# Ffernfael ap Meurig

> Ffernfael ap Meurig or Ffyrnfael or Fernmail, fl. 880s, was king of Gwent in southeast Wales jointly with his brother Brochfael ap Meurig. Asser says in his biography of Alfred the Great that "Brochfael and Ffyrnfael,, driven by the might and tyrannical behaviour of Ealdorman Æthelred and the Mercians, petitioned King Alfred of their own accord, in order to obtain lordship and protection from him in the face of their enemies".

*King of Gwent*

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## Identity
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 3.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 23.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5446204)
- [Ffernfael ap Meurig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffernfael_ap_Meurig)
- [Ffernfael ap Meurig](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffernfael_ap_Meurig)
- [Фернвайл ап Мейриг](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB_%D0%B0%D0%BF_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3)

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