Dafydd apb Owain ABERFFRAW #77253

ABT 1135 - MAY 1203
BIRTH ABT 1135
DEATH MAY 1203

Historical Notes

Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd was king of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd.

Dafydd was the son of Owain Gwynedd and Cristin ferch Goronwy ab Owain (married c. 1145). Since Owain and Cristin were first cousins, the marriage was not accepted by the church, which regarded Dafydd as illegitimate. Dafydd first appeared on the scene in 1157 when King Henry II of England invaded Gwynedd. Dafydd was involved in the skirmish near Basingwerk in which King Henry was nearly killed. In 1165, he was recorded as having settled in the Vale of Clwyd and as having attacked Tegeingl, gaining much plunder.

Parents

Father : Owain ap Gruffudd ABERFFRAW #63301

Mother : Cristin ferch GORNWY #77236

Family 1

Emma of PLANTAGENET
    MARRIAGE ABT 1145

Children

  1.  Owain ap Dafydd ABERFFRAW
  2.  Einion ap Dafydd ABERFFRAW
  3.  Gwenllian ferch Dafydd ABERFFRAW
  4.  Gwenhwyfar ferch Dafydd ABERFFRAW

Lineage 

                                                                _Cynan ap Iago ABERFFRAW _+
                                                               | (1014 - 1063)            
                                _Gruffudd ap Cynan ABERFFRAW __|
                               | (1055 - 1137) m 1082          |
                               |                               |_Ragnaillt of DUBLIN _____
                               |                                                          
 _Owain ap Gruffudd ABERFFRAW _|
| (1100 - 1170)                |
|                              |                                _Owain ap Edwin DINEFWR __+
|                              |                               |                          
|                              |_Angharad ferch Owain DINEFWR _|
|                                (1065 - 1162) m 1082          |
|                                                              |__________________________
|                                                                                         
|
|--Dafydd apb Owain ABERFFRAW 
|  (1135 - 1203)
|                                                               _Owain ap EDWIN __________+
|                                                              | (.... - 1105)            
|                               _Gronwy ap OWAIN ______________|
|                              |                               |
|                              |                               |__________________________
|                              |                                                          
|_Cristin ferch GORNWY ________|
  (1105 - ....)                |
                               |                                __________________________
                               |                               |                          
                               |_______________________________|
                                                               |
                                                               |__________________________

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