9th century in Wales

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

878

• 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, 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)

Deaths

808

• Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys

809

• Elfodd, bishop of Gwynedd, 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

878

• Rhodri the Great, king of Gwynedd and most of Wales (born )

References