Three years after Rhodri Mawr was killed by the Mercians, his sons won a major victory at the River Conwy. The Annals of Wales record this laconically as 'God's revenge for Rhodri.' Anarawd ap Rhodri emerged as the strongest Welsh ruler following the victory and eventually acknowledged Alfred the Great as overlord — preferring the English of Wessex to the hostile Mercians. The battle stabilised the Gwynedd frontier for a generation.
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