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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Gruffydd's half-brother, attacked Deheubarth; this was likely a co-ordinated action between Bernard and Bleddyn's sons. Bleddyn was...
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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 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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rebellion in alliance with the Welsh prince of Gwynedd (and Powys), Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. King Maredudd of Deheubarth decided not to resist the Norman encroachment...
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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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Hywel Dda (redirect from Hywel ap Cadell)
Hywel ap Cadell, commonly known as Hywel Dda, which translates to Howel the Good in English, was a Welsh king who ruled the southern Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth...
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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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County Borough. Remfry, P.M., Whittington Castle and the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel, Maminot, Powys and Fitz Warin (ISBN 1-899376-80-1) Higham...
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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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was killed at war by Prince Caradog ap Gruffydd, he was implicated in the killing of King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg, ruled a...
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