Rheged

Kingdom of Rheged
c.500–c. 600
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650.
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650.
CapitalCarlisle
Common languages
GovernmentMonarchy
• 
Meirchion Gul
• 
Cynfarch Oer
• 
Urien
• 
Owain mab Urien
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hen Ogledd
Kingdom of Northumbria
Kingdom of Strathclyde
Today part ofUnited Kingdom

The Eden Valley is thought by some to have been the heartland of the kingdom of Rheged.

Rheged (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈr̥ɛɡɛd]) was one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd ("Old North"), the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages. It is recorded in several poetic and bardic sources, although its borders are not described in any of them. A recent archaeological discovery suggests that its stronghold was located in what is now Galloway in Scotland rather than, as was previously speculated, being in Cumbria. Rheged possibly extended into Lancashire and other parts of northern England. In some sources, Rheged is intimately associated with the king Urien Rheged and his family.[1] Its inhabitants spoke Cumbric, a Brittonic dialect closely related to Old Welsh.[2]

  1. ^ Koch 2006, p. 1498.
  2. ^ Jackson 1953, p. 9.