Editing Vortigern (section)

==Pillar of Eliseg==
[[File:Elisegs Pfeiler 5 Südost.jpg|thumb|The [[Pillar of Eliseg]]]]

The inscription on the [[Pillar of Eliseg]], a mid-9th century [[stone cross]] in [[Llangollen]], northern [[Wales]], gives the [[Old Welsh]] spelling of Vortigern: Guarthi[gern], (the inscription is now damaged and the final letters of the name are missing), believed to be the same person as Gildas's "superbus tyrannus", Vortigern. The pillar also states that he was married to [[Sevira daughter of Maximus|Sevira]], the daughter of [[Magnus Maximus]],<ref name=Laycock>{{cite book |last1=Laycock |first1=Stuart |title=Warlords: The Struggle for Power in Post-Roman Britain |date=2011 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-7560-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RrkTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT65}}</ref> and gave a line of descent leading to the [[Kingdom of Powys|royal family of Powys]], who erected the cross.