Donyarth

King Donyarth (Latin: Doniert) is thought to have been a 9th century King of Cornwall, now part of the United Kingdom.

He is known solely from an inscription on King Doniert's Stone, a 9th century cross shaft which stands in St Cleer parish in Cornwall.^[1][2][3] His social status is not recorded there. However, he is usually identified with "Dumnarth rex Ceriu" – Dufnarth, King of Cornwall, also spelled Dumgarth – whose drowning in 875 is recorded by the Welsh in the Annales Cambriae.^[4] Cornish tradition has it that this occurred in the River Fowey.

See also

• Cornovii (Cornish)

References

1. ^ Charles Thomas. (1986). Celtic Britain. Ancient Peoples & Places Series. London: Thames & Hudson
2. ^ Philip Payton. (1996). Cornwall. Fowey: Alexander Associates
3. ^ Mark Stoyle. (2002). West Britons: Cornish Identities and the Early Modern British State. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. ISBN 0-85989-687-0.
4. ^ Annales Cambriae