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Name: Rhodri Mawr Prince Of Gwynedd And Deheubarth
Sex: M
Death: 878 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Merfyn Frych Prince Of Gwynedd Death: 844

Mother:

Nesta Queen Of Powys

Family:
Marriage:

Ankaret .^m1
Ankaret

Children:

Anarawd Prince Of Gwynedd Death: 916
Cadell Ap Rhodri, Prince Of Deheubarth Death: 910
Merfyn Ap Rhodri Death: 904

Bibliography

Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
Moncreiffe, Sir Ian of that Ilk, Royal Highness: Ancestors of the Royal Child. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. NYPL ARF 83-3293. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p[0-9]*].
Baldwin, Stewart, Rhoderic Mawr, King of Wales. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/29/1997. Subject: Rhoderic Mawr, King of Wales. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/gYYSTBB2BZo/m/e2NawYUR7_UJ. Author address: sbald at AUBURN dot CAMPUS dot MCI dot NET. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 6/29/1997].
Baldwin, Stewart, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/27/1997. Subject: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table, gen. 1-8, 9-13, 14-18. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/62kLGKCIBno/m/ueu-1XrMKmAJ, https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/AhLsHr4k35Q/m/-09JXMxH0fEJ, and https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/2tnpOmyP9LU/m/o_nX5ZiILHYJ. Author address: sbald at AUBURN dot CAMPUS dot MCI dot NET. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/27/1997].
Tapsell, R. F., Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties and Kingdoms of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1983. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p[0-9]*].
Wurts, John S., Magna Charta: The Pedigrees of the Barons, Philadelphia, PA: Brookfield Publishing Co, 1942. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/197851. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p10],
father:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p2184, Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/27/1997, Tapsell Dynasties p177]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:: 844 [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p434],
note:: 844 matches start of reign given in [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p177]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p10, Tapsell Dynasties p177]; 876 [Ref: Burke Peerage p2184],
note:: [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p434]

Sources with Information about marriage to Ankaret

names:: Rhodri Mawr & Ankaret, but Ankaret is probably a late invention, wife of Rhodri Mawr is unknown [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/27/1997],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p2184]

Research Notes:
844-878: Prince of Gwynedd [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p177]
872-878: Prince of Deheubarth [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p178]
King of Wales [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p10]

called Roderick the Great [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p434]

Uniting three kingdoms, he became King of all Wales. Inherited North Wales from his father, Powys from his mother, and South Wales from his wife. [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p434]

united Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p10]

slain by the Angles in 878 [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p10]

Although he was an important Welsh king, it is not really appropriate to call him the "first King of Wales," for there were large parts of Wales over which he did not rule. Most sources give the name of Rhodri's wife as Angharad, heiress of Ceredigion, and give his mother as Nest, heiress of Powys, but Patrick Sims-Williams, in the article "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: a Caveat from Ninth-Century Wales", Welsh History Review, vol 17 (1984) pp1-40, argued that neither Nest nor Angharad ever existed, and that there were inventions of later genealogists who wanted to give Rhodri's family a line of descent from the earlier kings of Powys and Ceredigion. [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 6/29/1997]

Pedigree of Rhodri Mawr Prince Of Gwynedd And Deheubarth
          /-----Gwiard Prince Of Dehubarth, King Of Manaw
/-----Merfyn Frych Prince Of Gwynedd
|        |                                                      /-----Cadfan Ap Iago, Prince Of Gwynedd
|        |                                             /-----Caswallon Ap Cadfan, Prince Of Gwynedd
|        |                                    /-----Cadwalader Fendigaid Prince Of Gwynedd
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Wibba King Of Mercia
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk dau) Of Mercia
|        |                           /-----Edwal Iwrch Prince Of Gwynedd
|        |                  /-----Roderi Molwynog Prince Of Gwynedd
|        |         /-----Cynan Tindaethwy Prince Of Gwynedd
|         \-----Eiayllt Queen Of Wales
Rhodri Mawr Prince Of Gwynedd And Deheubarth
|         /-----Cadell Ap Brochwel King Of Powys
\-----Nesta Queen Of Powys

Descendants of Rhodri Mawr Prince Of Gwynedd And Deheubarth

1. Rhodri Mawr Prince Of Gwynedd And Deheubarth m. Ankaret

m. Ankaret

2+ Anarawd Prince Of Gwynedd m.

3+ Cadell Ap Rhodri, Prince Of Deheubarth m.

4+ Merfyn Ap Rhodri m.

2nd generation

2. Anarawd Prince Of Gwynedd m.

5+ Idwal Foel Prince Of Gwynedd m. Avendreg Of Powys

3. Cadell Ap Rhodri, Prince Of Deheubarth m.

6+ Hywel Dda Ap Cadell, Prince Of Deheubarth m1. m2. Elen Ferch Llywarch

4. Merfyn Ap Rhodri m.

7+ Llywelyn Ap Merfyn m.