Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (Old Welsh: Bledẏnt uab Kẏnỽẏn; died 1075), sometimes spelled Blethyn, was an 11th-century Welsh king. King Harold Godwinson and Tostig...
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north eastern Wales. He (possibly born 1060) was the second son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn who was king of both Kingdom of Powys and Gwynedd. The Anglo-Saxon...
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Gruffudd's realm was divided again into the traditional kingdoms. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and his brother Rhiwallon came to an agreement with Harold and were...
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(1023–1033) Iago ap Idwal (1033–1039) Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1039–1063) Mathrafal Princes of Powys Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (1063–1075) and Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (1063–1070)...
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his son, Prince Madog ap Maredudd. Maredudd was the son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn who was King of both Powys and Gwynedd. When Bleddyn was killed in 1075, Powys...
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death of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn in 1075, it appears that none of his sons were old enough to claim the throne, and Bleddyn's cousin Trahaearn ap Caradog, seized...
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Rhiryd ap Bleddyn (1049–1088) was a Welsh king of Powys. He was a son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and Haer verch Gyllin. He was killed in Powys in the same battle...
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Iorwerth ap Bleddyn (1053–1111) was a prince of Powys in eastern Wales. Iorwerth was the son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn who was king of both Powys and Gwynedd...
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raids of 1062–1063 against the King of Wales, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. They installed Bleddyn ap Cynfyn as King over Powys and Gwynedd and kept him and his...
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others. List of bearers include: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (died 1075), Prince of the Welsh Kingdoms of Gwynedd and of Powys Bleddyn Bowen (born 1961), former international...
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prince of Wales. Madog was the son of King Maredudd ap Bleddyn and grandson of King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He followed his father on the throne of Powys in...
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Battle of Mechain (redirect from Maredudd ap Gruffydd ap Llywelyn)
were given to Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and his brother Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. Gruffydd left two sons— Maredudd and Idwal–who in 1070 challenged Bleddyn and Rhiwallon...
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Cynfyn, King/Prince (1063–1075) Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, Prince (1075–1103) Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Prince (1075–1111) Deheubarth (complete list) – Cynan ap Hywel...
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Maredudd ab Owain (redirect from Maredudd ap Owain)
Llywelyn ap Seisyll, was the mother of his son Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales and would later become the mother of king Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, founder...
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take over the rule of Gwynedd in 1075, following the death of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. Trahaearn ap Caradog had seized control of Gwynedd but had not yet firmly...
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Rhiwallon and his brother Bleddyn are both mentioned as being "Kings of the Welsh". Pierce, T. J., (1959). RHIWALLON ap CYNFYN (died 1070), king of Powys...
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of Tegonwy ap Teon. Tegonwy also appears in the genealogy of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, who was the ancestor of the later Princes of Powys. Bleddyn's claim to rule...
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Tudur ap Goronwy and Marged ferch Tomos (a descendant of Llywelyn Fawr); alongside Ednyfed ap Tudor, Rhys ap Tudur, Goronwy ap Tudor and Gwilym ap Tudur...
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killing of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn in 1075 led to civil war and gave the Normans an opportunity to seize lands in North Wales. In 1081 Gruffudd ap Cynan, who...
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Kingdom of Gwynedd (section Cadwallon ap Cadfan)
the killing of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn in 1075 by his second cousin Rhys ap Owain King of Deheubarth. Another relative of Bleddyn's Trahaearn ap Caradog seized...
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of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel, Maminot, Powys and Fitz Warin ISBN 1-899376-80-1, page 2 Whittington Castle and the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel...
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killing of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn king of Gwynedd and Powys in 1075. In 1078 he was defeated by Trahaearn ap Caradog, who had followed Bleddyn on the throne...
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(Llywelyn's son Gruffydd usurps from Aberffraw dynasty). Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (1063–1075) and Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (1063-1070) [co-rulers] (Mathrafal dynasty of Powys...
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Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (d. 1075) Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (d. 1070) Cadell ap Rhodri (878–910) Pasgen ap Gwrtheryn, son of Vortigern (c. 400, Pascent) Pawl ap Mepurit...
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Tudur ap Goronwy (c. 1310 - c. 1367) was a Welsh landowner, soldier and administrator of the Tudors of Penmynydd family from the island of Anglesey. Born...
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His uncle was the last Prince of Powys, Madog ap Maredudd. His great-grandfather was King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, founder of Mathrafal, and King of both Powys...
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His father Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad had seized the throne of Gwynedd on the death of the last of the old royal line Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, Merfyn was...
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of Wrexham. Remfry, P.M., Whittington Castle and the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel, Maminot, Powys and Fitz Warin (ISBN 1-899376-80-1) Owen...
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serving Llywelyn the Great and later his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. He claimed descent from Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Rhos and 'protector' of Rhodri the Great...
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Rhydderch ap Iestyn (1023–1033) Iago ap Idwal (1033–1039) Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, invader and prince of Gwynedd (1039–1063) Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (1063–1075)...
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