Beli ap Rhun
{{Short description|King of Gwynedd from c. 586 to c. 599}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
Beli ap Rhun (c. 517 – c. 599) was King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 586 – c. 599). Nothing is known of the person, and his name is known only from Welsh genealogies, which confirm that he had at least two sons. He succeeded his father Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn as king, and was in turn succeeded by his son Iago. Beli was either the father or grandfather of Saint Edeyrn.
The royal genealogies of the Harleian genealogies,{{Harvcolnb|Phillimore|1888|pp=169–170}} – the pedigree is given as: ... map Rotri map mermin map etthil merch cinnan map rotri map Intguaul map Catgualart map Catgollaun map Catman map Iacob map Beli map Run ..., and from there back to Cunedda and his ancestors. Jesus College MS. 20,{{Harvcolnb|Phillimore|1887|pp=87}} – the pedigree is given as ... Cynan tintaeth6y. M. Rodri mol6yna6c. M. Idwal I6rch. M. Kadwaladyr vendigeit. M. Katwalla6n. M. Kad6ga6n. M. Iago. M. Beli. M. Run hir. M. Maelg6n g6yned ..., and from there back to Cunedda. and Hengwrt MS. 202{{Harvcolnb|Phillimore|1886|pp=133}} – katwaladyr vendigeit ap katwalla6n ap katwan ap iago ap beli ap run ap maelg6n g6yned ap einion wwr ap pabo post prydein. show him as the ancestor and descendant of kings, and thus presumably a king himself. The Bonedd y Saint ({{langx|en|Descent of the Saints}}) says that he is the ancestor of Saint Edeyrn (the Bonedd y Saint says that he was the son of Nudd or Lludd who was the son of Beli,{{Harvcolnb|Parry|1821|pp=201}} – Edeyrn, the son of Nudd, or Lludd, ab Beli ab Rhun ab Maelgwn Gwynedd ab Caswallon Law Hir ab Einion Yrth ab Cunedda. while Hengwrt MS. 202 says that he was the son of Beli{{Harvcolnb|Phillimore|1886|pp=133}} – Edern ap beli ap run ap maelg6n g6yned ap katwalla6n lla6ir ap einion yrth ap kuneda wledic.).
One of the medieval Welsh Triads mentions a certain "Rhun ap Beli",{{Harvcolnb|Jenkins|1852|pp=279}}, Letters on Welsh History{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1844|pp=125–126}}, The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Kymry implying that there was yet another son of Beli, who was famed for his military exploits. The name is repeated elsewhere in medieval poetry, such as in Hywel Foel's (fl. c. 1240 – 1300) awdl lamenting the capture and imprisonment of Owain ap Gruffudd, where he likens Owain to Rhun: "Who if free, like Rhun the son of Beli, Would not let Lloegria burn his borders".{{Harvcolnb|Stephens|1849|pp=362–363}}, Welsh Poetry from AD 1240–1284 There is no confirming evidence that such a person existed, and it is contradicted by records such as the royal genealogies. Scholars such as Thomas Stephens have concluded that this is a mistake, and that the intended person was someone else.
See also
References
{{Reflist|2}}
Sources
{{Refbegin}}
- {{Citation |last=Davies |first=John |author-link=John Davies (historian) |year=1990 |title=A History of Wales |edition=First |publisher=Penguin Group |publication-date=1993 |publication-place=London |isbn=0-7139-9098-8}}
- {{Citation |last=Jenkins |first=Samuel |year=1852 |title=Letters on Welsh History |publisher=E. S. Jones & Co. |publication-date=1852 |publication-place=Philadelphia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNkuAAAAMAAJ}}
- {{Citation |last=Lloyd |first=John Edward |author-link=John Edward Lloyd |year=1911 |title=A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest |volume=I |edition=2nd |publisher=Longmans, Green, and Co. |publication-date=1912 |publication-place=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYwNAAAAIAAJ}}
- {{Citation |last=Parry |first=John Humffreys |author-link=John Humffreys Parry (antiquary) |year=1821 |contribution=Genealogy of the Saints |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIhOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA7 |title=The Cambro-Briton |volume=III |publisher=W. Simpkin and R. Marshall |publication-date=1821 |publication-place=London |pages=7–11; 81–87; 137–140; 201–204; 266–269; 335–338; 394–396; 455–458}}
- {{Citation |last=Phillimore |first=Egerton G. B. |year=1886 |editor-last=Powel |editor-first=Thomas |contribution=Boned y Seint (A Fragment from Hengwrt MS. No. 202) |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kAFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133 |title=Y Cymmrodor |volume=VII |publisher=Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion |publication-date=1886 |pages=133–134}}
- {{Citation |year=1887 |editor-last=Phillimore |editor-first=Egerton |contribution=Pedigrees from Jesus College MS. 20 |title=Y Cymmrodor |volume=VIII |publisher=Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion |publication-date=1887 |pages=77–92 |url=https://archive.org/details/ycymmrodor08cymmuoft}}
- {{Citation |last=Phillimore |first=Egerton |year=1888 |editor-last=Phillimore |editor-first=Egerton |contribution=The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies, from Harleian MS. 3859 |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFMrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA141 |title=Y Cymmrodor |volume=IX |publisher=Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion |publication-date=1888 |pages=141–183}}
- {{Citation |last=Rhys |first=John |author-link=John Rhys |year=1904 |title=Celtic Britain |edition=3rd |publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |publication-date=1904 |publication-place=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGsNAAAAIAAJ}}
- {{Citation |last=Stephens |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Stephens (historian) |year=1849 |editor-last=Evans |editor-first=D. Silvan |title=The Literature of the Kymry |edition=Second |publisher=Longmans, Green, and Co. |publication-date=1876 |publication-place=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylAGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3}}
- {{Citation |last=Williams |first=John |year=1844 |title=The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry |publisher=W. J. Cleaver |publication-date=1844 |publication-place=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4hoDAAAAcAAJ}}
{{Refend}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-reg}}
{{succession box
|before=Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn
|title=King of Gwynedd|years=c. 586 – c. 599
|after=Iago ap Beli}}
{{s-end}}
{{Wales topics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beli ap Rhun}}