Rhodri Mawr Ap MERFYN 
Rhodri Mawr Ap was born about 0789 in Caer Seiont,Carnarvonshire,Wales . Rhodri Mawr Ap 's father was Merfyn "Fyrch" ap GWRIAD , King of Powys and his mother was Esyllt Verch ap CYNAN. His paternal grandparents were Gyriad ap ELIDIR and Nest verch CADELL; his maternal grandfather was Cynan "Dindaethwy" Ap Rhodri . He was an only child. He died in 0878 in Anglesey,Wales - Of Battle Wounds .General Notes
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.
***** 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]
Children
Anarawd Ap RHODRI b: Abt 857 in Gwynedd,Wales
Merfyn Ap RHODRI b: Abt 859 in Caer Seiont,Carnarvonshire,Wales
Cadell Ap RHODRI b: Abt 861 in Deheubarth,Wales
Nest Verch RHODRI b: Abt 870
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0640 in WALES
- b.~ 0670 in WALES
- b.~ 0700 in Wales
- b.~ 0738 in Wales d.0825
- b.~ 0742 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0789 in Caer Seiont,Carnarvonshire,Wales d.0878 in Anglesey,Wales - Of Battle Wounds
- b.0615 in Wales d.0664
- b.0644 in Wales
- b.~ 0690 in Wales d.0754
- b.~ 0745 in Wales d.0817
- b.~ 0770 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales
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Details of Rhodri Mawr Ap 's family with Angharad Verch MEURIG
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