__NOTOC__ Morgan ap Athrwys or Morgan Mwynfawr ('Morgan the Generous'; fl. ) was a

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of Gwent and

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(i.e., Morgannwg) in southeast

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. He was the grandson of

Meurig ap Tewdrig Meurig ap Tewdrig (Latin: ''Mauricius''; English: ''Maurice'') was the son of Tewdrig (St. Tewdric), and a King of the early Welsh Kingdoms of Gwent and Glywysing. He is thought to have lived between 400AD and 600AD, but some sources give more spec ...

and the son of

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Reign

Morgan was the grandson and probable successor of King Meurig. Lloyd argues that his timing and joint rule over Gwent and Glywysing makes him the probable namesake for the later realm of Morgannwg (whence modern

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), although his descendant

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is another possibility. Through his grandmother Onbraus ferch Gwrgant Mawr, he may have been heir to the kingdom of

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as well.Pierce, Thomas. ''Welsh Biography Online''.
Morgan Mwynfawr

The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
2009. Accessed 22 Feb 2013. The charters, contained in the ''

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'', include a number of grants which he is said to have made, to the church of Llandaff in the time of Bishops

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and Berthguin. Other charters in the book, of the time of Berthguin, are attested by him, and an account is also given of ecclesiastical proceedings taken against him by Oudoceus in consequence of his murdering his uncle Ffriog Though the ''Book of Llandaff'' was compiled about the middle of the twelfth century, at a time when the see was vigorously asserting disputed claims, it nevertheless embodies a quantity of valuable old material, and is probably to be relied upon, in the general view it gives of the position of Morgan. He appears as owner of lands in

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, and Gwent, and, since the latter two districts were afterwards ruled over by his descendants, was probably sovereign of most of the region between the

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and the

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. He seems to have been succeeded by his son Ithel, before Ithel's many sons divided their patrimony among themselves.Lloyd, John E. ''A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest'', Vol. 1
p. 274
Longmans, Green, & Co. (London), 1911. Accessed 22 Feb 2013.

References

;Attribution {{DNB, wstitle=Morgan Mwynfawr , first=John Edward , last=Lloyd, volume=39 Monarchs of Gwent Monarchs of Glywysing Monarchs of Morgannwg 8th-century Welsh monarchs