Kingdom of Gwent Teyrnas Gwent (Old Welsh) | |||||||||||||
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5th century–c. 1075 (intermittently in union with Glywysing/in Morgannwg) | |||||||||||||
Medieval kingdoms of Wales, showing Gwent in the south-east | |||||||||||||
Capital | Caerwent Porth-is-Coed | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Old Welsh | ||||||||||||
Religion | Celtic Christianity | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Formed after Roman withdrawal from Britain | 5th century | ||||||||||||
• Various unions with Glywysing | 6th century-c. 745 | ||||||||||||
• Union in Morgannwg (under Morgan Hen ab Owain) | 942–974 | ||||||||||||
c. 1055-1063 | |||||||||||||
• Union in Morgannwg | 1063-1074 | ||||||||||||
• Norman conquest | 1070-1090 | ||||||||||||
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Gwent (Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century. Along with its neighbour Glywyssing, it seems to have had a great deal of cultural continuity with the earlier Silures,[1] keeping their own courts and diocese separate from the rest of Wales until their conquest by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Although it recovered its independence after his death in 1063, Gwent was the first of the Welsh kingdoms to be overrun following the Norman conquest.