9th century in Wales explained

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]

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Dorothy Whitelock. Rosamond McKitterick. David Dumville. Ireland in Early Medieval Europe: Studies in Memory of Kathleen Hughes. 8 July 1982. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-23547-1. 135.
2. Book: Justin Pollard. Alfred the Great. 29 June 2006. Hodder. 281.
3. Book: Lloyd, John Edward. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. John Edward Lloyd. 1912. Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 325. Lloyd history of Wales.. 2010-07-07.
4. Book: N. J. Higham. Barri Jones. Archaeology of the Roman Empire: a tribute to the life and works of Professor Barri Jones. 2001. Archaeopress. 978-1-84171-232-1. 316.
5. Book: David Walker. Medieval Wales. 28 June 1990. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-31153-3. 12.
6. Book: David N. Dumville. Saint Patrick. 29 April 1999. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 978-0-85115-733-7. 112.