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Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn (b. 789, d. 878)

Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn (son of Merfyn Ap Gwriad and Esyllt Verch Cynan)³ was born 789 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales^{3, 3, 3}, and died 878 in Anglesey, Wales^{3, 3, 3}. He married Angharad Verch Meurig on 814 in Gwynedd, Wales³.

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Rhodri the Great a.k.a. Roderick the Great (in Welsh, "Rhodri Mawr") (c. 820–878) was the first ruler of Wales to be called "Great", and the first to rule most of present-day Wales.

The son of Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad king of Gwynedd and Nest ferch Cadell of the royal line of Powys, he inherited the kingdom of Gwynedd on his father's death in 844. When his uncle Cyngen ap Cadell ruler of Powys died on a pilgrimage to Rome in 855 Rhodri inherited Powys. In 872 Gwgon ruler of Seisyllwg in southern Wales was accidentally drowned, and Rhodri added his kingdom to his domains by virtue of his marriage to Angharad, Gwgon's sister. This made him the ruler of the larger part of Wales.

Rhodri faced pressure both from the English and increasingly from the Danes, who were recorded as ravaging Anglesey in 854. In 856 Rhodri won a notable victory over the Danes, killing their leader Gorm (sometimes given as Horm). Two poems by Sedulius Scotus written at the court of Charles the Bald, king of the Western Franks, celebrate the victory of "Roricus" over the Norsemen.

In 877 Rhodri fought another battle against the Norse invaders on Anglesey, this time being forced to flee to Ireland. On his return the following year, he and his son Gwriad were said to have been killed by the English, though the precise manner of his death is unknown. When his son, Anarawd ap Rhodri won a victory over the Mercians a few years later, it was hailed in the annals as "God's vengeance for Rhodri".

Preceded by:
Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad Prince of Gwynedd Succeeded by:
Anarawd ap Rhodri
Preceded by:
Cyngen ap Cadell Prince of Powys

References
Nora K. Chadwick (1963). Celtic Britain. Thames and Hudson.
John Edward Lloyd (1911). A history of Wales: from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest. Longmans, Green & Co..

More About Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn:
Date born 2: 809, Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales.³
Died 2: 878, Battle Anglesey, Wales.³

More About Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn and Angharad Verch Meurig:
Marriage: 814, Gwynedd, Wales.³

Children of Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn and Angharad Verch Meurig are:

+Cadell Ap Rhodri, b. 861, Deheubarth, Wales^{3, 3}, d. 910, Anglsy, Wales^{3, 3}.