Dyfnwal ab Owain

Dyfnwal ap Owain (died 975) was a tenth-century King of the Cumbrians who appears to have reigned between the 930s and the 970s. He was a son of Owain ap Dyfnwal and a member of the royal dynasty of Strathclyde. As a result of expansion southwards far beyond the valley of the River Clyde, the realm became known as the Kingdom of the Cumbrians.

In 945, King Edmund of England invaded Cumbria, forcing Dyfnwal into subjection and blinding two of his sons. King Máel Coluim of Alba was made overlord of Cumbria, but this arrangement seems to have lapsed after Edmund was killed in 946.

In around 970, Dyfnwal appears to have abdicated in favour of his son Máel Coluim, but he is recorded as having attended a gathering of rulers hosted by King Edgar of England in Chester in 973. He died in 975 whilst undertaking a pilgrimage to Rome.

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