Gwgon ap Meurig (died ) was a 9th-century king of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi (i.e., Seisyllwg) in southwest Wales.

Gwgon was the son of the former king Meurig ap Dyfnwallon and inherited the realm on the death of his father.

Gwgon ap Meurig

Gwgon's sister Angharad married King Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd. Gwgon is recorded by the annals as drowning around 871. The Chronicle of the Princes places his death in the entry for 870 and says he drowned crossing the River Llychwr in Gower while fighting Viking invaders.

Gwgon ap Meurig

Contrary to Welsh law, rule was then reported to have passed to Angharad's son Cadell as a subordinate king to his father.

Gwgon ap Meurig

References

870s deaths

Monarchs of Ceredigion

9th-century Welsh monarchs

Deaths by drowning

Year of birth unknown

Accidental deaths in Wales