Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn the Prince of Wales 
Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn the was born in 0809 in of Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales.1 Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn the's father was Merfyn Ap Gwriad the Freckled King of Gwynedd and his mother was Nesta verch Cadell. His paternal grandparents were Gwriad ap Elidir of Man King of Gwynedd and Esyllt verch Cynan of Gwynedd Queen of Gwynedd; his maternal grandfather was Cadell ap Brochwel. He was an only child. He died due to Battle wounds. at the age of 69 in 0878 in Anglesey, Wales.1 General Notes
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Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd, died in 878. Although he was an important Welsh king, it is not really appropriate to call him the "first King of Wales", for there were large parts of Wales over which he did not rule. Most sources give the name of Rhodri's wife as Angharad, heiress of Ceredigion, and give his mother as Nest, heiress of Powys, but Patrick Sims-Williams [in the article "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: a Caveat from Ninth-Century Wales", Welsh History Review, vol. 17 (1994), pp. 1-40] has recently argued (conclusively, in my opinion) that neither Nest nor Angharad ever existed, and that they were inventions of later genealogists who wanted to give Rhodri's family a line of descent from the earlier kings of Powys and Ceredigion.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0738 d.0825
- b.0784 d.BET. 843 - 844 in Battle Of Cyfeil, Ketell, Wales
- b.0664 d.0712
- b.0690 d.0754
- b.0745 d.BET. 817 - 818
- b.0770 in of Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.0809 in of Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.0878 in Anglesey, Wales
- b.0740 in of Powys, Wales d.0808
- b.0780 in of Powys, Wales
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Details of Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn the's family with Angharad verch Meurig
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Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB, large-G675.FTW, Royal Genealogies DB, Fighting Kings of Wessex
Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB, large-G675.FTW, Royal Genealogies DB, Fighting Kings of Wessex
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