Maelgwn

So the royal court of Gwynedd had an interest in, and a reason to preserve, tales about their own distant ancestors such as Maelgwn Gwynedd and Cunedda, but they had no particular reason to be interested in stories about distant ancestors in other kingdoms with which their dynasty had no direct connection.

A Bishop of Chester? Carla 2009

Gildas says that his contemporary King Maglocunus (usually identified with Maelgwn of Gwynedd, died mid-sixth century) became a monk for a while before becoming king (De Excidio III, 34-37).

Wroxeter: the sixth-century rebuilding Carla 2010

Madoc of Gwynedd is loosely based on the historical sixth-century King Maelgwn Gwynedd, who was indeed a leading king of the age and whom Gildas identifies as “Dragon of the Isle.”

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Gildas says that his contemporary King Maglocunus (usually identified with Maelgwn of Gwynedd, died mid-sixth century) became a monk for a while before becoming king (De Excidio III, 34-37).

Archive 2010-02-01 Carla 2010

Gildas says that his contemporary King Maglocunus (usually identified with Maelgwn of Gwynedd, died mid-sixth century) became a monk for a while before becoming king (De Excidio III, 34-37).

The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010

Madoc of Gwynedd is loosely based on the historical sixth-century King Maelgwn Gwynedd, who was indeed a leading king of the age and whom Gildas identifies as “Dragon of the Isle.”

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Madoc of Gwynedd is loosely based on the historical sixth-century King Maelgwn Gwynedd, who was indeed a leading king of the age and whom Gildas identifies as “Dragon of the Isle.”

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Owain son of Urien, Rhun son of Maelgwn, Rhufawn the Radiant son of Dewrarth Wledig.

Archive 2009-04-01 Carla 2009

Maelgwn is usually considered to be the same as the “Maglocune” who was one of the kings denounced by Gildas in On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain, written around 540 AD.

Archive 2009-04-01 Carla 2009

It's worth bearing in mind that the Gwynedd kings were all Christian the sources tell us this explicitly for Maelgwn and Cadwallon, and it's a fair guess that it also applied in between, so they probably had a slightly different set of options compared with the pagan English kings of the same period.

Chronology of the Kings of Gwynedd in the seventh century Carla 2009