Dafydd ap Gruffydd 
Dafydd ap was born in 1238. Dafydd ap's father was Gruffydd ap Llewelyn and his mother was Senena verch Caradog. His paternal grandparents were Llewelyn "The Great" and Tangwystl Goch ferch Llywarch; his maternal grandfather was Caradog. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Owain ap, Llewelyn ap, Rhodri ap, Gwladys verch and Catherine verch. He was the second youngest of the six children. He died at the age of 45 in October 1283.General Notes
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Sources: Dictionary of National Biography; Pargeter; The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman.
Pargeter calls him David and says David and Elizabeth had seven
daughters besides their two sons.
Penman: Davydd, born 1238. Died in October 1283 when he was hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor after being captured by the English forces of King Edward I, ending "Davydd's War." There were a few documented cases of men being hanged, drawn and quartered before Davydd's death. "The true significance of the charges brought against Davydd--and the savage punishment inflicted--lies in the fact that here we find the origins of the state trial. It is not widely known that waging war against the king was not a crime in medieval England, not until Edward I chose to make it one, to classify it as high treason...By the end of Edward's reign, at least twenty political rivals had been executed for treason..." Among them was the Scots patriot, William Wallace.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Gwynedd, North Wales
- b.~ 1095 in Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd, North Wales d.Dec 1169 in Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd, North Wales
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flint, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1140 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsey, Wales d.~ 1176 in Anglsy, Wales
- b.~ 1080 in Arwystli, Wales d.1128
- b.~ 1110 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.~ 1060 in Radnorshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsey, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, Carnarvon, Wales
- b.~ 1047 in Montgomery, Wales
- b.~ 1091 in Powys, Wales d.1159 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1063 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1158 in Overton-Madoc, Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Gwynedd, North Wales
- b.~ 1110 in Gwynedd, Wales
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flint, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1196 in Aberconway, Carnarvon, Wales d.1 MAR 1243/44 in Died escaping the Tower of London
- b.~ 1070
- b.~ 1100
- b.~ 1134
- b.~ 1164 in Rhos, Wales d.Aug 1201
- b.~ 1087
- b.~ 1110 in Menai, Anglsy, Wales
- b.~ 1143 in Trefllywarch, Wales
- b.~ 1073 in Tegaingl, Wales d.1124
- b.~ 1111 in Tegaingl, Wales
- b.1238 d.Oct 1283
- b.~ 1170 in Angelsey, Wales
- b.1201 in Angelsey, Wales d.1262
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