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Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd & Powys

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd & Powys died in 1075.

    Family/Spouse: Haer ferch Cillin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Powys, Wales; died in 1132.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown fourth wife of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1111.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown wife of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Efa ferch Bleddyn ap Cynfyn  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bleddyn1) was born in of Powys, Wales; died in 1132.

    Family/Spouse: Hunydd ferch Einudd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys Fadog  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in St. Tysilio, Meifod, Powys, Wales.
    2. 6. Gruffudd ap Maredudd  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bleddyn1) died in 1111.

    Notes:

    Killed by Madog ap Rhiryd, where Powys Castle now stands.

    Family/Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Madog ap Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown wife or mistress of Cadwgon ap Bleddyn). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Owain ap Cadwgon  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1116.

  3. 4.  Efa ferch Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bleddyn1)

    Family/Spouse: Llywelyn Eurdorchog ap Coel ap Gweirydd. Llywelyn was born about 1030. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Rhys ap Llywelyn Eurdorchog  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys Fadog Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1) died in 1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in St. Tysilio, Meifod, Powys, Wales.

    Family/Spouse: Susanna ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Gryffydd "Maelor" ap Madog, Prince of Northern Powys  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Powys Fadog, Wales; died in 1191 in Castle of Dinas Bran, Nanheudwy, Wales; was buried in St. Tysilio, Meifod, Powys, Wales.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown wife or mistress of Madog ap Maredudd). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Gwenllian ferch Madog  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1160.
    2. 12. Owain Brogyntyn ap Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn, King of Powys  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 13. Margred ferch Madog  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 6.  Gruffudd ap Maredudd Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Family/Spouse: Gwerful ferch Gwrgeneu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1130; died in 1197 in Monastery of Strata Marcella, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

  3. 7.  Madog ap Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Descendancy chart to this point (3.Cadwgon2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Notes:

    Mentioned 1118 and 1121.

    Family/Spouse: Jane ferch Cynwrig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Cadwgon ap Madog ap Cadwgon ap Bleddyn  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 8.  Owain ap Cadwgon Descendancy chart to this point (3.Cadwgon2, 1.Bleddyn1) died in 1116.

    Notes:

    In about 1110 he abducted and raped Nest verch Rhys, husband of Gerald of Windsor and sometime mistress of Henry I.

    Family/Spouse: Nest ferch Rhys. Nest (daughter of Rhys ap Tewdyr, King of Deheubarth and Gwladus ferch Rhiwallon) was born about 1085; died before 1136. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 9.  Rhys ap Llywelyn Eurdorchog Descendancy chart to this point (4.Efa2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Gwenllian ferch Rhys ap Llywelyn Eurdorchog  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Gryffydd "Maelor" ap Madog, Prince of Northern Powys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Madog3, 2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1) was born in of Powys Fadog, Wales; died in 1191 in Castle of Dinas Bran, Nanheudwy, Wales; was buried in St. Tysilio, Meifod, Powys, Wales.

    Family/Spouse: Angharad ferch Owain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor ap Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Powys Fadog, Wales; died in 1236; was buried in Valle Crucis Abbey, Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales.

  2. 11.  Gwenllian ferch Madog Descendancy chart to this point (5.Madog3, 2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1) died in 1160.

    Notes:

    Also called Gwenllian ferch Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn ap Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed ap Gwynnan ap Gwynnog Farfsych ap Lles Llawdeog ap Ceido ap Corf ap Caenog ap Tegonwy ap Teon ap Gwineu Deufreuddwyd ap Bywyr Lew ap Bywdeg ap Rhun Rhudd Baladr ap Llary ap Casnar Wledig.

    Family/Spouse: Rhys ap Gruffydd, King of Deheubarth. Rhys (son of Gruffydd ap Rhys and Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd) was born about 1132; died on 24 Apr 1197; was buried in St Davids Cathedral, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Gwenllian ferch Yr Arglwydd Rhys  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1236.
    2. 19. Gruffudd ab Yr Arglwydd Rhys  Descendancy chart to this point died on 25 Jul 1201 in Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion, Wales; was buried in Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion, Wales.

  3. 12.  Owain Brogyntyn ap Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn, King of Powys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Madog3, 2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Notes:

    Last king of Powys. Flourished 1160-1188. He was on good terms with Henry II, and was receiving a royal pension as late as 1169.

    Family/Spouse: Margred ferch Einion ap Seissyll. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Gruffudd ab Owain Brogyntyn ap Madog ap Maredudd  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 13.  Margred ferch Madog Descendancy chart to this point (5.Madog3, 2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Notes:

    Also called Marared of Powys.

    Family/Spouse: Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain Gwynedd. Iorwerth (son of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd and Gwladus ferch Llywarch) died about 1174. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1173; died on 11 Apr 1240 in Aberconwy Abbey, Conwy, Wales; was buried in Aberconwy Abbey, Conwy, Wales.

  5. 14.  Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Descendancy chart to this point (6.Gruffudd3, 2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1) was born about 1130; died in 1197 in Monastery of Strata Marcella, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

    Notes:

    Prince of southern Powys. Also called Owain ap Gruffudd. Died as a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Strata Marcella (Ystrad Marchell) near Welshpool, which he had founded in 1170.

    From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

    Owain Cyfeiliog probably married twice, first certainly to Gwenllïan, daughter of Owain Gwynedd, and second perhaps to Gwenllïan, daughter of Ednywain, claimed by later genealogies to be of the line of Gollwyn ap Tangno. [...]

    Gerald of Wales includes Owain Cyfeiliog with Owain Gwynedd and Maredudd ap Gruffudd ap Rhys of south Wales as the three Welshmen who, in his days, were conspicuous for their justice, prudence, and moderation as rulers. The lavish hospitality of Owain's court -- "Where there was drinking without want, without refusal" -- was celebrated by the poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr. Cynddelw's poetry also testifies to Owain's raids against Anglo-Norman lands in the Shropshire marches, among them the territories of the Corbet lords of Caus, an aspect of his career which is ignored by the chronicles. The poet's evidence is complemented by the portrayal of Owain in the thirteenth-century Anglo-French romance "Fouke le Fitz Waryn" (the Fitzwarines held land of the Corbets at Alberbury). Here he features as "un chevaler hardy e fer" (a bold and fierce knight) who grievously wounds Fouke le Fitz Waryn.

    Owain, whom Gerald of Wales praised for the readiness of his tongue, is renowned in Welsh literary history as a poet. Two poems, the lengthy "Hirlas Owain", which is definitely ascribed to Owain in the Red Book of Hergest, and the shorter "Englynion on the circuit of Wales" have been regarded as his work. The "Hirlas" is an unusual poem, which, in dramatic style, depicts a feast in Owain's court following a raid in Maelor in north-east Wales to free his brother Meurig from prison, an event which the Welsh chronicles show to have taken place in 1156. Owain praises his brave warriors, calling upon his cup-bearer to bring the long blue ("hirlas") drinking-horn filled with mead to each hero in turn. Recent stylistic analysis of this and the other poem, however, implies that their true author was Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, Owain's court poet, and that the prince's role was that of a persona in the poems rather than their creator.

    Family/Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Owain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Gwenwynwyn  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1216 in Cheshire, England.
    2. 23. Constance ferch Owain  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 15.  Cadwgon ap Madog ap Cadwgon ap Bleddyn Descendancy chart to this point (7.Madog3, 3.Cadwgon2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Notes:

    Said by Boyer (citation details below) to be "probably" a son of Madog ap Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn.

    Family/Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Owain Gwynedd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Madog ap Cadwgon ap Madog ap Cadwgon  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1170 in of Nannau, Meirionnydd, Wales.

  7. 16.  Gwenllian ferch Rhys ap Llywelyn Eurdorchog Descendancy chart to this point (9.Rhys3, 4.Efa2, 1.Bleddyn1)

    Family/Spouse: Ithel ab Einudd ap Morien ap Morgeneu. Ithel (son of Einudd ap Morien ap Morgeneu ab Elystan ap Gwaithfoed) was born about 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Jonet ferch Ithel ab Einudd  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. Trahaearn ab Ithel ab Einudd ap Morien  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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