Meurig ap Arthfael was King of Gwent in the mid-ninth century. Thomas Charles-Edwards states that he may be the Meurig whose death is reported in the Annales Cambriae dated 849. [1]
Brochfael and his brother Ffernfael ap Meurig were sons of Meurig ab Arthfael. [a] The historian Wendy Davies states that Meurig appears to have died in 874, and dates his reign as 848-874. [3] [b] but Thomas Charles-Edwards thinks that he may be the Meurig whose death is recorded in 849. [1]
- ^ a b Charles-Edwards 2011, p. 77.
- ^ Moore 1990, p. 13.
- ^ Davies 1978, p. 19.
- ^ Davies 1978, p. 70.
- 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.
- Davies, Wendy (1978). An Early Welsh Microcosm: Studies in the Llandaff Charters. London, UK: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901050-33-5.
- Moore, Donald (April 1990). "The Indexing of Welsh Person Names". The Indexer. 17 (1): 12–20. ISSN 0019-4131.