Cynfyn

This article is about the 7th-century king of Ergyng. For the 11th-century father of King Bleddyn of Powys, see Cynfyn ap Gwerstan. For Cynfyn ap Cillyn, see Rhirid Flaidd.
Cynfyn
Conbinus
King of Ergyng
Reign c. 585 – c. 615
Predecessor Peibio Clafrog
Successor Gwrfoddw
Issue Gwrgan Fawr
Father Peibio Clafrog

King Cynfyn (Latin: Conbinus; died c. 615) was the King of Ergyng, a kingdom of south-east Wales in the early medieval period. He was the son of Peibio Clafrog.

Life

Little is known of Cynfyn ap Peibio apart from the evidence of later medieval genealogies. He appears a number of times in the Llandaff Charters, particularly in association with Bishop Aeddan and Bishop Elwystl.

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