Merfyn "The Freckled" Ap Gwriad King GWYNEDD

Abt 764 - 844  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Merfyn "The Freckled" Ap Gwriad King GWYNEDD
  Nickname	The Freckled
  Birth	Abt 764	Of, Wales
  Gender	Male
  AFN	FLH5-XQ
  Name	Merfyn "Frych" Ap GWRIAD
  Name	Merfyn "Frych" Ap Gwriad King Of GWYNEDD
  Name	The Freckled
  _UID	C0B98A8426234F63B0A9FDE8FA775A9B2622
  Death	Between 843 and 844	Battle Of Cyfeiliog, Ketell, Wales
  Person ID	I6857	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Guriat (Gyriad) Ap Elidyr King Of ISLE OF MAN,   b. Abt 740, Wales, England d. 825 (Age ~ 85 years)
  Mother	Esyllt Verch Cynan Princess Of GWYNEDD,   b. Abt 742, Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Rhodri "The Great" Ap Merfyn King Of GWYNEDD,   b. Abt 789, Of, Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d. 878, Killed In Battle At Anglesey, Wales (Age ~ 89 years)
  Family ID	F3437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Merfyn Frych, King of Gwynedd & Ynys Manaw (c.780-844) (Welsh: Merfyn; Latin: Marbinus; English: Mervin) Merfyn the Freckled was the son of King Guriat of Ynys Manaw, heir to the lost Kingdom of South Rheged. His mother was Esyllt ferch Cynan, the heiress of Gwynedd, and after the death of her uncle in AD 825, the throne was secured for Merfyn. He crossed from Ynys Manaw (Isle of Man), where he was almost certainly already King, to bring a new stability as well as a new dynasty to Gwynedd after many years of Civil War. He reigned for 19 years and, sadly, though Gwynedd gained from his rule, an absentee monarch left Manaw open to invasion. The Hiberno-Viking, Godred mac Fergus established himself there in 836 and the country ws never recovered. Merfyn died in AD 844. Source: lorenfamily.com