Kingdom of Gwynedd (Guynet)

The establishment of The Kingdom of Gwynedd (Venedotia) , circa 401, by Cunedda Wledig (Wikipedia links used) After the Roman occupation (c. 400s), the original tribal boundaries of Wales were changed. This was when tribal Wales was divided into four kingdoms: The Kingdom of Gwynedd (north), The Kingdom of Powys (east), The Kingdom of Gwent (south), and The Kingdom of Dyfed (west). Of the original 4 Welsh Kingdoms, Gwynedd's Mona (Anglesey) settlement of Aberffraw was the location of the Princes of Wales' principal seat.   Image of the main  Kingdoms of Wales  (Gwynedd north-west), courtesy of Wiki Commons, attributed to Notuncurious. Historically, the Welsh Royal Family of Aberffraw descended from sub-Roman Britain and the Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: Venedotia). The founding member and ancestor of the Kings of Gwynedd was  Cunedda Wledig (386-470) of the House of Gwynedd  also known as the First Dynasty of Gwynedd. He was a Roman soldi...

Explaining the founding of the Royal House of Aberffraw (Second Dynasty of Gwynedd), its position in Wales as the preferred family seat, and Aberffraw's significance as a settlement for the Kings of Gwynedd. (Wikipedia articles linked). The concept of a royal house  or dynasty in Wales stems from the idea that a Kingdom would have a preferred location to dwell as a royal palace. But in Welsh Kingdoms there were many royal courts (llysoedd in Welsh), of all the residences in the kingdom, one of them would be the preferred chief location (modern capital) connected to the royal house and its family associated with the dynasty, e.g.  House of Windsor  of the  United Kingdom  and their preferred family seat  Windsor castle , although the residence is owned by the crown and is not privatised. A family seat is a permanent settlement for a noble to surround himself (or herself) with family and friends or an entourage, and to come and go as they pleased. In th...