(King of Gwynedd) Gruffudd ap Cynan ABERFFRAW #63302

ABT 1055 - 1137
TITLE King of Gwynedd-
BIRTH ABT 1055, Dublin, Ireland
DEATH 1137, Gwynedd, Wales

Historical Notes

Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055-1137) 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.

As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great), Gruffudd ap Cynan was a senior member of the princely House of Aberffraw. Through his mother, Gruffudd had close family connections with the Norse settlement around Dublin and he frequently used Ireland as a refuge and as a source of troops. He three times gained the throne of Gwynedd and then lost it again, before regaining it once more in 1099 and this time keeping power until his death. Gruffudd laid the foundations which were built upon by his son Owain Gwynedd and his great-grandson Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great).

Parents

Father : Cynan ap Iago ABERFFRAW #63305

Mother : Ragnaillt of DUBLIN #63307

Family 1

Angharad ferch Owain DINEFWR
    MARRIAGE 1082

Children

  1. +Owain ap Gruffudd ABERFFRAW
  2. +Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd ABERFFRAW
  3.  Ranulht ferch Gruffudd ABERFFRAW
  4. +Gwenllian verch Gruffydd ABERFFRAW
  5. +Susanna ferch Gruffudd ABERFFRAW
  6.  Cadwallon ap Gruffudd ABERFFRAW
  7.  Mareda ferch Gruffudd ABERFFRAW
  8.  Agnes ferch Gruffudd ABERFFRAW

Lineage 

                                                                 _Idwal ap Meurig ABERFFRAW _+
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                            _Iago ap Idwal ap Meurig ABERFFRAW _|
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 _Cynan ap Iago ABERFFRAW _|
| (1014 - 1063)            |
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|--Gruffudd ap Cynan ABERFFRAW 
|  (1055 - 1137)
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|_Ragnaillt of DUBLIN _____|
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