Editing Rheged (section)

==Kings of Rheged==
The traditional royal genealogy of Urien and his successors traces their ancestry back to [[Coel Hen]] (considered by some to be the origins of the Old [[King Cole]] of folk tradition),<ref>Harbus, A. (2002) ''Magnus Maximus and the Welsh Helena'' in ''Helena of Britain in Medieval Legend'', Boydell & Brewer, p. 54</ref><ref>Ford, P.K. (1970) ''Llywarch, Ancestor of Welsh Princes'', Speculum,
 Vol. 45, No. 3,  p. 443 - This author argues that the term ''hen'' in the context of early Welsh genealogies has a primary meaning of "heroic ancestor", rather than that the possessor of the epithet necessarily lived to a great age.</ref> who is considered by many to be a mythical figure; if he has some historicity, he may have ruled a considerable part of the North in the early 5th century. All of those listed below may have ruled in Rheged, but only three of their number can be verified from external sources:

* [[Meirchion Gul]], father of Cynfarch
* [[Cynfarch Oer]] (Cynfarch the Dismal), also known as Cynfarch fab Meirchion and Cynfarch Gul, father of Urien
* [[Urien|Urien Rheged]], (c. 550 – 590), about whom survive eight songs of [[Taliesin]]
* [[Owain mab Urien|Owain]], also celebrated for having fought the [[Bernicia]]ns; son of Urien

There are two possible later kings of [[House of Rheged|Rheged]]:

*Rhun, said to have been a son of Urien. He is recorded in Welsh sources as having baptised [[Edwin of Northumbria]], however, he may merely have stood sponsor at the baptism, thus becoming Edwin's [[Godparent|godfather]].<ref>Corning, Caitlin (2000) ''The Baptism of Edwin, King of Northumbria: A New Analysis of the British Tradition'', Northern History, 36:1, 5-15, DOI: 
10.1179/007817200790178030</ref>
*Royth (Rhaith - meaning 'Justice' in Welsh), son of Rhun, and possibly the last king of Rheged.<ref>Andrew Breeze (2013) ''Northumbria and the Family of Rhun'', Northern History, 50:2, pp. 170-179, DOI: 10.1179/0078172X13Z.00000000039</ref>