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- The area of Chester is thought to have formed part of the kingdom of Powys, whose early kings claimed descent from the exile Vortigern.
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After the Roman troops withdrew, the Romano-British established several petty kingdoms. Chester is thought to have become part of Powys. Deverdoeu was a Welsh name for Chester as late as the 12th century (cf Dyfrdwy, Welsh for the river Dee).
From 1160 Powys was split into two parts. The southern part was later called Powys Wenwynwyn after Gwenwynwyn ab Owain "Cyfeiliog" ap Madog, while the northern part was called Powys Fadog after Madog ap Gruffydd "Maelor" ap Madog.
The area of Chester is thought to have formed part of the kingdom of Powys, whose early kings claimed descent from the exile Vortigern.
Early Powys was made up predominantly from the lands of the Ordovices and Cornovii Celtic tribes, covering modern day east mid Wales, Chester and Shropshire. .
3 days ago · By the time of the Northumbrian king Æthelfrith's victory over the British in 616, Chester was in territory associated with the British kingdom of Powys and was perhaps the seat of a branch of the royal dynasty of the Cadelling, whose representatives were prominent in the battle.
Since Selyf of Powys was killed fighting at Chester in the seventh century, this may indicate that the territory of seventh-century Powys included Chester. It doesn't guarantee it, as battles were sometimes fought well outside the core territories of the antagonists.
Powys survived basically intact until the seventh century. In 613, the Angles under Aethelbert took the fort at Chester and claimed the land from the Dee estuary at the Irish Sea down to the Alun River as well as the entire part of Cheshire above Maelor Saesneg.
