Gododdin

Kingdom of Gododdin
circa 4th century
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Common languagesBrythonic
Religion
Celtic Christianity
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
Historical eraEarly Middle Ages
• Established
circa 4th century
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hen Ogledd
Votadini
Kingdom of Northumbria

The Gododdin (Welsh pronunciation: [ɡɔˈdɔðɪn]) were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britannia, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North (modern south-east Scotland and north-east England), in the sub-Roman period. Descendants of the Votadini, they are best known as the subject of the 6th-century Welsh poem Y Gododdin, which memorialises the Battle of Catraeth and is attributed to Aneirin.

The name Gododdin is the Modern Welsh form, but the name appeared in Old Welsh as Guotodin and derived from the tribal name Votadini recorded in Classical sources, such as in Greek texts from the Roman period.[1]

  1. ^ Claudius Ptolemaeus, "Geographia" (ca. 2nd century)