Everything about Dinefwr totally explained
Dinefwr was a
local government district of
Dyfed,
West Wales from
1974 to
1996. It was named after
Dinefwr Castle which was the royal capital of the
Kingdom of Deheubarth and one of the three principal royal courts of Wales.
It was formed by the merger of the borough of
Llandovery, the
urban districts of
Ammanford,
Cwmamman and
Llandeilo along with
Llandeilo Rural District, from the
administrative county of
Carmarthenshire. In 1996 the district became part of a new
Carmarthenshire unitary authority.
Princely House of Dinefwr
With the death of
Rhodri Mawr, the kingdom of Gwynedd passed to his eldest son
Anarawd ap Rhodri. Rhodri's second son
Cadell ap Rhodri, however, looked outside Gwynedd's traditional borders and took possession of the
Dark Ages kingdom of
Dyfed by the late 9th century, establishing his capital at the citadel of Dinefwr. Cadell ap Rhodri's descendants are designated
Dinefwr after the citadel from which they'd rule Dyfed. The Dinefwr dynasty under king
Hywel Dda would unite Dyfed and
Seisyllwg into the
kingdom of Deheubarth in the early 10th century. The Dinefwr dynasty would rule in Deheubarth until their conquest by the Anglo-Normans in the 13th century. This branch would compete with House
Aberffraw for supremacy and influence in Wales through-out the 10th, 11th, and 12th century, with
Powys variously ruled between them. Eventually, a cadet branch of Dinefwr would establish itself in Powys by the mid 11th century, designated
Mathrafal after the castle there.
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