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Ewyas
Ewyas ((ウェールズ語:Ewias)) was a possible early Welsh kingdom which may have been formed around the time of the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century. The name was later used for a much smaller commote or administrative sub-division, which covered the area of the modern Vale of Ewyas (now within Monmouthshire, Wales) and a larger area to the east including the villages of Ewyas Harold and Ewyas Lacy (now within Herefordshire, England).
==A legendary kingdom==
Some researchers interpret the evidence of the medieval Llandaff charters to suggest that early Ewyas may have encompassed much of south-east Wales, including the later kingdoms of Gwent and Ergyng. However, these sources are open to several interpretations and this is not generally accepted by mainstream historians. Geoffrey of Monmouth gives the legend of Octavius (Welsh: Eudaf), "earl of Ewyas and Ergyng", in his famous pseudo-history ''Historia Regum Britanniae'', making him a descendant of Caratacus who had led the Silures in battle against the Romans. According to Geoffrey, he took up a supposed "British High Kingship" after defeating Trahern, the brother of King Coel Godhebog, in the late third or early fourth century. There is no historical evidence to corroborate this and Coel's reign in the Hen Ogledd is usually placed in the 5th century. In the Welsh versions of the ''Historia'', such as ''Brut Dingestow'', Octavius is called Eudaf; this is the same legendary figure that appears in ''Breuddwyd Macsen Wledig'' as father of Elen, wife of Macsen Wledig, and living near Segontium in north Wales.〔Henry Lewis (ed.). ''Brut Dingestow'' (Cardiff, 1942), pp. 228-30.〕〔Ifor Williams (ed.), ''Breuddwyd Maxen'' (Bangor, 1920), p. 24.〕
An 8th-century charter relating to the church at Clodock includes an account of its origin at a time when Clydawg, "king in Ewyas" was murdered while on a hunting expedition, and an oratory was built to commemorate his martyrdom.〔(The History of Ewyas Lacy )〕
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