Brycheiniog

Brycheiniog was an independent <a href="/facts/Petty_kingdom/zgHakUTm">kingdom</a> in <a href="/facts/South_Wales/G2YuSorj">South Wales</a> in the <a href="/facts/Early_Middle_Ages/9FrTq3rt">Early Middle Ages</a>. It often acted as a <a href="/facts/Buffer_state/DD6Xhwf4">buffer state</a> between <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_England/1VqdIuFc">England</a> to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of <a href="/facts/Deheubarth/Nw8eultd">Deheubarth</a> to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the <a href="/facts/Normans/nUclGJWf">Normans</a> between 1088 and 1095, though it remained <a href="/facts/Culture_of_Wales/CLxHrgIT">Welsh</a> in character. It was transformed into the <a href="/facts/Lordship_of_Brecknock/efHTBVFe">Lordship of Brecknock</a> and later formed the southern and larger part of the <a href="/facts/Historic_counties_of_Wales/dMw2n3MN">historic county</a> of <a href="/facts/Brecknockshire/BmCRz75a">Brecknockshire</a>. To its south was the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Morgannwg/KLYNlwLT">Kingdom of Morgannwg</a>.
The main legacy of the kingdom of Brycheiniog is <a href="/facts/Etymological/18QG6y67">etymological</a> and geographical. It is used in Bannau Brycheiniog, the Welsh name for the <a href="/facts/Brecon_Beacons/udgKpAT4">Brecon Beacons</a> range and, since 2023, in name used for the range's <a href="/facts/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park/9an5MINU">national park</a>. Its name is also the origin to the <a href="/facts/Anglicisation_(linguistics)/C0q36KQ4">anglicised</a> names Brecknockshire (retained in <a href="/facts/Welsh_language/4Pz8r6yk">Welsh</a> as Sir Frycheiniog, 'the shire of Brycheiniog'), and <a href="/facts/Brecon/4cfBU6zg">Brecon</a> (otherwise known as Aberhonddu in Welsh).

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