Aidan up Blegivried

A certain Aidan ap Blegiurid ap Morgan, is mentioned together with Itel Glamorgansky in the "Gwentian Chronicle", as allies who started the war, with the aim of acquiring the possessions of Maredid in 994 ^[2] . Further, according to the same source , Aidan ap Blegiurid led the army to Keredigion and captured the territory of Maredid in 1000, and then “went to Gwynedd, ” where he defeated “ Kinan ap Hivel and thus gained the country of Gwynedd ... [and] acquired all of Wales. ” ^[3] The Gwentian Chronicles reports that Llewelyn up Seisill killed “Aidan up Blegiurid and his four nephews” in the battle in 1015 and “took control of himself” ^[4] .

Itel Glamorgansky, mentioned with him, may have been his father’s elder brother, and their father, that is, Aidan’s grandfather, is Morgan, possibly the same person as Morgan Old . ^[one]

Aidan up Blegivrid became king of Gwynedd and Powys after the death of Keenan ap Hivel in 1005 . The circumstances under which Aidan came to power are unknown. Most likely, he seized the throne of Gwynedd and Powys by force, because he did not belong to the ruling dynasty. In 1018, Aidan was defeated by Llewelyn up Seisill . His four sons also died in battle.

• John Edward Lloyd. A history of Wales: from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest. - Longmans, Green & Co, 1911.