Arthfael ap Rhys
Arthfael ap Rhys was a prince of Glywsing (modern Glamorgan) and Gwent in the late eighth century. He is dated by the genealogist Peter Bartrum to c.760.[1]
Family
His father was called Rhys and his mother was probably Ceingar ferch Maredudd ap Tewdws of Dyfed. His wife was Brawstudd ferch Gloud ap Pasgen Buellt. One son Rhys ap Arthfael was the father of Hywel ap Rhys (died 886), king of Glywsing, and another son Meurig ap Arthfael (perhaps died 849) was the father of Arthfael ap Meufig and Ffernfael ap Meurig, joint kings of Gwent (fl. 880s).[2]
References
- ^ Bartrum 1993, p. 25.
- ^ Bartrum 1993, pp. 25–26; Charles-Edwards 2011, pp. 76–77; Keynes & Lapidge 1983, p. 96.
Sources
- Bartrum, Peter (1993). A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to about A. D 1000. Aberystwyth, UK: The National Library of Wales. ISBN 978-0-907158-73-8.
- Charles-Edwards, Thomas (2011). "Dynastic Succession in Early Medieval Wales". In Griffiths, R. A.; Schofield, P. R. (eds.). Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages. Cardiff, UK: University of Wales Press. pp. 70–88. ISBN 978-0-7083-2446-2.
- Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael, eds. (1983). Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources. London, UK: Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-14-044409-4.