Merfyn Frych
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Merfyn Frych, also known as Merfyn ap Gwriad and Merfyn Camwri, was King of Gwynedd from around 826 to 844, the first of its kings known not to have descended from the male line of King Cunedda.
The Kingdom of Gwynedd under Merfyn Frych
Historia Brittonum
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The History of the Britons is a purported history of early Britain written around 829-30 that survives in numerous recensions from after the 11th century. The Historia Brittonum is commonly attributed
Merfyn Frych
…Wessex, in the year 830, but it is unknown how this affected Merfyn's rule. Merfyn is mentioned as a king of the Britons in a copyist's addition to the Historia Brittonum and in the Bamberg Cryptogram, but as both sources are traced to people working in Merfyn's own court during his reign, it should not be considered…
The opening few lines of the Middle Welsh manuscript Enwau ac Anryfeddodau Ynys Prydain from the Red Book of Hergest, which continued the wonders tradition of geographical descriptions of the Island of Britain after the Historia