Triffyn Farfog
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Triffyn Farfog (English: Triffyn the Bearded) was a semi-legendary fifth century king of Dyfed, father of Aergol Lawhir and grandfather of Vortipor. Peter Bartrum estimated his date of birth at around 430 AD.[1]
Triffyn's name is usually considered as derived from the Roman title tribunus, and in some texts his name is written much closer to the original Latin word.[2][3][1][4] While Triffyn's parentage of Aergol is consistent in sources, his own descent is now unclear with multiple ancestries claimed in different genealogies.[5] Early Irish genealogies name Triffyn's father as Aed Brosc [it], an invader of the dynasty of Eochaid Allmuir ("Eochaid the Foreigner"), remembered in his native land as a member of the Déisi.[6] Welsh genealogies that do not mention Aed Brosc name Triffyn's father as Owain Fraisg.[7][8] In addition some Welsh genealogies claim Triffyn was a descendant of the Roman usuper Magnus Maximus.[1][9]
Triffyn is supposed to have married Gwledyr, daughter of Clydwyn ap Ednyfed, though this connection is described in tentative language by Bartrum.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bartrum, Peter C. (1993). "Triffyn, king of Dyfed". A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to about A.D. 1000 (2009 ed.). Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales. pp. 707–709.
- ↑ Wade-Evans, Arthur (1934). Welsh Christian Origins. Oxford: The Alden Press. pp. 91, 261–262.
- ↑ Caradog of Llancarfan (1899). "Vita Gildae". In Williams, Hugh (ed.). Gildas: The Ruin of Britain, Fragments from Lost Letters, the Penitential, Together with The Lorica of Gildas. London: David Nutt. pp. 398–399. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ Owen, George (1906). Owen, Henry (ed.). The Description of Penbrokshire. London: The Bedford Press. p. 277. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ↑ Thornton, David E. (2003). Kings, Chronologies, and Genealogies: Studies in the Political History of Early Medieval Ireland and Wales. Oxford: Unit for Prosopographical Research. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-900934-09-1. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ↑ Bartrum, "Eochaid Allmuir", op. cit., p. 286.
- ↑ Bartrum, "Aed Brosc", op. cit., p. 1.
- ↑ Barry, Rev. E. (January–March 1900). "Records of the Barrys. First Chapter.—Barrymore. Notes and Corrections". Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Second Series. VI (45): 9. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ↑ Bartrum, P. C., ed. (1966). Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 4, 10, 30, 45–46, 106.
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