Importance of the petty Kingdoms of Ergyng and Ewias.
The importance of the Kingdoms of Ergyng and Ewias, successor to the Earls of Ewias and Urtchingfilde and Governors of North Cambria (Wikipedia links). Image courtesy of Wiki Commons, attributed to Notuncurious, map of Wales, post-Roman; Anglo-Saxon . Some of the Welsh Kingdoms lie in what is now western England but kept their status as Brythonic Celts. The best example of a petty Kingdom in ancient Wales now found in England is the Kingdom of Ewyas. The historical beginnings of Ewias started with the emergence of the titular King of Britain and the first King of Cambria (Wales), Camber circa 1,100 BC. He was the son of Brutus of Troy, the legendary founder of the Kingdom of Britain (Albion), and the man who divided the main island of Great Britain into Wales, Scotland, and England. His sons were given provinces to rule as Governors and titular royals. Camber's eldest son, Gorbonian became the Duke of Cornwall and Governor of Cambria. ...