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Cyngen Powys, King of Powys
(c.778-854)
(Latin: Concennus; English: Concenn)
Cyngen, son of King Cadell Powys,
was the King who erected Eliseg's Pillar. He re-established Powysian
independence after the Saxon invasions of 823, and probbaly transferred
the Royal Court from Dinas-Bran to Mathrafal. Cyngen died on a pilgrimage
to Rome in 854. His family, back in Powys, may have been quite young at