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- Angharad ferch Meurig was a 9th-century Welsh noblewoman. She was the wife of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd, and mother of Anarawd (Rhodri's successor), Cadell ap Rhodri, and Merfyn.
Angharad was the daughter of Meurig, evidently the King of Seisyllwg in southwestern Wales. She married Rhodri Mawr of Gwynedd, who held power over much of Wales. Her brother Gwgon succeeded their father to the throne of Seisyllwg, but he drowned without an heir in 872. Subsequently, Angharad and Rhodri became caretakers of his kingdom. Rhodri had no standing to take the kingship himself, but the family connection allowed him to install his second son, Cadell, as king. Their first son, Anarawd, later succeeded Rhodri in Gwynedd. Their third son, Merfyn, is sometimes said to have been installed as King of Powys.
Angharad ferch Meurig was a 9th-century Welsh noblewoman.
Angharad was the daughter of Meurig, evidently the King of Seisyllwg in southwestern Wales.
Angharad married Rhodri ap Merfyn "Mawr/the Great", son of Merfyn "Frych/the Freckled" ap Gwriad King of Gwynedd & his wife Nest of Powys (-killed Anglesey 878).
Her brother Gwgon succeeded their father to the throne of Seisyllwg, but he drowned without an heir in 872. Subsequently, Angharad and Rhodri became caretakers of his kingdom. Rhodri had no standing to take the kingship himself, but the family connection allowed him to install his second son, Cadell, as king.
This addition to his realm must have been made soon after 872, when Gwgon, the last of the kings of Ceredigion, met his death by drowning; Rhodri's marriage to Angharad, the dead king's sister, while it gave him no sort of legal claim to the province, made it easy for him to intervene and invested his sons with rights there which would be more generally recognised.
Death: BET 864 AND 920 Anglesey, Wales
1.) Anarawd, their first son, later succeeded Rhodri in Gwynedd.
2.) their third son, is sometimes said to have been installed as King of Powys
«b»Known Children:«/b»
1.) Cadell Ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg;
2.) Merfyn ap Rhodri, King of Powys;
3.) Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd;
4.) Aidan ap Rhodri
5.) Tudwal ap Rhodri
6.) Meurig ap Rhodri
7.) Rhodri ap Rhodri
8.) Gwriad ap Rhodri
9.) Gwyddelig ap Rhodri
10.) Nest verch Rhodri, ('verch' is 'daughter of' in Welsh)
11.) Angharad verch Rhodri
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825 - 900 (75 years)
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