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...

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...

Henry I of England of stirring up revolt and so went to Gruffudd ap Cynan for help. Gruffudd ap Cynan planned to murder Gruffydd to receive a reward from...

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 proclaim...

branch of the dynasty of Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great). His father, Gruffudd ap Cynan, was a strong and long-lived ruler who had made the principality of...

and his son, Gruffudd, later became king. Iago was King of Gwynedd from 1023 to 1039 but was killed (possibly by his own men) while Cynan was still young...

displeasing to God. In 1194, with the aid of his cousins Gruffudd ap Cynan and Maredudd ap Cynan, he defeated Dafydd at the Battle of Aberconwy at the mouth...

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...

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...

Llywelyn ap Seisyll's son, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Iago's grandson Gruffudd ap Cynan later won the throne of Gwynedd, and because his father, Cynan ab Iago...

Rhys ap Gruffydd or ap Gruffudd (often anglicised to "Griffith"; c. 1132 – 28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales from...

Owain Gwynedd. Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd (d. 1174) Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd, Lord of Meirionnydd and Ardudwy Maredudd ap Cynan (d. 1212), Lord...

ap Gruffydd invaded Deheubarth and drove Rhys to seek sanctuary in the St David's Cathedral. Rhys, however, made an alliance with Gruffudd ap Cynan who...

1412) led a major revolt in Wales Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch (1277–1282), Welsh court poet Gruffudd ap Cynan Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd, the grandson...

was killed (supposedly by his own men), his son Cynan was forced into exile in Dublin, and Gruffudd was made King. Soon after gaining power, he surprised...

14 May, 2006 "GRUFFUDD ap CYNAN (c. 1055 - 1137), king of Gwynedd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. "Madog ap Cadwgan". geni...

"receives" Gwynedd from the English King). Trahaearn ap Caradog (1075–1081). Gruffudd ap Cynan (1081–1137) (House of Aberffraw returns). Owain Gwynedd...

tenant-in-chief. In 1081 Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd was captured through the treachery of one of his own men at a meeting near Corwen. Gruffudd was imprisoned...

reign of King Gruffudd ap Cynan, who had been imprisoned by the Normans for twelve years before his escape. In one incident, Gruffudd had some indirect...

Historia Gruffud vab Kenan: Magnus Berfoettr and Haraldr Harfagri', in Gruffudd ap Cynan: A Collaborative Biography, edited by K. L. Maund (Cambridge: Boydell...

Powys. Maredudd retreated into Snowdonia and asked Gruffudd ap Cynan for assistance. However Gruffudd was in no mood to defy the king on Maredudd's behalf...

Wales. She was the daughter of King Cynan Dindaethwy ap Rhodri of Gwynedd (reigned c. 798 – c. 816). Ethyllt ferch Cynan (ferch meaning "daughter of") was...

of successful rulers such as Gruffudd ap Cynan, Owain Gwynedd, Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and his grandson Llywelyn ap Gruffudd led to the emergence of the Principality...

Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd was the grandson of Owain Gwynedd, a famous king of Gwynedd and ruler of most of Wales in the 12th century. The longer...

During his reign, Godred appears to have lent military assistance to Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, a probable kinsman, who was then locked in continuous...

Angharad ferch Owain (1065 - 1162) was a Queen of Gwynedd and wife of Gruffudd ap Cynan. Angharad's father was Owain ab Edwin, a prominent landowner in eastern...

find he had overextended himself. He may have been approached by Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, who had been driven to Ireland by the Norman earls...

Bleddyn's cousin Trahaearn ap Caradog, seized power. The same year Gruffudd ap Cynan landed on Anglesey with an Irish force and, with the assistance of...

also known as The History of Gruffudd ap Cynan, is a medieval Welsh text about the king of Gwynedd Gruffudd ap Cynan. The text was written in Middle...

Historia Gruffud vab Kenan: Magnus Berfoettr and Haraldr Harfagri', in Gruffudd ap Cynan: A Collaborative Biography, edited by K.L. Maund (Cambridge, 1996)...