Meirchion Gul ap Gwrwst (abt. 450 - 535)

Born about 0450 in Hen Ogledd (North England) [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Essylt ferch Culwynedd — married 0459 in Rheged, Wales

Descendants

Died 0535 at about age 85 in Rheged, Wales

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Biography

Prince Merchion of Man. King of Rheged was the father of Elidyr Lydanwn and grandfather of Llwarch Hen.

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Name

• Meirchion Gul ^[1]
• Meirchion Gul Ap Gwrst^[2]
• Meirchion "Gul" the Lean, King of Rheged, Meirchion ap Gwrast^[3]
• Meirchion Gul ap Gwrst^[4]
• MEIRCHION GUL ap GWRAST 'KING OF RHEGED" ap Gwrst Ap Ceneu^[5]

Ancestry

Meirchion Gul appears in the Middle Welsh genealogical text Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd as the son of the equally obscure Gwrwst Lledlwm, a grandson of Coel Hen, and grandfather of renowned Urien Rheged. He is assumed, like Urien, to have ruled Rheged, including Catterick. ^[1]

Reign in Rheged

Meirchion Gul was probably a late 5th-century king of Rheged, a Brythonic realm in the area of sub-Roman known as the Hen Ogledd (in the North of England and Southern Scotland today). ^[1]

Next to nothing is known about Meirchion, although his epithet means the Lean. ^[1]

Research Notes

Birth Year Estimation

This original profile has him born in 0599 and died in 0637, but this is clearly impossible, since he was a late 5th century king (late 400s), and his son was born c.480. An estimated DOB of 460 is now used.

Parents

According to 13th century Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd, Meirchion was the son of Gorust Ledlwm/Letlwm, son of Ceneu, son of Coel. Descendants were Urien (of Rheged) son of Cynfarch son of Merchion, and Llywarch Hen son of Elidyr Lyndanwyn son of Meirchawn.^[6]

Descendants

Ancestor of Gwenllian ferch Rhys

Carl Boyer has reported the pedigree of Gwenllian, wife of Morien ap Morgeneu as: Gwenllian ferch Rhys ap Marchan ap Cynwrig ap Cynddelw Gam ab Elgudy ap Gwrysnad ap Dwywg Lyth ap tegog ap Dwyfnerth ap Madog Madogion ap Mechydd ap Sandde ap llywarch Hen ap Elidir Lydanwyh ap Meirchion Gul ap Gwrwst Ledlum ap Ceneu ap Coel Hen.^[7]

The profile is the profile of one of the ancestors of Gwenllian, as reported by Boyer. Boyer provided no further information about any of these ancestors of Gwenllian.

450 Birth

450, South Rheged, Wales^[4]

Marriage and Children

MEIRCHION GUL ap UNKNOWN and ESSYLT ferch Culwynedd married Abt 459, Rheged, Wales

Child: CYNFARCH OER ap Meirchion

Child: IDNO ap Meirchion

Child: VRYEN ap Meirchion

Child: CINMARC OER ap Meirchion

Child: KING ELIDYR LLYDANWYN ap Meirchion

Child: LIER MARINI ap Merchion

530 Death

530, Rheged, England^[8]

Title

Prince of Rheged

King of Greater Rheged (about 490-535), England

Event

The Lean, abt 500, England

Issue

Meirchion Gul and Essylt ferch Culwynedd had children:

Named by Wikipedia

His two sons appear at the head of two later dynasties.

1. CYNFARCH OER ap Meirchion Cynfarch Oer was Urien's father. ^[1]
2. KING ELIDYR LLYDANWYN ap Meirchion Elidyr Lydanwyn (the Stout and Handsome), was the ruler of Rheged, according to the Gwynedd version of Hywel Dda's 'Welsh laws'. He was the father of Llywarch Hen. ^[1]

Not named by Wikipedia

1. IDNO ap Meirchion
2. VRYEN ap Meirchion
3. CINMARC OER ap Meirchion
4. LIER MARINI ap Merchion

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Wikipedia Meirchion Gul Article based on Rachel Bromwich (gol.), Trioedd Ynys Prydein (Cardiff, 1961; republished 1991). Accessed 8/19/2018 jhd
2. ↑ Ancestry Public Member Trees
3. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ancestry Public Member Trees. Database online. Records for Elidir ap Meirchion, Meirchion Gul ap Gwrst
5. ↑ Ancestry Family Tree
6. ↑ Ancient Texts. http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/bonedd.html accessed 6 Dec 2021
7. ↑ Carl Boyer III, Medieval Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author. Santa Clara, California, 2004. Page 10, #20
8. ↑ Source: S6 (Ancestry Public Member Trees): Database online. Record for Gwrwst Ledlwm ap Ceneu

See also:

• Rheged, Wales (Ancestry image file)
• OLD KING COLE DESCENDANTS (Ancestry document link)
• Early_Britain_AD410_AD495 (Ancestry document link)
• Early Britain Royalty (Ancestry document link)
• MapofBritain_circa450-600 (Ancestry image link)

• Source S-2024265459 Title: Lineage of the Royal Princes of England. Author: Ken Stelmaszek Original profile source. Reference can't be found.

• Wikipedia. Meirchion Gul was probably a late 5th-century king of Rheged, in the area of Hen ogledd, in the north of England and southern Scotland today. ...Another son, Elidyr Lydanwn, was the ruler of Rheded. He was the father of Llwarch Hen.

• Ancestry Family Trees (Family trees submitted by Ancestry members)[1, 2, 3, 4

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.
• WikiTree profile Gwrst-2 created through the import of davidson ftm file 2011-07-26.ged on Jul 26, 2011 by Jeffrey Davidson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jeffrey and others.
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• This person was created through the import of LJ Pellman Consolidated Family_2011-03-21.ged on 21 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Gwrst-1 created through the import of SRW 7th July 2011.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Stephen Wilkinson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Stephen and others.
• WikiTree profile Ceneu-4 created through the import of davidson ftm file 2011-07-26.ged on Jul 26, 2011 by Jeffrey Davidson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jeffrey and others.
• This person was created through the import of Holman Family Tree.ged on 06 March 2011.
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