De Situ Brecheiniauc

Twelfth-century genealogical text.


The text provides a narrative account of Brychan's royal pedigree, in Wales and Ireland, and then lists his various descendants, including eleven sons and twenty-five daughters, and many of their saintly offspring. The lists incorporate occasional additional details, such as where characters lived or are buried.

Saints referenced in this source

Brychan

Related sources


Editions
P.C. Bartrum Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1966), 14–16
A.W. Wade-Evans 'The Brychan Documents' in Y Cymmrodor (1906), 24–7
Scott Lloyd (ed.) Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae (Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, 2013), 313–5
Manuscripts
British Library Cotton Vespasian A. xiv

A composite manuscript, containing texts made between the early eleventh and late twelfth century.

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Translations
A.W. Wade-Evans 'The Brychan Documents' in Y Cymmrodor (1906), 31–4