Gododdin

Kingdom of Gododdin
circa 4th century
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Common languages	Brythonic
Religion	Celtic Christianity
Government	Monarchy
King
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Established	circa 4th century
Preceded by Succeeded by Hen Ogledd Votadini Kingdom of Northumbria

The Gododdin (Welsh pronunciation: [ɡɔˈdɔðɪn]) were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britannia, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North (modern south-east Scotland and north-east England), in the sub-Roman period. Descendants of the Votadini, they are best known as the subject of the 6th-century Welsh poem Y Gododdin, which memorialises the Battle of Catraeth and is attributed to Aneirin.

The name Gododdin is the Modern Welsh form, but the name appeared in Old Welsh as Guotodin and derived from the tribal name Votadini recorded in Classical sources, such as in Greek texts from the Roman period.^[1]