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Ragnailt ingen Amlaíb. Gruffudd ap Cynan ( c. 1055 –1137), sometimes written as Gruffydd ap Cynan, was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137. [1] In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule. As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr, Gruffudd ap Cynan was a senior member of the ...
By Darrell Wolcott. The earliest "biography" of a Welsh king is contained in a manuscript called "Historia hen Gruffudd vab Kenan vab Yago" but most often referred to as simply "The History of Gruffudd ap Cynan". Hereafter, we shall refer to it as Historia. Although John E. Lloyd accepted it as literal history when writing his classic work "A ...
Bibliographic information. 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...
Gender: Male. Occupation: king of Gwynedd. Area of activity: Military; Politics, Government and Political Movements; Royalty and Society. Author: Thomas Parry. Son of Cynan ap Iago, who was an exile in Ireland, and Rhagnell (Ragnhildr), a daughter of the royal house of the Scandinavians of Dublin.
(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.
Contents. Gruffudd ap Cynan and the medieval Welsh polity, David Moore. Gruffudd ap Cynan and the Normans, C.P. Lewis. the genealogy of Gruffudd ap Cynan, David E. Thornton. Gruffudd, grandson of Iago - "Historia Gruffud vab Kenan" and the construction of legitimacy, K.L Maund.
Jan 23, 1997 · Description. 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.
