Merfyn ap Rhodri

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Merfyn son of Rhodri (Welsh: Merfyn ap Rhodri, d. 900) was a late 9th-century prince of Gwynedd sometimes credited with ruling Powys following the death of his father Rhodri the Great in AD 878. In the accounts where he is credited with ruling Powys, he loses his realm after an invasion by his brother Cadell, lord of Ceredigion.

The drowning of his son Haearnddur or Haardur was reported by both the Chronicle of the Princes[1] and the Annals of Wales.[2] The first places it in the year 953; Phillimore's reconstruction of the latter's dating[3] would place it in 956.

See also

References

  1. ^ Middle Welsh: Oed Crist 953, y boddes Haearnddur fab Merfyn. Cambrian Archaeological Association. Archaeologia Cambrensis: "Chronicle of the Princes", p. 24. W. Pickering, 1864. Accessed 19 Feb 2013.
  2. ^ Medieval Latin: haardur .f(ilius). meuruc mersus est. Annals of Wales (B text), p. 10. Template:La-icon
  3. ^ Harleian MS. 3859. Op. cit. Phillimore, Egerton. Y Cymmrodor 9 (1888), pp. 141–83. Template:La-icon


Preceded by King of Powys
878–900
Succeeded by

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