# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/urien-rheged
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:39.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/urien-rheged"
name: "Urien Rheged"
slug: "urien-rheged"
description: "Urien ap Cynfarch Oer or Urien Rheged was a powerful sixth-century Brittonic-speaking figure who was possibly the ruler of the territory or kingdom known as Rheged. He is one of the best-known and best documented of the British figures of the Old North. His kingdom was most likely centred around the Solway Firth. According to the section known as the \"Northern History\" of the Historia Brittonum, Urien gained a decisive advantage in a conflict against the Anglo-Saxons in northern Britain while leading an alliance with three other kings: Rhydderch Hen, Gwallog ap Llênog, and Morgan. The alliance led by Urien penned the Anglo-Saxons in at Lindisfarne, though this siege came to an abrupt end when Urien was murdered on the orders of his erstwhile ally Morgan."
tagline: "6th-century king of Rheged"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Urbgen%2C_from_Harley_MS_3859_f._188v.png/330px-Urbgen%2C_from_Harley_MS_3859_f._188v.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "520"
deathDate: "572"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.35
  momentum:             0.4749223257878384
  historical:           13.01829333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien_Rheged"
    title: "Urien Rheged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien_Rheged"
    title: "Urien Rheged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%82"
    title: "Ούριενς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien_Rheged"
    title: "Urien Rheged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien_Rheged"
    title: "Urien Rheged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien_Rheged"
    title: "Urien Rheged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien_av_Rheged"
    title: "Urien av Rheged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Уриен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urien"
    title: "Urien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump