cornwall[1] [2] [3]. His social status is not recorded there. However, he is usually identified with "Dumnarth rex Ceriu" - Dufnarth, King of Cornwall - whose drowning in 876 (corrected from 875) is recorded by the Welsh in the Annales Cambriae[4]. Cornish tradition has it that this occurred in the River Fowey.
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- ^ Charles Thomas. (1986). Celtic Britain. Ancient Peoples & Places Series. London: Thames & Hudson
- ^ Philip Payton. (1996). Cornwall. Fowey: Alexander Associates
- ^ Mark Stoyle. (2002). West Britons: Cornish Identities and the Early Modern British State. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. ISBN 0-85989-687-0.
- ^ Annales Cambriae
