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Owain Gwynedd. Born. 1054. Dublin, Ireland. Died. 1137 (aged 82/83) Gwynedd, Wales. Gruffudd ap Cynan (1054 - 1137) was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until 1137, He three times gained the throne of Gwynedd and then lost it again, before regaining it once more in 1099 and this time keeping power until his death. Categories:
Mar 17, 2023 · Gruffudd ap Cynan. Birthdate: 1041. Death: Immediate Family: Son of Cynan ab Idwal and Ranallt Olafsdottir. Husband of N.N. ferch Llychwy. Father of Mali ferch Gruffudd; Gwenllian verch Gruffydd; Rhael verch Gruffudd; Idwal ap Gruffudd, Abbot of Penmon; Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd and 2 others. ; Cadwallon ap Gruffudd and Iago ap Gruffudd « less.
Gruffudd, King of Gwynedd. (1054-1137) (Latin: Crufidius; English: Griffith) Gruffudd was the son of the exiled son & heir to a former King of Gwynedd, Cynan ap lago. His mother was Ragnhildr, daughter of Olaf, the Viking King of Dublin, where Cynan had sought refuge after his father, King Iago, had been treacherously slain by his own men in 1039.
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 patronymic form of his name is usually used to distinguish him from the earlier and better-known Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd. He was born c.1150 and died at Aberconwy Abbey in 1200. He ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Yslani verch Gruffudd born about 1104 Caernarvonshire, Wales; Membyr "Ddu" ap Gruffydd born about 1114 Caernarvonshire, Wales. Rhael verch Gruffydd born about 1116 Caernarvonshire, Wales. Annes verch Gruffydd born about 1118 Caernarvonshire, Wales. Tudwal ap Gruffydd born about 1122 Caernarvonshire, Wales
Gruffudd ap Cynan. The life, career and medieval biography of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd 1095-1137. The reign of the North Welsh king Gruffudd ap Cynan [1075-1135] marked the culmination of a century of rapid social and political change. A product of three cultures [Welsh, Irish and Scandinavian], Gruffudd faced a Wales dividedby Norman ...
The kingdom of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn—the King of Wales from 1055 to 1063—was shattered by a Saxon invasion in 1063 just prior to 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 proclaim the Principality of Wales at the Aberdyfi gathering of ...
