Background
He was underage when his father"s death in 1153 made him heir to his family"s estates on both sides of the Channel.
He was underage when his father"s death in 1153 made him heir to his family"s estates on both sides of the Channel.
He is thought to have been born in Kevelioc in Monmouth. But he may have taken the name of the cwmwd of Cyfeiliog (in modern Powys) in the southern part of the Kingdom of Powys, Wales. He joined the baronial Revolt of 1173–1174 against King Henry II of England, and was influential in convincing the Bretons to revolt.
After being captured and imprisoned after the Battle of Alnwick, he finally got his estates restored in 1177, and served in King Henry"s Irish campaigns.
Hugh of Kevelioc died 30 June 1181 at Leek, Staffordshire, England.