Cadwgon Ap MAREDUDD

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• AFN: VR63-0H
• _UID: 8CFF3081FD404D39B8AAB07DA820A1FFF6B5

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• Name: Maredudd Ap BLEDDYN
• Name: Maredudd Ap Bleddyn Prince Of POWYS
• _UID: 5F200F160EE44A8681BFEB6734973DD5D578

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Titled:
Prince of Powys

Maredudd married Hunydd Verch EINUDD. Hunydd (daughter of Einudd Ap MORIEN and Efa Verch LLEWELYN) was born about 1070 in Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales; died after 1111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hunydd Of DYFFRYNCLWYD
• Name: Hunydd Verch EINUDD
• _UID: 2552B840F06A433D9F34032F0A94E0CF9BD3

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• FamilySearch ID: L1H5-WPB
• Name: Bleddyn Ap CYNFYN
• Name: Bleddyn Ap Cynfyn Prince Of North WALES
• Name: Bleddyn Ap MORIEN
• Name: Sais
• _UID: 4B0C506B76024767A9FC69AF2E7830D7A29A

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Bleddyn Cynfyn ruled Powys 1063-1075

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From http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/History/KingListBritain:

By 1063, Blethyn (Bleddyn) rules a mostly united Wales, and Powys is detached from Gwynedd & Deheubarth for, or by, his son.

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Bleddyn and his brother Rhiwallon were half-brothers of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Their mother, Angharad, married Cynfyn ap Gwerstan o the death of Llywelyn ap Seisyll. Cynfyn ap Bwerstan may have been a Powys nobleman; there is also some suggestion that he may have been half Saxon. Bleddyn remained a strong supporter of the Mercians in their battles against the Normans.

Bleddyn and Rhiwallon also had to contend with internal revolution. The sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Maredudd and Idwal, attempted to reestablish their claim to the throne. However, they were also killed in the Battle of Mechain in 1070; Bleddyn now ruled without internal challenge.

He is reported to having been a generous king, giving to church and populous. He was the first king in over 100 years to revise the laws developed under Hywel Dda.

Unfortunately, in 1073, the Normans began their advance through north Wales, and defeated Bleddyn in a surprise attack. Weakened, he became vurnerable to his southern neighbor, Rhys ab Owain of Deheubarth. In 1075, Rhys betrayed Bleddyn, leading to his murder. However, Bleddyn's descendents became the main ruling family of Powys. [The Welsh Kings]

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During the later years of the reign of his half-brother, Gruffyd, the English had brought Wales into at least nominal subjection. Gruffyd was killed by the English 5 Aug 1063. Bleddyn and his brother Rhiwallon, having submitted to King Edward, were made rules of Gwynedd and Powys. The Normans who came with William the Conqueror soon encroached upon the Welsh who resisted them and Rhiwallon was slain in battle in 1070. Bleddyn was then the sole Ruler. [The Weaver Genealogy]

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In 1075, Bleddyn was killed by Rhys, the brother of Maredudd ab Owain, and Rhys in turn was likeed in 1078 by Caradog ap Gruffudd. Bleddyn's kingdom passed to his cousin, Trahaearn ap Caradog, but Trahaearn was killed, along with Caradog ap Gruffudd, in the battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081. [A History of Wales; John Davies]

Titled:
Prince of Powys

Titled:
"Sais" - The Saxon, The Englishman

Bleddyn married Haer Verch CYNILLIN about 1044 in , Wales. Haer (daughter of Cynillin (Cyllyn) Ap Blaidd Of GEST) was born about 1025 in Gest Near Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died after 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Haer Verch CILLIN
• Name: Haer Verch CYLLYN
• Name: Haey Of GEET
• _UID: C911A8098F88410CAC1DDBD6B460140D9E56

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• _UID: A65FE1A417C54E89BE10A557B34F63E4504F

Einudd married Efa Verch LLEWELYN. Efa (daughter of Llewelyn Ap Dolffyn) was born about 1060 in Of, Denbighshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LH74-HV9
• House: ; of Mathrafal
• TitleOfNobility: ; King of Glamorgan
• TitleOfNobility: ; King of Powys
• Name: Cynfyn Ap GWERYSTAN
• Occupation: ; Prince of Wales
• _UID: C1756F598738491095FF4DAC354B4E8BFC4F
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1002; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1002; Alt. Birth

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All of the following information came from Jane Williams Flank, World Connect db=jwflank, rootsweb.com:

Little is known of Cynfyn. His fame, like that of many of his descendants, was only the reflection of the fame of his distinguished wife. There is no evidence that he ever attempted to rule in the right of his wife as did her first husband. The sons of Cynfyn and Angharad were Bleddyn and Rhiwallon. The pedigree of Cynfyn which appears in Vol 1, p 63 of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, London, 1898, extends back through twenty-two generations to Beli Mawr and Anna through their son Llud. Prof Lloyd thinks that it is mythical. It is certainly incomplete. It would require many more thatn twenty-two generation to cover the period of more than one thousand years. In the History of Radnorshire it is stated that Cynfyn was the son of Gwerstan and the grandson of Gwaethfoed Fawr. [The Weave Genealogy]

Titled:
Prince of Powys

Alt. Birth:
Of, Powys, Wales

Alt. Birth:
Powys, Wales

Cynfyn married Angharad Verch MAREDUDD after 1023 in 2ND Husband. Angharad (daughter of Maredudd Ap OWAIN and Miss Verch LLANDILO) was born in 982 in Deheubarth, Cymru (Wales); died on 8 May 1058 in Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9HVH-9GD
• Title (Nobility): ; Queen of Powys
• Title (Nobility): ; Queen of Wales
• TitleOfNobility: ; Princess of Deheubarth
• TitleOfNobility: ; Queen of Gwynedd and Deheubarth
• Name: Angharad Verch Maredydd
• Name: Angharad Verch MAREDYDD
• _UID: A32762419A744DDC8F47518A13B83BC31EC2
• Alt. Birth: Abt 982; Alt. Birth

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Biography
Angharad verch Maredydd Queen of Powys was born in about 0982

Parents
Angharad's father was Maredydd ap Owain, son of Owain ap Hywel and Angharad verch Llewelyn.

994 First Marriage to Llywelyn ap Seisyll
In 994 Angharad married Llywelyn ap Seisyll.

The marriage of Angharad and Llywelyn is confirmed by the Chronicle of the Princes of Wales which records that "Bleddyn son of Cynvyn and Gruffudd son of Llywelyn were brothers by the same mother Angharad daughter of Meredudd king of the Britons".

Llywelyn was aged 14 at the time (so born in 980). The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Llywelyn son of Seisyllt lord of Maes Essyllt although but a youth not more than fourteen years of age" married "Yngharad, daughter of Meredydd on of Owain" in 994

1023 Anghard's Second Marriage to Cynfyn ap Gwerstan
As the widow of Llywelyn, Angharad married secondly in 1023 Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, King of Powys, son of Gwerstan.

Death
She died in Wales in 1077 (83-91)

Issue
Angharad had children by two marriages. Her second husband Cynfyn likely had children by a previous wife, and these children are sometimes mis-attributed to Angharad.

1.) Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, son of Angharad and her first husband Llewelyn. Gruffydd, king of Gwynedd & Powys was born about 1011 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales and died 5 August 1063. He was the child of Llywelyn ap Seisyllt and Angharad verch Maredudd. Gruffydd did not succeed his father, possibly because he was too young to do so when his father died in 1023. Gruffydd went on to become the first King of Wales, however he was killed by his own men in 1063. Gruffydd's own sons Maredudd and Idwal died in 1069, fighting at the Battle of Mechain. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn inflicted a series of defeats on the English, and made alliances with the enemies of King Edward the Confessor. Gruffydd fought a long campaign against rival kings to win overall control of Wales. By 1055, he had become master of Deheubarth and had expanded his rule to the lesser kingdoms of Morgannwg (Glamorgan) and Gwent. In 1063, Earl Harold Godwinsson (later Harold II) and his brother Tostig made a joint attack on Gwynedd. At the same time, Deheubarth rebelled against Gruffydd's rule. Gruffydd fled and was murdered by his own men. Gruffydd married Ealdgyth, a daughter of ?lfgar, Earl of Mercia. Ealdgyth married second in circa 1064 to Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Ealdgyth and Gruffydd had a son: Maredudd ap Gruffydd who was excluded from the throne by his uncles Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and Rhywallon ap Cynfyn. Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, king of the Britons

2.) Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn ap Gwerystan, son of Angharad and Cynfyn, born c. 1024, was elevated to king of Powys after the death of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn Rhiwallon was killed in the Battle of Mechain, about 1068. This is the most concrete date associated with Rhiwallon. Warriors were generally young men, though the princes for whom they fought were often older and also expected to fight. Estimate that Rhiwallon was aged 45 at Mechain, and his birth year would be, say, 1025, or if the first born of his mother's second marriage, 1024. Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd". Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "the action of Mechain took place between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, Maredudd and Ithel, sons of Gruffudd" in 1068, adding that "Ithel was killed in the battle and Maredudd died of cold in his flight, and Rhiwallon son of Cynvyn was slain". The name of Rhiwallon?s wife is not known.

3.) Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, born c. 1025, who was made king of Gwynedd after Gruffudd's death in 1063, and additionally king of Powys when Rhiwallon was killed in 1069 Bleddyn ap Cynfyn of Deheubarth was born in 1025 and died in 1075. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn born about 1025 Montgomeryshire, Bleddyn ap Cynfyn was the son of Princess Angharad ferch Maredudd (of the Dinefwr dynasty of Deheubarth) and her second husband Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd". He succeeded his uterine half-brother in 1063 as King of Gwynedd and Powys. He married secondly m. Haer ferch Gillin, and thirdly a daughter of Brochwel

4.) Gwerfyl, born c. 1026, who married Gwrgan ap Ithel Ddu of Glamorgan, and was mother to Iestyn ap Gwrgan. Without naming her, Boyer, following Bartrum, notes a daughter of Cynfyn who married Gwrgan ab Ithel ab Idwallon ap Morgan Mawr (who was King of Morgannwg).




Occupation:
Queen of Powys

Alt. Birth:
Of, Deheubarth, Wales

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• AFN: HPFP-R5
• Name: Cillin Ap BLAIDD
• _UID: C23F8D803895493EB5F9A3543585C2F77AE1

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• Name: Morien Ap MORGENEU
• _UID: F4C85B14DF954483878A988BDD8C2F6C9E3B

Morien married Gwenllian Verch RHYS. Gwenllian (daughter of Rhys Ap MARCHAN) was born about 1012 in Efenechtid, Denbighshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Gwenillian Verch RHYS
• _UID: FEBEA0387FEC4B65ACA75631F990A5C980BE

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