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Carney & Wehofer Family
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 Abt 764 - 844 (~ 79 years)
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| Name |
Merfyn "The Freckled" Ap Gwriad King GWYNEDD |
| Nickname |
The Freckled |
| Born |
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 |
| Died |
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 |
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- 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
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