Kingdom of Gwent

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The Kingdom of Gwent was an early medieval Welsh kingdom located in southeast Wales, centered around the lower River Usk and bordering the Severn Estuary.

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Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Gwent canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval Welsh kingdom ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
approximateEnd 10th century ⓘ
approximateStart 5th century ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Caerleon Roman fortress ⓘ
Caerwent Roman town ⓘ
linked to: Caerwent
borders Severn Estuary ⓘ
capital Caerleon ⓘ
Caerwent ⓘ
centeredOn lower River Usk ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
culture Celtic ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
eventuallyUnitedWith Kingdom of Glywysing ⓘ
followed Roman rule in Britain ⓘ
hadRomanHeritage true ⓘ
hasLanguage Brittonic ⓘ
Old Welsh ⓘ
hasRuler Caradog ap Meirion ⓘ
Ithel ap Morgan ⓘ
Meurig ap Tewdrig ⓘ
Tewdrig ⓘ
locatedIn post-Roman Britain ⓘ
southeast Wales ⓘ
linked to: South East Wales

sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
modernNamesake local government area of Gwent (historic) ⓘ
preserved county of Gwent ⓘ
modernTerritoryOverlap Monmouthshire ⓘ
Newport ⓘ
eastern Glamorgan ⓘ
namedAfter Roman town of Venta Silurum ⓘ
notableFeature continuity of settlement from Roman Venta Silurum ⓘ
proximity to Severn Estuary trade routes ⓘ
partOf Hen Ogledd and Welsh Brittonic world ⓘ
linked to: Hen Ogledd

Wales ⓘ
Welsh kingdoms of the Age of the Saints ⓘ
politicalStructure monarchy ⓘ
religion Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
sharesBorderWith English territories across the Severn ⓘ
Kingdom of Ergyng ⓘ
Kingdom of Glywysing ⓘ
successor Kingdom of Morgannwg ⓘ
Lordship of Glamorgan ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
post-Roman era ⓘ
usedScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gwent → namedAfter → Kingdom of Gwent ⓘ
Offa of Mercia → borderWith → Kingdom of Gwent ⓘ
Kingdom of Brycheiniog → borderedBy → Kingdom of Gwent ⓘ