Rhiainfellt

Rhiainfellt
Bornunknown, flourished c. 630
Diedunknown
SpouseOswiu
IssueAlhfrith,
possibly Alhflaed
HouseRheged
Father'Royth' (Rhaith) son of Rhun
ReligionCeltic Christianity

Rhiainfellt, name variants including Rieinmelt and Rieinmelth, was a British princess of the royal house of the kingdom of Rheged, a part of the Hen Ogledd. Her name means "Lightning Maiden" or "Lightning Queen" in Old Welsh.[1] She was a wife of Oswiu, King of Northumbria.

  1. ^ Williams, Ifor, Nodiadau ar Eiriau, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, x (1939–41), pp. 36–44