Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales
- 10641. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales died on 5 Aug 1064 in Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 5 Aug 1063
Notes:
"Gruffudd was one of the most successful British princes of the Middle Ages and the Book of Llandaff claims that he was 'king of all Wales from end to end'. True to the medieval idea of a Wheel of Fate, however, Gruffudd's career ended in exile and violent death." [Dictionary of Welsh Biography, citation details below.] He was killed by Cynan ab Iago.
Gruffydd married Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England about 1057. Ealdgyth (daughter of Ælfgar of Mercia and Ælfgifu) died after 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Nest ferch Gruffydd was born between 1055 and 1057.
Generation: 2
2. Nest ferch Gruffydd (1.Gruffydd1) was born between 1055 and 1057. Family/Spouse: Osbern fitz Richard. Osbern (son of Richard Scrob) was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Nest ferch Osbern
- 4. Hugh fitz Osbern was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died in 1140.
Generation: 3
3. Nest ferch Osbern (2.Nest2, 1.Gruffydd1) Notes:
Also called Agnes.
Nest married Bernard de Neufmarché between 1086 and 1088. Bernard (son of Geoffrey de Neufmarché and Ada de Hugleville) was born in of Neuf-Marche, Normandy, France; died in 1093. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Sibyl de Neufmarché was born in of Brecon, Breconshire, Wales; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
4. Hugh fitz Osbern (2.Nest2, 1.Gruffydd1) was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died in 1140. Notes:
With his wife, "founded Westwood nunnery in so. Worcester as a cell to Fontrevault." [Complete Peerage]
Family/Spouse: Eustacia de Say. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Hugh de Say was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died before 29 Sep 1190.
Generation: 4
5. Sibyl de Neufmarché (3.Nest3, 2.Nest2, 1.Gruffydd1) was born in of Brecon, Breconshire, Wales; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Sibyl married Miles of Gloucester in 1121. Miles (son of Walter fitz Roger de Pîtres) was born about 1100; died on 24 Dec 1143; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Margaret of Hereford died before 29 Sep 1197; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
- 8. Bertha of Hereford was born in of Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales.
- 9. Lucy of Hereford died after 1219; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
6. Hugh de Say (4.Hugh3, 2.Nest2, 1.Gruffydd1) was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died before 29 Sep 1190. Family/Spouse: Lucy de Clifford. Lucy (daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret) was born in of Clifford, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Hugh de Say was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died between 1195 and 1196.