Person:Maelgwn Gwynedd (1)

Maelgwn Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
b.
d.Est 547
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Name[1] Maelgwn Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
Alt Name Maelgwn ap Cadwallon
Gender Male
Birth?

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Marriage to Gwallwen verch Afallach
Death[1] Est 547
Reference Number? Q886399?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Maelgwn Gwynedd, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    Maelgwn Gwynedd (; died c. 547) was king of Gwynedd during the early 6th century. Surviving records suggest he held a pre-eminent position among the Brythonic kings in Wales and their allies in the "Old North" along the Scottish coast. Maelgwn was a generous supporter of Christianity, funding the foundation of churches throughout Wales and even far beyond the bounds of his own kingdom. Nonetheless, his principal legacy today is the scathing account of his behavior recorded in De excidio et conquestu Britanniae by Gildas, who considered Maelgwn a usurper and reprobate. The son of Cadwallon Lawhir and great grandson of Cunedda, Maelgwn was buried on Ynys Seiriol (now known as Puffin Island in English), off the eastern tip of Anglesey, having died of the "yellow plague"; quite probably the arrival of Justinian's Plague in Britain.

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