Merfyn Ap Gwriad 
Merfyn Ap was born in 0764 in Wales. Merfyn Ap's father was Gwraid Ap Elidir and his mother is Esyllt Verch Cynan. His paternal grandfather was Elidir ap Sandde and his paternal grandmother is Celemion ferch Tudwal; his maternal grandparents are Cynan Ap Rhodri and Matilda. He was an only child. He died at the age of 79 in 0843 in Battle Of Cyfeiliog, Kefeil, Wales.General Notes
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Known as "the Freckled." "The Earliest English Kings," D. P. Kirby (London: Routledge, 1992), p. 212: "The advent to royal power in 825 of Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad, a Powys prince with possible Manx connections, whose father had married a daughter of Cynan ap Rhodri, king of Gwynedd, established the second dynasty of Gwynedd. Merfyn's marriage to Nest, sister of Cyngen ap
Cadell, king of Powys, strenthened the Powysian associations of this second dynasty...."
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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.~ 0630
- b.~ 0660
- b.~ 0688 in North Cymru, Wales
- b.0716 in North Cymru, Wales d.0801
- b.~ 0667
- b.~ 0683
- b.~ 0699
- b.0738 in Isle of Man d.0829
- b.~ 0720
- b.0764 in Wales d.0843 in Battle Of Cyfeiliog, Kefeil, Wales
- b.0615 in Wales d.0664 in Of the plague
- b.0664 in Wales d.~ 0712
- b.0690 in Wales d.0754
- b. in Wales
- b.0730 in Caer Seiont, Caernarvon, Cymru, Wales
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They had a son named Rhodri ap.
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Children
Rhodri ap Merfyn
Rhodri ap was born about 0810 in <, Caer Seiont, Carnarvon, Wales>. He died in 0878 in , , Anglesey, Wales.
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