Grufudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth Drwyndwn ab Owain Gwybnedd

- 1244

• Name	Grufudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth Drwyndwn ab Owain Gwybnedd
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1244	Tower of London, London, England   [1]
  Person ID	I29503	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth,   b. Abt 1173   d. 11 Apr 1240, Aberconwy Abbey, Conwy, Wales (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Tangwystl
  Family ID	F2104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Senena ferch Caradog
  Children	+ 1. Dafydd III ap Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales   d. 3 Oct 1283, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
  Family ID	F17592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  For a time he governed much of central Wales. When he attacked his aged father, his half-brother Dafydd wound up with most of the lands thus gained, and Grufudd was imprisoned at Criccieth. He was subsequently sent to the Tower of London, where he broke his neck in an attempt to escape.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3215] Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2004. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.