Rheged [WelshIPA: r̥ɛgɛd] was a Brythonic kingdom of Sub-Roman Britain, whose inhabitants spoke Cumbric, a dialect of Brythonic closely related to Old Welsh. It was situated in what's now north-western England, possibly extending into south-western Scotland. This was the homeland of the warrior monarch, Urien (in Latin, Urbgenius), as recorded in early Welsh poetry. Location The name Rheged appears regularly as an epithet of a certain Urien in a number of early Welsh poems and Ro… (More on Rheged)