A tale of two bickering brothers begins when their father, the duke of Cornwall, died. His lands passed to his two sons Beli (above left) and Brân (above right). Unable to come to an agreement over ownership their dispute escalates and they agree to settle it once and for all by armed combat.
Their mother, Queen Corwena, pleaded with them to settle their dispute peacefully and her sons agreed to end their feud. Beli settled in New Troy (London) and Brân moved north and built a strong fortress near Llan-Collen, calling it Dinas Brân after himself. The nearby town of Corwen was named after his mother.
