General Notes

1  DEAT
2  PLAC Anglesey
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001


[De La Pole.FTW]

Sources: Young; Kraentzler 1747a, 1747b;  History of Morgan Family.
Young: Rhodri Mawr (the Great), died 878, king of Deheubarth.
History:
King of Gwynedd and Powys 844. "Rhodri-Mawr (Roderick the Great) led the
fight against the Viking invaders and killed the Norse leader Horm in battle. He
established a line of Welsh Kings that reigned until the year 1305, when King
Edward I executed Dafydd and imprisoned his sons.
"Rhodri-Mawr inherited the Kingdom of Powys from an uncle, the Kingdom of
North Wales from his mother and the Kingdom of South Wales from his wife. He
was killed in battle with the Saxons. Married Angaharad, heiress of South
Wales. His six sons split the Kingdom, with Mervyn-Mawr becoming King of Powys
and his brother Cadell taking the title of King of South Wales (Seisyllwg)."
K: Rhodi Mawr, King of Wales and Prince of Wales.
Duran calls him Rhodri/Roderic Mawr, The Great, King of Wales 843, d. 876.
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Rhodri Mawr ("the Great") was the first to combine almost all Wales into a
single principality.  He had four sons in addition to those named in the Family
Group Record.

Rhodri Mawr (the Great), King of Gwynedd, 844, of Powys, 853, of Deheubarth,
872, m. Angharad, dau of Meurig ap Dyfynwallon, who on death of her brother,
Gwgan ap Meurig, king of Seisyllwg, inherited Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi
(Cardigan and Carmarthen area) which formed his kingdom, where Gwgon, too, was
last of Cunedda's line.  Rhodri Mawr, named several times in the "Annals of
Ulster" whose court was still in touch with the continent, built Dynevor (the
Great Palace), traditionally for his heir who inherited Deheubarth (the South
Land), fought the Danes, and d. in battle, probably against the Saxons, 878,
having had, with other issue, a son, Cadell ap Rhodri. [Source 1]

King of Gwynedd and Powys, 844.  "Rhodri-Mawr (Roderick the Great) led the
fight against the Viking invaders and killed the Norse leader Horm in battle.
He established a line of Welsh Kings that reigned until the year 1305, when
King Edward I executed Dafydd and imprisoned his sons.  Rhodri-Mawr inherited
the Kingdom of Powys from an uncle, the Kingdom of North Wales from his mother,
and the Kingdom of South Wales from his wife.  He was killed in battle with the
Saxons.  Married Angharad, heiress of South Wales.  His six sons split the
Kingdom, with Mervyn-Mawr becoming King of Powys and his brother Cadell taking
the title of King of South Wales (Seisyllwg)". [Source 2]

SOURCES:
1.  Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms.  _Landed Gentry
(entry for Powell), page 577.
2.  Morgan, Dennis.  _A History of the Morgan Family_.