Vortipor ( Eng. Vortepor ) or Gurtevir ( Wall. Gwrthefyr ) - ruler of Dyfed (or in 495-540 / 546, or approximately 520-550 [2] years).
| Gurtevir | |||||||
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| wall. Gwrthefyr | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Ayrgol the Long-Armed | ||||||
| Successor | Kingar | ||||||
| Birth | 475 | ||||||
| Death | 540s | ||||||
| Kind | Dessie | ||||||
| Father | |||||||
| Children | Kingar ap Gurtevir and Neufet (?) [1] | ||||||
Biography
Vortipor inherited the throne of Dyfed after the death of Ayrgol the Longhand . According to one version, he was his son and was born about 475 years [3] , while Ayrgol about 437 years [4] . David Hughes believed that Vortipor was the son of Druvus, son of Tryphin. [5] According to in the College of Jesus library, Vortipor was the son of Erbin , another son of Ayrgol. [6]
Vortipor is known as Vortipor, the tyrant of Demetia, convicted by the Guild of the Wise for cruel rule and intimate communication with his daughter.
He had to defend Dived from Mailgun of Guinea .
In the Latin inscription on the tombstone of Vortipor, it is reported that he bore the title of protector (that is, the protector), and not the king. This confirms the hypothesis that Dessie was originally just mercenaries who defended the west coast of Wales from pirates. Galfrid of Monmouth included Vortipor among the High Britons and reported that he repelled a powerful raid by the Saxons .
When Vortipor died, the territory subject to him was divided between his sons: Kingar received the western part, which retained the name Dived, and Neufet began to rule the eastern part, called Istrad-Tiwi .
Notes
- ↑ EBK: Pedigree of the Dyfed & Brycheiniog Monarchies
- ↑ p. 37
- ↑ Gwrthefyr, King of Dyfed
- ↑ EBK: King Aergol Lawhir of Dyfed
- ↑ Hughes, David, The British Chronicles
- ↑ Welsh Genealogies from Jesus College MS 20