Meurig ap Hywel (died ) was a 9th-century king of Gwent in southeastern Wales.
The Chronicle of the Princes reported that in the year 843 AD, "Saxons" invaded Anglesey. Meurig, son of King Hywel of "Morgannwg" (actually, only part of Glywysing), was said to have joined Rhodri the Great in defeating them but to have fallen in the battle.Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol. X, 3rd Series. "Chronicle of the Princes", p. 13. J. Russell Smith (London), 1864. The murder of "Mouric" or "Meuruc" by the Saxons is also recorded around this time by the Annals of Wales,. Harleian MS. 3859. . Public Records Office MS. E.164/1, p. 10. although Phillimore's reconstruction of the dating places those entries in the year 849 instead.Harleian MS. 3859. Op. cit. Phillimore, Egerton. Y Cymmrodor 9 (1888), pp. 141–83. in the Annals of Wales.
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