9th century in Wales

8th century \| 10th century \| Other years in Wales
Other events of the century

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

Events

Approximate date – Nennius's Historia Brittonum

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

Spring – Battle of Buttington, 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

Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg (died 909)^[1]

Deaths

Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys

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

Merfyn Frych, king of Gwynedd

Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys

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

References

↑ Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved 2010-07-07.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.