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| name            =Gwrfoddw
| title           =King of Ergyng
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| reign           =c. 615 – c. 619
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| predecessor     =[[Cynfyn]]
| successor       =[[Gwrgan Fawr]]
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| issue           =Erfig
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| father          =''possibly'' Amlawdd Wledig
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'''King Gwrfoddw''' ({{langx|la|Gurvodius rex Ercyg}}, died c. 619) was the King of [[Ergyng]], a [[South Wales|south-east Welsh]] kingdom of the [[Early Middle Ages|early medieval]] period. He usurped the throne from Gwrgan ap [[Cynfyn]].

==Life==
According to the [[Book of Llandaff]], Gwrfoddw was victorious against the [[Anglo-Saxons]] and granted lands on the [[River Wye|Wye]] to the Bishops of Ergyng in thanks. Dr. [[Wendy Davies]] calculates his reign to have taken place between about 615 and 619. His son, Erfig, was ousted upon his death in favour of King Cynfyn's son, [[Gwrgan Fawr]].

==Gwrbothu Hen==
Scholars [[Rachel Bromwich]] and D. Simon Evans note that Gwrbothu Hen, a brother of [[King Arthur]]'s [[Igraine|mother]] who was killed by [[Twrch Trwyth]] in the 11th/12th century Welsh text ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', may refer to Gwrfoddw.<ref name="Culhwch and Olwen Translation 158">{{cite web | first=Will | last=Parker | year=2016 | title=Culhwch and Olwen Translation | website=Culhwch ac Olwen | url=http://www.culhwch.info/index.html#footnote158 | at=Footnote 158 | access-date=4 May 2022 }}</ref> Later legendary genealogies fix him and his brothers Llygadrudd Emys, Gweir Paladr Hir, and Gweir Gwrhyd Ennwir as sons of [[Amlawdd Wledig]].<ref name="Culhwch and Olwen Translation 2">{{cite web | first=Will | last=Parker | year=2016 | title=Culhwch and Olwen Translation | website=Culhwch ac Olwen | url=http://www.culhwch.info/index.html#footnote2 | at=Footnote 2 | access-date=4 May 2022 }}</ref> The Arthurian legends are generally set in the late 5th or early 6th century, some time before Gwrfoddw, though medieval stories are not always precise with their chronology. Gwrbothu's epithet {{lang|cy|Hen}} ('the old' or 'the elder') is sometimes known to denote an ancestor or dynastic forebear, which provides the possibility that Gwrbothu Hen was a forefather or predecessor of Gwrfoddw.<ref name="Culhwch and Olwen Translation 158"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061112085721/http://www.britannia.com/bios/ebk/gwrfoeg.html Britannia EBK Biographies: Gwrfoddw Hen] One interpretation of the evidence
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[[Category:Monarchs of Ergyng]]
[[Category:7th-century Welsh monarchs]]
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