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AD942

Year
end
Year
beginning

Rough guide to the situation at the start ofat the end of 942

Rough situation at beginning of AD 942
Rough situation at end of AD 942
ColourKingdom
Colour for AlbaAlba
Colour for DeheubarthDeheubarth
Colour for EnglandEngland
Colour for GwyneddGwynedd
Colour for JórvíkJórvík
Colour for MorayMoray
Colour for NorwayNorway
Colour for StrathclydeStrathclyde
Colour for AlbaAlba
Colour for DeheubarthDeheubarth
Colour for EnglandEngland
Colour for JórvíkJórvík
Colour for MorayMoray
Colour for NorwayNorway
Colour for StrathclydeStrathclyde

Alba

The ruler of Alba was King Constantine II (Constantine the Middle-Aged), who had ruled since 900 and would continue to do so until 943.

Image of King Hywel ap Cadell ap Rhodri
King Hywel ap Cadell ap Rhodri of Deheubarth

Deheubarth

The ruler of Deheubarth was King Hywel ap Cadell ap Rhodri (Hywel the Good), who had ruled since 920 and would continue to do so until 950.

England

The ruler of England was King Eadmund I (Eadmund the Magnificent), who had ruled since 939 and would continue to do so until 946.

Gwynedd

This year was the last year of the rule of King Idwal ab Anarawd (Idwal the Bald).

Jórvík

The ruler of Jórvík was King Olaf Sigtryggsson, who had ruled since 941 and would continue to do so until 944.

Strathclyde

The ruler of Strathclyde at this time was likely to have been King Dyfnwal map Owain.