9th century in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the century 801–900 to Wales and its people.

Events

830

Approximate date – Nennius's Historia Brittonum[1]

878

Merfyn ap Rhodri succeeds his father Rhodri the Great as king of Powys, reigning until his own death in c.900

893

Spring – Battle of Buttington,[2] a victory for a joint Anglo-Saxon and Welsh force against the Vikings; the Buttington Oak, planted about this time, perhaps to commemorate the event, falls in 2018
Autumn – Danish Vikings are forced from Chester into Wales.

Births

854

Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg (died 909)[3]

Deaths

808

Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys[4]

809

Elfodd, bishop of Gwynedd,[5] who persuaded the Welsh church to adopt the Roman method of determining the date of Easter

844

Merfyn Frych, king of Gwynedd

855

Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys

871

Gwgon, king of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi[6]

878

Rhodri the Great, king of Gwynedd and most of Wales (born c.820)

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References

Dorothy Whitelock; Rosamond McKitterick; David Dumville (8 July 1982). Ireland in Early Medieval Europe: Studies in Memory of Kathleen Hughes. Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-521-23547-1.
Justin Pollard (29 June 2006). Alfred the Great. Hodder. p. 281.
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved 7 July 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
N. J. Higham; Barri Jones (2001). Archaeology of the Roman Empire: a tribute to the life and works of Professor Barri Jones. Archaeopress. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-84171-232-1.
David Walker (28 June 1990). Medieval Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3.
David N. Dumville (29 April 1999). Saint Patrick. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-85115-733-7.

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[1] Dorothy Whitelock; Rosamond McKitterick; David Dumville (8 July 1982). Ireland in Early Medieval Europe: Studies in Memory of Kathleen Hughes. Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-521-23547-1.

[2] Justin Pollard (29 June 2006). Alfred the Great. Hodder. p. 281.

[3] Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved 7 July 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.

[4] N. J. Higham; Barri Jones (2001). Archaeology of the Roman Empire: a tribute to the life and works of Professor Barri Jones. Archaeopress. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-84171-232-1.

[5] David Walker (28 June 1990). Medieval Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3.

[6] David N. Dumville (29 April 1999). Saint Patrick. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-85115-733-7.