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Maelgwn Gwynedd ((ラテン語:Maglocunus); died c. 547〔Based on Phillimore's (1888) reconstruction of the dating of the ''Annales Cambriae'' (A Text).〕) was king of Gwynedd during the early 6th century. Surviving records suggest he held a pre-eminent position among the Brythonic kings in Wales and their allies in the "Old North" along the Scottish coast. Maelgwn was a generous supporter of Christianity, funding the foundation of churches throughout Wales and even far beyond the bounds of his own kingdom. Nonetheless, his principal legacy today is the scathing account of his behavior recorded in ''De excidio et conquestu Britanniae'' by Gildas, who considered Maelgwn a usurper and reprobate. The son of Cadwallon Lawhir and great grandson of Cunedda, Maelgwn was buried on ''Ynys Seiriol'' (now known as Puffin Island in English), off the eastern tip of Anglesey, having died of the "yellow plague", quite probably the arrival of Justinian's Plague to Britain. ==Name== Maelgwn in Welsh literally means "Princely Hound" and is composed of the elements ''mael'' "prince" ('' *maglo-'' in earlier, Common Brittonic) and ''cwn'', the old oblique case form of ''ci'' "hound, dog" (from Common Brittonic nominative singular '' *cū'', oblique '' *cun-''). As "hound" was sometimes used as a kenning for a warrior in early Welsh poetry, the name may also be translated as "Princely Warrior".〔Charles-Edwards, T. M., Wales and the Britons, 350-1064, Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 85-87.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maelgwn Gwynedd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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