Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Gruffydd ap Cynan ab Iago, King of Gwynedd

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Name Gruffydd ap Cynan ab Iago [1, 2] Suffix King of Gwynedd Birth Abt 1055 [3] Gender Male Death 1137 [4, 5] Alternate death 1139 [3] Person ID I5297 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF Last Modified 15 Sep 2020
Father Cynan ab Iago Mother Radnailt of Dublin Family ID F3447 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 (Unknown wife or mistress of Gruffudd ap Cynan) Children + 1. Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd Family ID F17608 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Aug 2020
Family 2 Angharad ferch Owain d. 1162 Marriage Abt 1095 [5] Children + 1. Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd d. 1169 + 2. Susanna ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan + 3. Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd d. 1136 + 4. Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd ap Cynan, King in Wales d. 1172 Family ID F5548 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Aug 2020
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Notes - "It was part of the traditional lore of the Welsh bards that Gruffudd ap Cynan had made certain regulations to govern their craft, and his name was used to give authority to the 'statute' drawn up in connection with the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1523. There is nothing to substantiate this tradition, but it is not unreasonable to suggest that Gruffudd may have brought bards and musicians with him from Ireland and that these may have had some influence on the craft of poetry and music in Wales. He may also have made some formal changes in the bardic organization. It is clear that a genuine and persistent tradition to this effect existed in the 16th century. It is perhaps worth noting that the History mentions the death in battle of Gellan, Gruffudd's harpist, in 1094." [Dictionary of Welsh Biography, citation details below.]
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Sources - [S1449] Douglas Richardson, 16 Feb 2017, post to soc.genealogy.medieval.
- [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.
- [S3215] Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2004.
- [S885] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table.
- [S903] The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales, 2007 and ongoing.
- [S1449] Douglas Richardson, 16 Feb 2017, post to soc.genealogy.medieval.