Rhodri the Great Mawr ap Merfyn of Wales 
Rhodri the Great Mawr ap Merfyn of was born in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales. Rhodri the Great Mawr ap Merfyn of's father was Merfyn the Freckled ap Gwriad of Gwynedd and his mother is Nesta verch Cadell. His paternal grandfather was Gwriad ap Elidyr of Man and his paternal grandmother is Essylt verch Cynan; his maternal grandfather was Cadell ap Brochwel. He had two brothers named Anarawd ap and Gwriad ap. He died in 0878 in Anglesey, Wales.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Roderick II the Great of /Wales/
Cause of Death:<CAUS> killed in battle against the English
"Chroniclers of his generation hailed Rhodri ap Merfyn as Rhodri Mawr
(Rhodri the Great), a distinction bestowed upon two other rulers in the
same centry-Charles the Great (Charlemagne, died 814) and Alfred the
Great (died 899)...Rhodri's fame sprang from his success as a warrior.l
That success was noted by THE ULSTER CHRONICLE and by Sedulius Scottus,
an Irish scholar at the court of the Emperor Charles the Bald at Liege.
It was his victory over the Vikings in 856 which brought him
international acclaim...He and his son, Gwriad, were killed in battle
against the English in 878." (http://www.castlewales.com/rhodri.html)
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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.~ 0660 d.> 0690
- b.0690 d.> 0720
- b.~ 0720
- b.Bet 738 and 750 d.0825 in Wales
- b.~ 0720
- b.Bet 765 and 784 in Wales d.0844 in Battle of Cyfeiliog/Cyfeil, Ketell, Wales
- b.0664 in Wales d.0712
- b.0690 in Wales d.0754
- b.0745 d.Bet 816 and 818 in Wales
- b.Bet 750 and 770 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.Bet 789 and 809 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.0878 in Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 0710 in Powys, Wales d.~ 0808 in Wales
- b.Bet 742 and 780 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
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They had four sons named Merfyn ap Rhodri, Gwriad ap Rhodri, Cadell ap Rhodri and Anarawd ap Rhodri.
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