Rhodri Mawr brought the kingdoms of Gwynedd, Powys and Seisyllwg under his control, and fought the threats of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings. Rhodri Mawr was the first ruler of Wales to be given the ...

Rhodri Mawr brought the kingdoms of Gwynedd, Powys and Seisyllwg under his control, and fought the threats of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings. Rhodri Mawr was the first ruler of Wales to be given the ...

Rhodri won the epithet Mawr (the Great ... probably around the year 940. The law of Wales was traditional and not king-made law and its emphasis was upon ensuring reconciliation between kin ...

Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd, had by his death in AD 877 ... who by 1057 had united the whole of Wales under his authority. Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was more aggressive than his predecessors.