Commentary
Stewart Baldwin on Rhodri's wife: JC.20-1 (a fourteenth century manuscript) gives Angharad ferch Meurig as the wife of Rhodri Mawr, and is the earliest known source to mention Angharad. Patrick Sims-Williams has argued persuasively (in SW) that Angharad is a late invention, and I find his arguments convincing. (The main problem is that JC, the earliest source for this and other marriages, shows a disturbing tendancy to have suspiciously convenient sisters marrying just the right people, suggesting invention.) The same arguments apply to Rhodri's alleged mother Nest of Powys. Since Angharad probably never existed, the supposed line of descent from the kings of Ceredigion which has been traced through her is probably not valid.'
Family
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FatherMerfyn Frych ap Gwriad, King of Gwynedd (e792-844) [S934] [S2730]
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Child +Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Deheubarth (e842-909) [S934] [S2730]
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Child +Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd (e852-916) [S934] [S2730]
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Attributes
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GenderMale
NameRhodri ap Merfyn [S934]
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NameRhodri Mawr ('the Great') , King of Gwyfedd [S934]
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NameRhodi Mawr , King of Gwynedd [S2730]
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NameRhodri Mawr ap Merfyn , King of Gwynedd & Seisyllwg
Nickname: Rhodri the Great
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FatherMerfyn Frych ap Gwriad, King of Gwynedd (e792-844) [S934] [S2730]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 817 (813-821)
 
Title844King of Gwynedd [S934] [S2730]
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Title872King of Seisyllwg [S934]
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Death878 [S934] [S2730]
killed by the Mercians after his return from exile
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Sources
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[S934] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Wales)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 12 April 2007)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm).
[S2730] Baldwin, Stewart, "Medieval Genealogy Newsgroup: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table" (http://sites.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm).