• Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 – 1172) was the third son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, and brother of Owain Gwynedd. Cadwaladr first appears...
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    Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055–1137) was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137. In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure...
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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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  • extant. An English translation of Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel's ode (number 11), in praise of Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd o Fachelldref, is given at Welsh-Border...
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    alliance with Gwynedd, and later in 1136 the sons of Gruffudd ap Cynan, Owain Gwynedd and Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, led an army to Ceredigion. Their combined...
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  • following year he joined his brothers in law Owain Gwynedd and Cadwaladr, the sons of Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd, in a rebellion against Norman rule. While...
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    Chester, supported by allies including Madog ap Maredudd of Powys, and Owain’s brother Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd (whom Owain had recently stripped of his lands...
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    of Monmouth (Latin: Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus; Welsh: Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; c. 1095 – c. 1155) was a Catholic cleric from...
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  • Owain Gwynedd, and Cadwaladr. They also had five daughters: Gwenllian, Marared, Rainillt, Susanna, and Annest. Angharad outlived Gruffudd, who left her the...
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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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  • and Gearfawr, Vychan was the second son of Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Madoc ap Wenwys by Maud, daughter of Griffri ap Rhys Fongam. The Gwenwys clan traced its...
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    episcopate within Gwynedd. When their father Gruffudd ap Cynan died in 1137, the brothers Owain and Cadwaladr were on a second campaign in Ceredigion, and...
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    army at home. Owain and Cadwaladr came to blows in 1143 when Cadwaladr was implicated in the murder of King Anarawd ap Gruffudd of Deheubarth, Owain's...
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    – c. 625). Cadwallon ap Cadfan (c. 625 – 634). Cadafael, King of Gwynedd (Cadfael the Battle-Shirker) (634 – c. 655). Cadwaladr (Cadwallader the Blessed)...
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    Battle-Shirker') Cadwaladr Fendigaid ap Cadwallon (Cadwaladr 'the Blessed'; died 664) Idwal Iwrch ap Cadwaladr (Idwal 'the Roebuck'; c. 660) Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal...
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    son of Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd to whom Owain addressed his ode, including Edmond's offspring to the third generation. Owain alludes to Cadwaladr's descent...
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    his brother, Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, the sons of Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd. Their sister, Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, Gruffydd ap Rhys's wife, had...
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    bounty. In Welsh culture he acquired a mythical status alongside Cadwaladr, Cynon ap Clydno and King Arthur as a folk hero – 'The Foretold Son' (Welsh:...
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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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  • Alice, the natural daughter of Gwilym ap Gruffudd ap Robin of Cochwillan, with whom he had four sons – John Wyn ap Maredudd, who succeeded him, Rhys Wyn...
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    life of 11th and 12th century King Gruffudd ap Cynan (written from 1137), finished by Gerald of Wales. Gruffudd's biography has a detailed list of the...
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    David Ewan Thomson (January 1992). "A neglected genealogy of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd". www.academia.edu. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. pp. 15–16...
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  • (1330–1420) Gruffudd Gryg (fl. c.1340–1380) Gruffudd ab Adda (fl. mid 14th century) Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen (fl. c. 1350–1390) Gruffudd ap Maredudd ap Dafydd...
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    Welsh: cantref) of Anglesey. An early Gwynedd King, Cadfan ap Iago was buried at St. Cadwaladr's Church in the then Aberffraw hundred. Cadfan's tombstone...
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  • it came into the possession of Maelgwn ap Rhys who lost it to, and recovered it from, his brother, Gruffudd ap Rhys. Maelgwn dismantled it to prevent...
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  • father Owain Gwynedd and uncle Cadwaladr came to blows in 1143 when Cadwaladr was implicated in the murder of Prince Anarawd ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth, Owain's...
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    style, about 44 yards in length. Gruffudd's son, Owain Gwynedd, was also buried here, as was his brother Cadwaladr. Giraldus Cambrensis describes a service...
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  • Gwynedd and his brother Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd in an assault on Cardigan Castle. In 1143 Anarawd was murdered by Cadwaladr's men, and Cadell took over...
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  • prince to take the title Princeps Wallensium, Prince of the Welsh) and Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd. His sons were Goronwy, Meilir, Llywelyn, Aldud, and Rhirid...
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  • Brycheiniog, destroying them. 1052 Gruffudd ap Llywelyn invades Herefordshire and sacks Leominster. 1055 Gruffudd ap Llywelyn allies with the exiled Ælfgar...
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