The great Rhodri Mawr — who had united most of Wales and killed the Viking leader Gorm — was finally killed in battle against the Mercians in 878, the same year Alfred the Great was driven into the Somerset marshes by the Danes. The Welsh annals record "Rhodri and his son Gwriad were slain by the Saxons." His sons eventually won revenge at the Battle of the Conwy (881). Location estimated in the border zone between Powys and Mercia; exact site unknown.
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