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Morgan ab Athrwys
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Morgan ab Athrwys, also known as Morgan Mwynfawr ('Morgan the Wealthy/the Benefactor') was a Welsh King of Morgannwg around the year 730 AD in south Wales.[1]
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[edit]Probable lineage
He was the grandson and probably the successor to King Meurig ap Tewdrig.
[edit]Kingdom
He was king of Morgannwg and the ruler whose name is given to the Kingdoms and later counties of Glamorgan, which at his time embraced the Kingdom of Gwent and Glywysing and through probable ties with Ergyng into lands east of the River Wye. Westwards his kingdom extended west of the River Towy.
[edit]Succession
He in turn was succeeded by his son Ithel ap Morgan.[1]
[edit]References
- ^ a b Lloyd, John Edward (1911), A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, 1, London, UK: Longmans, Green, and co., p. 274.
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