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Gwriad
(738-)
Nest verch Cadell
(742-)
Cynan "Dindaethwy" ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd
(745-817)
Merfyn "Frych" ap Gwriad, King of Gwynedd
(764-844)
Esyllt verch Cynan
(770-)
Rhodri "Mawr" ap Merfyn, King of Gwynedd
(789-878)

 

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Angharadh verch Meurig

Rhodri "Mawr" ap Merfyn, King of Gwynedd 1

  • Born: 789
  • Marriage: Angharadh verch Meurig
  • Died: 878 at age 89 1

bullet  Research Notes:

My information and source can be found at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Reigned, 844-878. 1 He united the three largest kingdoms of Wales, acquiring Gwynedd from his father, Powys from his mother and Deheubarth from his wife.

• Military, 856. 1 Defeated the Vikings. Later (876) the Vikings forced him into exile.


Rhodri married Angharadh verch Meurig, daughter of Meuirg ap Dyfnwallon, King of Seisyllwg. (Angharadh verch Meurig was born in 825.)


Sources


1 John Cannon & Ralph Griffiths, The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarcy (Oxford University Press, 1998, 2000 ISBN 0-19-289328-9). Surety: 3


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