Ceredig
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Ceredig, king of Ceredigion, was born c. 420 AD in the Brythonic kingdom of Manaw Gododdin, centred on the Firth of Forth.
Son of Cunedda, he arrived in Wales from Clackmannanshire with his father's family when they were invited to help ward off Irish invaders. As a reward for his bravery, his father gave him the southern part of the territories in north-west Wales conquered from the Irish. The realm was named Ceredigion in his honour.
The name Ceredigion slowly evolved into its English language form, Cardiganshire, but the name Ceredigion has been reapplied to the area in recent years. The administrative area was officially renamed as Ceredigion in the 1974 reorganisation of Welsh administrative areas. The same event resurrected other dark age kingdom names such as Powys and Gwent.