Ffernfael ap Meurig (Old Welsh: Fernmail map Meuric; Modern Welsh: Ffernfael ap Meurig; fl. c. 880[1]) was a 9th-century king of Gwent in southeast Wales. He ruled jointly with his brother Brochfael.[2] Asser says in his biography of Alfred the Great that in the 880s: "Brochfael and Ffyrnfael, (sons of Meurig and kings of Gwent), driven by the might and tyrannical behaviour of Ealdorman Æthelred and the Mercians, petitioned King Alfred of their own accord, in order to obtain lordship and protection from him in the face of their enemies".[3]

His name seems to mean "strong ankles",[4] while his brother's meant "strong arm". Their father Meurig ap Arthfael Hen had also been king of Gwent.[5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ The History Files: Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles. "Gwent Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 12 Feb 2013.
  2. ↑ Charles-Edwards, T. Wales and the Britons, 350-1064, Vol. 1. Oxford Univ. Press, 2012. Accessed 12 Feb 2013.
  3. ↑ Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael, eds. (1983). Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources. London, UK: Penguin Classics. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-14-044409-4.
  4. ↑ Todd, James H. & al. (trans.) Leabhar breathnach annso sis: the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius. Irish Archaeological Society (Dublin), 1848. Accessed 12 Feb 2013.
  5. ↑ Ford, David N. Early British Kingdoms. "South Welsh Royal Pedigree". Accessed 12 Feb 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Early Welsh Kingdoms - Gwent & Glywysing, by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. New York, 1998".


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