The destruction of the court of Pengwern — the sub-kingdom of the Welsh Midlands — by Mercia. Prince Cynddylan ap Cyndrwyn was killed. The Welsh poem cycle "Canu Llywarch Hen" and the extraordinary elegy "Marwnad Cynddylan" mourn the burning of the hall at Pengwern: "Stafell Gynddylan, ys tywyll heno / Heb dân, heb wely" (The hall of Cynddylan is dark tonight / Without fire, without bed). This marks the end of Welsh political presence east of the Severn. Exact date and location estimated from poetic and chronicle evidence.
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