Gruffydd ap Cynan ab Iago, King of Gwynedd

Abt 1055 - 1137  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Gruffydd ap Cynan ab Iago  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	King of Gwynedd
  Birth	Abt 1055  [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1137  [5, 6]
  Alternate death	1139  [4]
  Person ID	I5297	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2023

  
  

  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  [6]
  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

  
  

• 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.]

  
  

• 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. [S7048] Darrell Wolcott, "Was Owain ap Edwin Really a Traitor?" at Ancient Wales Studies. [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.