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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.

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Events

830

  • Approximate date of Nennius's Historia Brittonum
  • 878

  • Merfyn ap Rhodri succeeds his father Rhodri the Great as king of Powys, reigning until his own death in c.900.
  • 893

  • Battle of Buttington, a victory for a joint Anglo-Saxon and Welsh force against the Vikings
  • Births

    854

  • Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg (died 909)
  • Deaths

    808

  • Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys
  • 809

  • Elfodd, bishop 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
  • 878

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

    9th century in Wales Wikipedia