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    ("Merfyn the Freckled"; Old Welsh Mermin), also known as Merfyn ap Gwriad ("Merfyn son of Gwriad") and Merfyn Camwri ("Merfyn the Oppressor"), was King of Gwynedd...
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  • Gwriad ap Elidyr or Gwriad Manaw was a late-8th century figure in Wales. Very little is known of him, and he chiefly appears in the historical record in...
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  • later known as Strathclyde Gwriad, the father of Edwyn ap Gwriad Gwriad ap Elidyr, 8th-century Brythonic chieftain Gwriad ap Merfyn, 9th-century prince...
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    from Gwriad ap Elidyr — himself a descendant of Coel Hen according to the Genealogies from Jesus College MS 20 and other sources — via Rhys ap Gruffydd...
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  • Dyfed 760–797 Ethyllt ferch Cynan Gwriad ap Elidyr Rhain ap Maredudd Dyfed 797–808 Owain ap Maredudd Dyfed 808–810 Gwgon ap Meurig Seisyllwg 808–872 Merfyn...
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    His father Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad had seized the throne of Gwynedd on the death of the last of the old royal line Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, Merfyn was...
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    origins of Gwriad ap Elidyr (father of Merfyn Frych and grandfather of Rhodri the Great) are attributed to a Manaw and he is sometimes named as Gwriad Manaw...
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  • Kingdom of Gwynedd in North Wales. In 768, she was married to Gwriad ap Elidyr, also known as Gwriad Manaw. It is possible this was a later invention to legitimise...
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    Elidyr (c. 790), son of Sandde Gwriad (until 825), son of Elidyr, married Esyllt daughter of Cynan of Gwynedd Merfyn Frych (825–844), son of Gwriad,...
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    son-in-law, Elidyr Mwynfawr of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, claimed the throne and invaded Gwynedd to displace Maelgwn's son, Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn. Elidyr was killed...
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