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Written, researched, and produced by Anne Kharys.Sources:‘A History of Wales From the Norman Invasion To the Edwardian Conquest' by JE Lloyd.Dictionary of We...
Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055 –1137), sometimes written as Gruffydd ap Cynan, 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 in Welsh resistance to Norman rule.
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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.
Within a decade the apparent Norman stranglehold on Wales was broken. The leaders of the Welsh revival were the three sons of Bleddyn ap Cynfin, Cadwgan, Maredudd, and Iorwerth. But they were aided, if not directly, by Gruffudd ap Cynan, who escaped from his captivity at the hands of the Earl of Chester around 1094 and quickly regained his ...
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.
