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Idwal ap Meurig
Idwal ap Meurig (died 997), was king of Gwynedd.
He was the son of Meurig ab Idwal Foel, who, though the rightful heir to the throne, was killed in 986, in the course of one of the many struggles for the kingship which characterised the period from the death of Hywel Dda in 950 until the time of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Idwal, on the death of his father, fled for safety to the collegiate establishment at Llancarfan. Maredudd ab Owain then succeeded in
Meurig ab Ithel
Meurig ab Ithel or Idwal was an 8th-century king of part of Glywysing in southern Wales.
Meurig's father Ithel ap Morgan had been in sole possession of both Gwent and Glywysing (i.e., Morgannwg), but at his death divided his realm among his four sons. Rhodri, Rhys, and Meurig apparently received parts of Glywysing and Ffernfail received Gwent.
Lloyd notes that Glywysing at this time is "involved in much obscurity". It was eventually united by the line of Meurig's