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Prince of Gwynedd
- The only person known to have ruled all of Wales as a modern territory was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010–1063), a prince of Gwynedd who became King of Wales from 1055 to 1063.
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6 days ago · In 1136 a campaign against the Normans was launched from Gwynedd in revenge for the execution of Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan, the wife of the King of Deheubarth and the daughter of Gruffudd. When word reached Gwynedd of Gwenllian's death and the revolt in Gwent, Gruffudd's sons Owain and Cadwaladr invaded Norman controlled Ceredigion ...
May 18, 2024 · Gruffudd ap Cynan, who grew up in exile in Dublin and was himself half Hiberno-Norse on his mother's side, made his first attempt to recover Gwynedd in 1075 when he landed on Ynys Môn with a Norse force, and mercenary troops provided by Robert of Rhuddlan.
5 days ago · It was there, for example, that the Welsh leader Gruffudd ap Cynan languished for 12 years, apparently fettered in the market place, after his capture in 1081. (fn. 135) In 1098 Earl Hugh marched from Chester as joint leader of an ill-fated expedition to Anglesey.
May 22, 2024 · Described as a clerk, el. by prince [Gruffudd ap Cynan], clergy and people, conf. by kg. Henry I, pres. to abp. for cons. early 1120 (Eadmer, HN pp. 259-60; cf. John of Worcester III 146-7).
6 days ago · The only person known to have ruled all of Wales as a modern territory was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010–1063), a prince of Gwynedd who became King of Wales from 1055 to 1063. However, some Welsh princes sporadically claimed the medieval title of Prince of Wales between the 13th to 15th centuries.
May 15, 2024 · Orderic Vitalis recounts how Robert, lord of Rhuddlan and builder of Deganwy, ‘the warlike marcher lord’, atop the Great Orme with his men in 1093, observed a Welsh raid on his land, led by Gruffudd ap Cynan.
6 days ago · Through Gwladys, later generations of the family would claim descent from the great Welsh princes of Gwynedd, including Gruffudd ap Cynan (1054/5–1137), Rhodri Mawr (d. 878), Maelgwn Gwynedd (d. 547/9), and other figures typically found in Welsh genealogies.
