Anarawd ap Rhodri: King of Gwynedd (878-916)

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The lack of Welsh history on channels like this is a shame tbh. Wales has such a rich history for a tiny country. Its the same with tv documentaries. You see loads covering Scotland and England. When it comes to youtube i think people get intimidated by the Welsh language. They shouldn't though. 99% of Welsh speakers will be happy with them trying. This is by far the best channel of its kind btw.

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I agree there is definitely a lack of mainstream documentaries on welsh history this channel seems to be the only really decent one, but i can't help but cringe when he absolutely butches the pronunciation of welsh words.

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Da iawn brawd.

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I think Welsh language and history is the most interesting in all of the UK, I have learned some Welsh. Greetings from Russia

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I recently wrote a novel that I hope to get published due to this very reason...Welsh history is surprisingly marginalized to near total obscurity.

[@veronicaroach3667]

As an English person when you go to Wales & stay a while you begin to realize this is a whole different place with a fascinating history you have never been told about. Somehow bits of Scotland get admitted & there is a lot of Irish history because the Irish are definitely very loud in their declarations about their truth, and what was done to them by the English. But what we do not realize in England is that we are taught a story of the 'top dog' status of the Engluish aristocracy & unless you hear about the fights over the ages & the complexity of those years, you will never understand that the story of England is the story of those who stomped on everybody else ! I have spent many happy holidays in Wales, first going because my brother went to the University of Bangor so we all went to visit him initially, and I fell in love with Wales right there & returned over many years with my kids. I love you Wales, it is a special place, and the history & language need to be kept alive for all of us to enjoy.

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Brilliant video game pal, really didn’t know much about this time period so it’s great to get to know it a bit better!

[@satyr1349]

History With Hilbert Ties in (in sense) with your recent great vid on the British Celts in what is now northern England and south Scotland. I think you did a better job at the pronunciation (although I have to admit some problems with dark age Welsh place names :) ).

[@NatureLover-ji4gl]

Respect to all those who fought & still fighting for Welsh independence & freedom from english control!✔💯❤

[@TheBankai1407]

@LDN EDD sure because the Anglo Saxons were so kind to us. Woden worshiping pagans ;)

[@richarddobson5035]

@LDN EDD You are an apologist. "They did it first, so we aren't as bad". Don't kid yourself. The English most definitely treated every other ethnic group on the british isles as second class humans. Any denial of that is just silliness. They also did that to every people they came in contact with around the world. If the English are known for anything, it's their arrogance. That and a willingness to kill people to enrich themselves.

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@LDN EDD The Normans were not in control of anything by the time the global British Empire began. That was the English. The Normans did not hold.power nearly long enough for that to be a valid argument.

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@@richarddobson5035 on the British isles? And almost everywhere else in the world!

[@zippyparakeet1074]

The Welsh are the people most connected to Britain's ancient past. They're the closest living relatives of the old Celts and Romano-Britons. In fact, one of the most patriotic Welsh songs is about Magnus Maximus, the Roman Emperor.

[@chadhill455]

First Hilbert making a video on the Welsh, now you. What a time to be alive xxxxxx

[@weltgeist2604]

The good thing about this channel is that it doesn't just focus on one battle without any context to the time period, and it covers time periods in depth, did any of us really know who Anarawd ap Rhodri was before we watched this?

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I did but I'm Welsh and love History lmao

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I did.

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i did from total war, he's my favourite leader in the game :)!

[@johndillon5290]

For years I've been curious about the formation of Wales but never found much on the subject. I work with a lot of Welsh and would ask them, to my disappointment they know very little about the subject. Thanks for giving me an insight into how it became a country.

[@taffyducks544]

Wales as it's seen today was really born from the Roman withdraw. The unification to a country came in 1057ad...it only lasted a short time as the marcher lordships was created by the Norman invasions, which would take them almost another 300 years to force the north Welsh to create the Principality of Wales that was self autonomous as long as they were loyal to the English Crown. But all these puzzle pieces showing a far more confusing history is often ignored for "the English conquered the Welsh, end of story", when the truth is it was the Normans who did the damage to Wales, not the English. As the English were seen as lower class when they were on the English thrown.

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This video has ignited my interest into Old Welsh.

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I find it amazing that in no time at all you have already well surparsed the History channel and the discovery channels in terms of quality and accuracy. Well done.

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Thats very kind thanks so much. Although, anyone that doesn't spout nonsense about aliens and ice road truckers is beating the history channel from the get go :D

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As someone whose father line originates in Gwynnedd, thank you for the recent Welsh histories !!

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Mine also, its good to have some history!

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i love your style of writing, and your editing is fantastic too! It can be so hard to find videos on dark age and medieval history that are accessible to the layman! Keep it up dude I know this channel is only going to grow and grow

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Awesome work again, this is fascinating.

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Again another fascinating video on our very old history now. Not many resources for casual learning of the history of the first millennium. Thankyou for taking on the events in Wales and the kingdoms to the west and east.

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This is an informative video on the history of a people who most KZbin historians tend to ignore, mostly because they can't pronounce Welsh names! Have you considered doing videos on Finnish history? Like Welsh, Suomi was one of Professor Tolkien's favorite languages (he combined them to produce Quenya, the language of the Elves) and their early history is not widely known either!

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A fantastic idea!

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I second this greatly!! Welsh History is hella interesting from a fantasy or history nerd perspective!

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Another great video! I look forward to more videos on medieval Wales!

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Me too. It's an area that is always massively overlooked in the history of Britain.

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Thanks for this and related videos. You are great to do this, and don't worry, a mispronunciation here or a small missed detail there is fine when one considers no one else is doing anything like this and at the quality and broad scope that you cover. Well done you!

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Another great video keep it up Viking related video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@chuckderby1295]

wow!!!! I am actually stunned!! Thank you for this .. After researching ancestry.com I found that Rhodri the great is actually my 52nd great grandfather and your video has opened my curiosity even more !!

[@music123videos]

Great video! If you need a hand with pronunciation of Welsh place names (they are bloody tricky), I'm happy to send you an audio clip of whatever you need :) Keep up the great work!

[@jamellfoster6029]

Great documentary... I'm learning a lot about Wales just watching this...

[@tiggurai]

ty for the bit of church history in this one, more details in future episodes wld be much appreciated -- it's the most neglected aspect of history nowadays

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Very interesting video, well put together. Much appreciated, from a new subscriber.

[@captain_torket3254]

Rhodri "the Great" looks like Mark Hamil Awesome video by the way ! I relly appreciate that you take the time to mention the historical sources in your documentaries :-)

[@maisiecarruthers695]

I enjoyed this thanks I like watching stuff on Ireland and Wales I didn't know for example there was a great in Wales the same.time as Alfred never heard of Rhodri etc before nice one

[@wimpylegend2590]

Thank you very much for this video as a welsh man it's nice to welsh history.

[@Winterchylde]

I have been going through all your videos from the beginning, and love the mix of eras and kingdoms. As a Welshman from Dyfed, however, for future reference the county is pronounced 'Duv-ed' ie 'y' is said as a 'u', and a single 'f' as a v (double 'ff' is pronounced as an 'f'). Otherwise, an absolutely fine exposition of a period of history very much still in the dark as far as most people are concerned.

[@irenejohnston6802]

1000+ yrs ago don't know how regional languages were pronounced. can't hear voices of the past. 170 yrs or so ago villages of South Liverpool spoke Lancashire dialect. West Derby. Woolton Halewood didn't speak so Scouse.my GT grandfather, blacksmith Halewood, 18yrs old in 1861. Coast of Mersey under Irish/Danish influence. Inhospitable, boggy n mossy. later Page Moss, Gillmoss, no records really until Domesday survey. Inter Ripam ad Mersea. Between the Ribble n the Mersea. Frustrating lack of info.

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Did the vikings manage to raid Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch?

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

There is no record found, so far, that they raided Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch. I'm sure neighboring kingdoms have, in fact, gone through Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch on their way to do battle, possibly stopping in for a pint or two and beddown with a few local wenches.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

They ended up avoiding it, because scouts could never properly communicate the info of its whereabouts, let alone its name.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

What mook thought such a long name was a good idea? Surely the locals must have a short version that they use for brevity.

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Hm? Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is already the short name.

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llanfairpwll, the long name is fairly recent. when the station got built. its a gimmick for the tourists

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more about wales

[@alexhamernik92]

Awesome to learn about my ancestors. My dad hired a genealogist and we seem to be related to Llewelyn, Owain, and Rodri. Such interesting history!

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Fascinating,thankyou

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Thanks great video.

[@chrisramirez2473]

fascinating , obscure history. grant us more insight into this dramatic GREATER BRITAIN. thank you,cr.

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

Another good video, you have a new subscriber. You might want to learn how to pronounce the Welsh names though lol. Wondering if you might do a video on Urien Rheged Ap Cynfarch Oer, known as "The Arthur of the north"

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Good to see a documentary on Gwynedd, thanks. You don't read much on them history books.

[@HistoryTime]

Some of the most epic history of the early middle ages concerns Gwynedd. It's a hidden gem.

[@ddjay1363]

Good vid. Lovely music.

[@imladris9550]

Great video about a relatively unknown time. Shame the picture used for Anarawd ap Rhodri is, in fact, a picture of Owain Gwynedd a 12th-century prince of Gwynedd. I can see where the confusion was made because that picture does come up when you google Anarawd, where it is used on a family tree website to represent Anarawd, but the three golden eagles on his shield are Owain's standard and is the cover page of a book about Owain Gwynedd. I know it is hard to find pictures to represent people from so long ago but good work overall with the video.

[@HistoryTime]

Idris Owen That's my bad and a great spot. I'm still an amateur at making these videos to be honest. I'm good with a pen and paper not so good with computers. Hopefully getting better though :)

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Idris Owen i

[@MrChubbysuperhero]

You should do Clovis I! Also King Samo, both are amazing early medieval rulers!

[@HistoryTime]

Both will be covered eventually!

[@robertsroberts1688]

great video

[@michaelmartin6912]

I should like to know the population of the areas talked about. Battle numbers would be interesting as well. thanks for the video sir

[@bodavis356]

This is my direct bloodline traced all the way back to the 300's and it blows my mind learning about my families history

[@Scarfaceman77]

09:55 Just so you know. Loðbrók was Ragnar's nickname, meaning hairy breeches. So you just called Halfdán the son of hairy breeches XD

[@HistoryTime]

Scarfaceman77 Yep.

[@-heathen-3622]

he would be my great uncle x 40 generations, roughly... I'm a descendant of his brother Cadell and his sons the kings of Deheubarth.

[@fazemills663]

Can you do one with more s.wales history please? :)

[@gyard7826]

The Welsh are the real Britons.

[@mickharrison9004]

Gyard782 were all real Britons ,why would it just be the welsh ,was bodeca not a Briton long after these times against romans .

[@gyard7826]

Wasn't Bodeca alive before the Saxon and Viking incursions? Also, Scotland was heavily colonized by Vikings and Irish, so really the last British place in terms of the peoples who were on Britain before the Saxon incursion are the Welsh. That is why I said it at least.

[@robertsroberts1688]

Gyard782 true those with british abd irish dna are also britians the welsh not suprisingly being aboriginally british are good at being british which other migrants to the islands have adopted over the century im an american with welsh ancestry and result strong ties to britain

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@@robertsroberts1688 your an embarrassment to the Roberts name

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lol so what ( real Brits)

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Well done

[@williamlag7939]

Hey thank you for another great video, I have understood that your interest is mainly on pre-classical civilizations and the early and high Middle Ages. But I think it would be great to make a video on the the Greek dark age (the period after the Bronze Age collapse), or the Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean period. You have done a lot of Western Europe and focusing on the greeks would be a nice change. As always thank you for your great content, and this is just a mere suggestion.

[@williamlag7939]

I know you have already made a video on the dark age, but mentioning the Dorian conquest of Greece and other aspects of the time would be a very interesting video.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching I'm interested in all periods of history, it's difficult to find the time to cover everything I want to whilst working my day-job. Though you'll be pleased to know I have a bunch of videos on Greece on the way.

[@HistoryTime]

Good idea!

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great work as always , and i think William Lag is right , its very intresting subject of which i think many people would enjoy . thank you very much for the video and im happy you pumping them out even faster :) keep up the good work my friend

[@mistersharpe4375]

History Time, I just wanted to jump in and say how appreciative I am of the eras you've chosen to focus on. The Middle Ages are just so poorly understood thanks to pop culture, and hardly anyone even knows the early Bronze Age even existed! These are lost worlds you're helping to unearth.

[@samwood1799]

A bit more info, Hywel Dda (Howell the good) merged Dyfed and Seisyllwg into Deheubarth and created Welsh law Hywel's sons would later find themselves fighting the sons of Gwynedd

[@alexdavies9512]

as a welshman i give you credit. this is probably the best and most accurate video iv seen on welsh history, fair, accurate, good presentation. 10 out of ten fair play. the only thing I'll nitpic is just your pronunciation of dyfed. its sounds like this reads > duveth. i know it doesn't really matter but you seem like someone who's a stickler for details, just subbed

[@converter7]

alex davies great informative piece. But pronunciation was awful throughout and Dyfed was no where near one of the worse. The way you said it should be sound is wrong too. Dyfed should be pronounced more like Duh-ved. What you spelled would have meant the Welsh name was more like Dyfedd then Dyfed.

[@alexdavies9512]

yes ur right its hard trying to write how you pronounce something

[@GeoffreyHellington]

I did lol at your pronunciation of Dyfed hehehe

[@jaythompson5102]

Great video! Was York the largest city in the North of Britain at this this time period?

[@HistoryTime]

It was. The channel History with Hilbert has a great video on the history of York /Yorvik during this period. I highly recommend you check it out.

[@mickharrison9004]

Jay Thompson yes it was our main northern city at these times and into the future .

[@DarkKing009]

hell it's about time

[@kiank8562]

Where did you find the Thor song that begins at 02:00?

[@garychynne1377]

gettin bored with sharpenin sword. thank yew

[@taffyducks544]

Wales was unified in 1057. Arthwys Ap Maeurig of Glamorgan and Gwent!!! Btw, they never submitted at all! There is evidence to suggest that Wessex often asked permission from them of Glamorgan and Gwent to fight those in Dyfed. Permission to travel through their land. May the houses of Aberffraw, Mathrafal, Dinefwr, and Pendragiau live forever!!!

[@mickharrison9004]

Nada Barton Alfred the great did what he liked ,were he liked ,when he liked ,he ruled wales too .

[@taffyducks544]

@@mickharrison9004 😂 No he never! No evidence to suggest your narrative at all!!! You're a Loon! The conflicts between the Welsh and English were mainly between the Kingdoms of Powys and Mercia. We know the South Walian kingdoms and Wessex got on well becuase of two things. Alfred minted coins for the Welsh and one of his biographers was a Welshman. Welsh subjugation came several centuries later, thanks to the Normans. Who took the English over 200 years before. Difference being, it took the Normans 200 years to conquer most of Wales. Did the English in 2 battles. 😂

[@lokilostboy8893]

Great video! My last name is Anglesey.

[@kennethbautista3456]

Please 🙏 talk about hywel ada I want to hear his story .

[@MrPhillipgraham]

Great video on Welsh history thanks. BTW you are pronouncing Dyfed wrong, it is 'dove-id' not 'div-id' haha. Cheers

[@christdiedforoursins1467]

I found out he is related to me ,thank you .nevr knew anything about him

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

During Roman times the Irish functioned as Pirates and traders. I theorize the Norsemen whi were Vikings (pirates) and traders used an older Irish outpost to create Dublin and infact interbred with local descendants of Irish pirates

[@regular-joe]

I appreciate the unobtrusive repetition of names & dates in the corner of the screen every time an historical figure is mentioned. It helps solidify this unfamiliar content for me.

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keep it up and ill keep getting high.

[@stekarknugen9258]

Didn't realise how much the Witcher world lends from old Welsh until now.

[@taffyducks544]

The Word Caer is Welsh for Fort. Gerald even has two swords like Arthur did (Arthwys ap Meurig) and one of the characters is even called Cerys (a Welsh name, but for some reason given an Irish accent)

[@BenMcManus]

Notice what nickname the Elves gave to Geralt as well.

[@danielpatrick3761]

Does the kingdom of Seisylwyg derive its name from Seis as in Welsh for Saxons?

[@callumwynne5370]

It supposedly derives from a previous king Seisyll ap Clydog of Ceredigion. The only clear description of its territory is Ceredigion + Ystrad Tywi from the Cyfraith Hywel, the Welsh Triads and the book of Llandaff.

[@ftumschk]

Seisyll is the Welsh equivalent of Cecil, and both are derived from the Roman name Cæciius. The unrelated word "Saeson" (= Englishmen; singular "sais") is the direct Welsh equivalent of "Saxon".

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

If CK2 were to do pre-1000 more realistically, there probably wouldn't be as much need for cassus belli. Seems like there was war all the time - methinks a family vendetta could just immediately erupt in war. Unlike in the later middle ages, when there was more formalized diplomacy going on.

[@swisssniperzz4508]

I’m unsure of how Gwynedd fell can you explain it to me

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You should do some more about South American ancient civilizations and conflicts

[@HistoryTime]

Entire series on the way eventually. Pre-Columbian Americas is one of my specialties.

[@Experiment53.]

That’s awesome

[@Experiment53.]

Some old African kingdoms too

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Yes, and please do more than just the Aztecs and Incans. It's so hard to find videos on the Guaraní or Mapuche, amongst others

[@HistoryTime]

I'll be covering SO much more than just Aztecs and Incas (though they each deserve a lengthy series of videos)

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3:57 painting??? :)

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i love this channel soo much. if only my generation werent 95% morons this channel would have a million subs!

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Glad you're into the channel mate! It wouldn't be the same if the gen pop were into this stuff. Its a secret fantasy epic with more lore than Game of thrones and LOTR combined. AND it really happened.

[@juxyoh4659]

Pretty sure it was Flann Sinna, the high king, who drove them out. Not a coalition.

[@nugsnjugs9954]

so basically this was a cold war between the Vikings and Alfred

[@TheJonesy555]

All my known ancestors (7 generations) come from northern Anglesey. When I had an ancestry DNA test it showed I was 60% Irish and 40 scandinavian.

[@taffyducks544]

Wrong! They include Welsh Dna in with both the English and Irish!!!! Despite them being different. They do this on purpose. Why do you think so many Americans think they are Irish?! It also shows this as true as 3.9% of Americans have Welsh Surnames, Yet only 0.6 claim Welsh ancestry. Says they aren't educated about the place and they are ignorant to it, or they don't know because those who do take an ancestry test include Welsh and Irish together, and seeing how the Irish are always talked about in America. They think they are Irish. It also shows this in the fact "irish American" families given their children Welsh names, which makes it seem as Americans see the Irish and Welsh as the same.

[@robertsettle2590]

@@taffyducks544 you know Taffy, you don't know as much as you think you do about Americans and their ancestors. I find it fascinating that you speak for so many Americans.

[@spencerb891]

How many people would you say lived in these Welsh kingdoms at the time? I can't imagine them putting together an "army" of more than a few hundred men.

[@TheBankai1407]

Spencer B So a few hundred Welsh fought off Saxons, Irish, Scots, Picts, Vikings, eachother and God knows who else from the Roman withdrawal to the Norman Conquest? Along with disease, famine, harsh winters and the rest? I guess I should take it as a compliment that you think 'a few hundred men' were capable of this.

[@spencerb891]

Obviously I meant a few hundred at any given time...armies were small back then and Wales was a very small kingdom so it's not outside the realm of possibility that these battles were fought with 1,000 men or so.

[@taffyducks544]

@Owen Cradoc still mighty impressive. The Saxons failed the job didn't they in reality as it was the Normans that created the marcher lordships. It took them from the early 500s to the late 1200s to force the creation of the principality in North west wales! This is why Wales is a country as it was founded as such in 1057...and the principality wasnt forced onto the entire nation!

[@stevenwilgus5422]

Anarawd ap Rhodri (30th paternal GGF)

[@tonymorgan9347]

Good stuff. The Welsh place names are easy enough. Try using v when you see a single F. SO Dyfed is pronounced Duhved. Its no different to trying to pronounce the Viking words. Have fun with it.

[@BOIZADAS]

very interesting but a little bit messy, the video that is

[@jbussa]

Always amazing to learn about this stuff. Even at this stage while under the assault of the Saxons, the various Viking kingdoms, and being driven into Wales and yet... These people still can't get their crap together and unite. They still are fighting with themselves! Amazing. Even an area as small as Wales and the locals still could not bring themselves to thinking of each other as the same peoples even after generations and generations of losing.

[@taffyducks544]

Joe Bussa Same today unfortunately, alot of Welsh arw quick to sell their own people out!.

[@robertsroberts1688]

losing isnt the word I think you mean resisting

[@sauvageaux]

❤

[@derekdavies1734]

So my direct ancestor is Rhydderch ap Iestyn, King of Deheubarth Who came later. Would he be a descendant of Rhodri? Here is my tree so far .. Derek Davies, Richard Isaac Davies, Beatrice Catherine Carter , Richard C Carter, William Carter, William Baron Carter, Susanna Billing, Samuel Billing, Susanna Trevithick, John Trevithick, Paskowe Trevithick, Gregory Trevithick, Elizabeth Crane, Richard Crane, John Crane, Agnes Newton, Sir John Cradock Newton married to Lady Isobel Cheddar... Sir K R Newton, John Cradock,John Cradock,Robert Cradock,John Cradock,William Cradock, Wilcock ap Caradog, of Newton, Caradog ap Hywel, of Newton, Hywel ap Gronwy, Gronwy ap Caradog, Caradog ap Rhydderch, Rhydderch ap Caradog, Caradog ap Rhydderch, Rhydderch ap Iestyn, King of Deheubarth

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

WELSH should have united under a Briton House rather than a Saxon one

[@SshadykK]

I give your welsh name pronunciation 6/10 maybe 7 for effort. lol it was clear you were getting more and more cba with welsh sounds as the video went on. you maybe need to work on your 'll' and 'dd' phonemes, btw single f (as in Merfyn ap Rhodri) is pronounced as a v. gd attempt though

[@austinlittke5580]

you were the only comment that did not receive a heart lol

[@martinhughes2549]

Conwy=" Kon..we".. never "Kon way".

[@Hallands.]

Ceolwulf sounds like an anglicized form of Kølulv, a well known viking name made up of two words, køl and ulv, meaning keel and wolf...

[@michaellejeune7715]

Old English, Old Norse and Old Dutch are sometimes very similar. In Dutch it would've been Kielwolf, or Kielwulf.

[@kirkjones9639]

Wonderful video as always Pete, I really don't know how you do it. Must be the cranky old Marine in me today, or the New Year but I'm feeling bitchy. Here goes. (rant) While my relatives are split pretty much 50-50 about it. Being called Welsh, gets under my hide. I'm no stranger than the next mass murderer, so why not just call us Celts, or Celtoi, like the Greeks, and Romans? Being called one of the "tall ones", is better than being called "strange". Although The Doors did do a pretty good song about it. The English suck enough, without having their nickname for us being bandied about, like we don't care. While the actual name for ancient Celts, might better be Yamnaya, it really doesn't go tripping off the tongue, no wonder the Greeks liked Celtoi better. Please call us anything but late for dinner, or Welsh. The English certainly shouldn't get a vote on it. (/rant)

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

man The Looks and Sounds Arabic for reason

[@robertevans8010]

Glwysing was further east, the area that is on this map is wrong, it was Morgannwg, which is ancient and is still called Morgannwg, this is Bollocks, I think it was written by Monty Python, Glwysing was on the Severn Estuary and encompassed what is now Gloucestershire, the Cymric History is told very differently to this English nonsense.

[@cynderfan2233]

Perhaps you should get ahold of a few more narrators to spice things up. Have a different one for each period.

[@HistoryTime]

I'm a one man band. :) that's the way I like it at the moment. Far more productive that way.

[@mikeraven5751]

Brilliant stuff but sadly the background "music" is annoying and uneccesary.

[@rolandscales9380]

"Duv-ed", not "Diffed"! Hywel is pronounced roughly "How-el".

[@elizabethshaw734]

I speak Welsh and Dyfed is pronounced Dyved.

[@joerupps5291]

Im a direct male descendant of Rhodri , brutus , gruffud and Llewellyn.

[@Coupal1]

I know realize why the genetic signature is different in northern Wales as compared southern Wales. I just had my DNA done and I have DNA from northern Wales, but none from the south! Now I know why.

[@TheBankai1407]

The Royal families of North Wales were descended from Yr Hen Ogledd, modern Strathclyde. Maelgwn, the great king, was reigning among the Britons in the region of Gwynedd, for his ancestor, Cunedag, with his sons, whose number was eight, had come previously from the northern part, that is from the region which is called Manaw Gododdin, one hundred and forty-six years before Maelgwn reigned. And with great slaughter they drove out from those regions the Scotti who never returned again to inhabit them. Cunedda ap Edern or Cunedda Wledig (5th century) was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. The South Welsh has pretty much always been in South Wales since the Romans withdrawal, protected by the Brecon Beacons to the north and the Severn Estuary to the East.

[@robertsettle2590]

@@TheBankai1407 now that is some history.

[@elgranlugus7267]

Welsh kings during the 9th and 10th century entered Super Saiyan God Mode.

[@stevekelly3033]

Only criticism is the incorrect pronunciation of the Welsh names and place names

[@nabobofdub4631]

Diolch bach!

[@jimmyconway3529]

Conways!

[@bujin1977]

Fascinating as always. No criticism intended, but to give something back in the spirit of sharing education, here's some Welsh pronunciations of places and people that weren't quite correct: Seisyllwg = "sais-uh[LL]-oog" (It's impossible to describe the LL sound in any short way, but here's a video on how to pronounce it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noKleIKYbM6EkJI) Aberffraw = "aber-fr-ow" Dyfed = "duh-ved" Brycheiniog = "bru[KH]-ey-nee-og" (The "CH" sound is similar to the Scottish "lo[CH]"). Glywysing = "gluh-wuh-sing" Cadell = "cad-e[LL]" (again, that LL sound!) Hyfaidd = "huh-vaith" Ceredigion = "keh-reh-dig-ee-on" Ystrad Tywi = "uh-strad tuh-wee" Merfyn = "merr-vin" Hywel (not Hywell) = "huh-wel" Llywarch ap Hyfaidd = "[LL]uh-wahr[KH] ap huh-vaith" And two others that weren't mentioned in the video, but were shown on the maps: Maelienydd = "my-lee-ehn-ith" Buellt = "bee-e[LL]t" As I say, no criticism of your pronunciations intended. Welsh is a tricky language to pronounce for those who haven't grown up around it!

[@ftumschk]

It's tricky for some who have. I have non Welsh-speaking Welsh friends who (e.g.) say "jelly awe" for "Gelli Aur" :)

[@bujin1977]

@@ftumschk Indeed. While I don't speak Welsh myself (at least, nowhere near fluently), and even though I've grown up in an area very close to the English border in very much an English speaking area, I'm lucky enough to have had enough immersion in the language to know how to pronounce it. But I also know some people from this area who have no idea about the Welsh language, which is a shame. Having said that, there are certainly places nearby which I find myself pronouncing in very much an anglicised form - such as Caergwrle, which most people pronounce as "Cae-girly" (should be "caer-goor-leh"), and Pontblyddyn, which people pronounce as "pont-bligh-thin" (should be "pont-bluh-thin"). It's a habit I'm trying to break!

[@ftumschk]

@@bujin1977 I wish you all the best with breaking that habit. Welsh place-names, pronounced correctly, have a resonance, even a certain magic to them :)

[@goodtimegwyn]

Great but Dyfed is ot pronounced Difed but Duved