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From: (Stewart Baldwin)
Subject: Re: Mervyn "the Freckled" ?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:57:23 GMT
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On 2 May 2001 12:42:42 -0600, (Dolly Ziegler) wrote:

>Hello to the list.
>
>Does Mervyn "the Freckled," 700s AD, ring a small bell with anyone?
>
>It may be a joke on me, of course.

Merfyn Frych ("the Freckled"), sometimes also spelled Mervyn Vrych,
was king of Gwynedd, in Wales. Your date is a bit off, as he died in
844. He is ancestor number 2048 in the ancestor table of Llywelyn ap
Iorwerth, for which see:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm

Stewart Baldwin

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