Cenyw Ceneu ap Coel 
Cenyw Ceneu ap was born about 0382 in Rheged, Wales. Cenyw Ceneu ap's father was Coel Hen Godebog ap Tehvant and his mother is Ystradwal ferch Gadeon. His paternal grandfather is Tehvant ap Urban; his maternal grandfather is Gadeon ap Cynon. He had a sister named Gwawl ferch. He is the older of the two children.General Notes
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(Welsh, Cenyw/Latin, Ceneus/English, Kenneth) Ceneu was an early King of Northern Britain, the heir of Coel Hen (the Old). His Kingdom stretched from Coast to Coast. Ceneu appears to have been canonized because he upheldthe old Christian ways while under intense pressure from invading pagans. High-King Vortigern's policy of employing Saxon mercenaries to defeat British enemies meant that, for most of his reign, Ceneu was obliged to accept the help of the Saxons, Octha and Ebissa, in pushing back invading Picts from his kingdom. Their interference was widely resented and it was not until after theKentish
rebellion that they were finally brought under control. Magnanimous in victory, Ceneu allowed the Saxons to settle in Deywr (Deira - East Yorkshire). Upon his death, Ceneu's kingdom was divided between his two sons, Gwrgant and Mor. Gwrgant took the western lands stretching from the Salway to theMersey, while Mor inherited the central kingdom around the old capital, Ebrauc (York). Later heirs who followed divided the kingdoms further until the North consisted of at least six different kingdoms in
four distinct areas:
He has a biological son named Gwrwst Lledlwin ap.
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