Rhain son of Maredudd ( cy, Rhain ap Maredudd; died c. 808) was a
king of
Dyfed. He ruled following his father
Maredudd ap Tewdws
Maredudd ap Tewdws ( eng, Meredith son of Theodosius; died c. 797) was a king of Dyfed in South Wales.
His father was Tewdws son of Rhain ap Cadwgan. His sons, who both reigned after him, were Rhain and Owain.
His lineage is included among the ...
and was succeeded by his brother
Owain Owain () is a name of Welsh origin, variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Y ...
. His son
Triffyn then succeeded Owain.
His lineage is included among the
Harleian Genealogies. His death was recorded in the
Annals of Wales
The ( Latin for ''Annals of Wales'') is the title given to a complex of Latin chronicles compiled or derived from diverse sources at St David's in Dyfed, Wales. The earliest is a 12th-century presumed copy of a mid-10th-century original; late ...
. The entry is undated, but Phillimore's reconstruction places it in AD 808.
[Ingram, James (trans.) From '' The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''. Everyman's Library (London), 1823. Accessed 12 Feb 2013.]
References
Monarchs of Dyfed
808 deaths
9th-century Welsh monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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