Editing Maelgwn Gwynedd (section)

=== The Pictish king Bridei ===
[[Bridei I|Bridei]] (died c. 584) was the son of a certain Maelchon (or Melcho, or Maelchú in [[Ireland|Irish]] records). Aside from having a similar name, there is nothing that connects the father of Bridei to Maelgwn Gwynedd.

Of those who have promoted a connection, perhaps the most notable person of late is [[John Morris (historian)|John Morris]] in his ''Age of Arthur'', where he refers in passing and without authority, to "... Bridei, son of Maelgwn, the mighty king of north Wales, ...".<ref>{{Citation |last=Morris |first=John |authorlink=John Morris (historian) |year=1973 |title=The Age of Arthur: a history of the British Isles from 350 to 650 |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |publication-date=1973 |location=London |page=192}}</ref> Though the book has been a commercial success, it is disparaged by historians as an unreliable source of "misleading and misguided" information.<ref>D. P. Kirby and J. E. C. Williams, "Review of ''The Age of Arthur''", ''Studia Celtica'', 10-11 (1975-1976), pp. 454–486; "an outwardly impressive piece of scholarship", it went on to argue that this apparent scholarship "crumbles upon inspection into a tangled tissue of fact and fantasy which is both misleading and misguided".</ref>