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    north to seek Trahaearn ap Caradog and Caradog ap Gruffudd who had themselves made an alliance and been joined by Meilyr ap Rhiwallon of Powys. The armies...
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  • Caradog ap Gruffudd (died 1081) was a Prince of Gwent in south-east Wales in the time of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and the Norman conquest, who reunified his...
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  • the River Severn in alliance with an Irish Viking fleet. His son Caradog ap Gruffudd (who received Caerleon in 1057) also attempted to emulate his father...
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    Dafydd ap Gruffudd, also known as Dafydd III (11 July 1238 – 3 October 1283), was a Prince of Gwynedd until after the death of his brother, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd...
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    Iestyn ap Gwrgan (1081–1090), who was subsequently deposed by Robert Fitzhamon. Iestyn's sons became Lords of Afan, while Owain ap Caradog ap Gruffudd contented...
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    sons of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, the eldest son of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, and Senana ferch Caradog, the daughter of Caradoc ap Thomas ap Rhodri...
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    Gruffydd's death in 1063, Caradog ap Gruffudd re-established an independent kingdom in Gwent under his father's 2nd cousin Cadwgan ap Meurig. In 1065 the area...
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    Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (c. 1196 – 1 March 1244) was a Welsh prince, and the first-born son of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great). His...
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  • defeating Gruffudd at the Battle of Bron yr Erw at Clynnog Fawr in Caernarfonshire, also in 1075, forcing him to flee back to Ireland. In 1078 Caradog ap Gruffydd...
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  • Iestyn ap Gwrgan (1081–1090), who was subsequently deposed by Robert Fitzhamon. Iestyn's sons became Lords of Afan, while Owain ap Caradog ap Gruffudd contented...
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  • Senana ferch Caradog (c.1198–1263) was the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fawr (1198–1244). Senana's full name was Senana ferch Caradog ap Thomas ap Rhodri ab...
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    ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 – 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap...
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    Rhufon ap Einion ap Idgwyn (c. 650) Hywel ap Rhufon (c. 680) Meirion ap Hywel ap Rhufon (c. 710) Hywel ap Caradog (c. 825, Hywel Farf-Fehinog) Rhufon ap Cunedda...
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    Caradog ap Gruffydd invaded Deheubarth and drove Rhys to seek sanctuary in the Monastery of St David. Rhys, however, made an alliance with Gruffudd ap...
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  • Rhodri ap Gruffudd (or Prince Rhodri or Roderick Fitz Griffin) (c. 1230 – c. 1315) was the third or fourth son of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr. He was the...
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    Ireland, Gruffudd joined his ally Rhys ap Tewdwr of Deheubarth, and the two marched their army north to seek out Trahaearn ap Caradog and Caradog ap Gruffydd...
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    Trahaearn ap Caradog, and killed by Caradog ap Gruffydd of Gwent shortly afterwards, this was hailed as vengeance "for the blood of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, his...
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  • Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru). Gwenllian is sometimes confused with Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd, who lived...
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    the Norman invasion of Wales, but the House of Aberffraw restored by Gruffudd ap Cynan slowly recovered and Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd was able to...
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  • helped by Meilir ap Rhiwallon of Powys and Gruffudd's old nemesis Trahaearn ap Caradog of Gwynedd. Gruffudd and Rhys made a pact and set forth to give...
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  • battle against Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll. Caradog ap Rhydderch (died 1035) was killed by the "Saxons". Rhys ap Rhydderch (died...
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  • Normans rulers of England invade the Kingdom of Gwent and drive king Caradog ap Gruffudd into exile. 1073 The Normans invade Gwynedd and occupy Arfon. 1085...
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  • The daughter of Prince of Gwynedd Gruffudd ap Cynan and member of the House of Aberffraw, she married Gruffydd ap Rhys, the Prince of Deheubarth, and...
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    Powys "receives" Gwynedd from the English King). Trahaearn ap Caradog (1075–1081). Gruffudd ap Cynan (1081–1137) (House of Aberffraw returns). Owain Gwynedd...
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    1155 the Welsh Lord of Caerleon, Morgan ab Owain, grandson of King Caradog ap Gruffudd, was recognized by Henry II. Subsequently, Caerleon continued in...
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    under the sway of the English crown. In 1282, the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd led to the conquest of the Principality of Wales by King Edward I of...
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    until his death in 1063, the whole of Wales recognised the kingship of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn. For about seven brief years, Wales was one, under one ruler...
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    "Colwine" linked with "tūn", meaning farm or settlement. Caradog ap Gruffudd and Iestyn ap Gwrgant from the north and west usurped the princes in about...
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    Gruffudd ap Cynan, who had just won the throne of Gwynedd from Trahaearn ap Caradog at the Battle of Mynydd Carn, was enticed to a meeting with the Earl of...
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    he attacked Deheubarth with Trahaern ap Caradog in retaliation for his father's death, forcing its king, Rhys ap Tewdwr, to flee to Ireland. However,...
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