Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Cyfeiliog 
Gwenwynwyn ap Owain was born about 1165 in Powys, Wales. Gwenwynwyn ap Owain's father was Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd and his mother is Gwenllian I ferch Owain. His paternal grandfather was Gruffydd ap Maredudd and his paternal grandmother is Gwerfyl ferch Gwrgeneu; his maternal grandparents were Owain Ap Gryffydd and Gwladus Verch Llywarch. He was an only child. He died in 1216.General Notes
[Direct Linage1.FTW]
Powys: Much the same occurred in Powys. Upon the death of Madog ap Meredudd in 1160, Powys was divided into Northern and Southern Powys, led by southern Powys' leader, Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Cyfeiliog. Upon the death of the Lord Rhys, Gwenwynwyn began to flex his muscles a bit, raiding into
England and meddling in the squablles of Rhys' sons. The Brut records:
1198 ...Gwenwynwyn meditated endeavoring the restoration of their ancient rights to the Welsh, their original property, and their boundaries. And when the princes of Wales had agreed with him thereon, he collected a vast army and proceeded to attack Pain's castle, and after he had fought against it, without projectiles and engines of war, for nearly three weeks, he was ignorant of the future issue.
The English army had overwhelmed the Welsh forces,thus destroying the credibility of Gwenwywyn in the eyes of the other Welsh princes. In October of 1208, King John humiliated Gwenwynwyn, by summoning him to Shrewsbury, stripping him of his lands, exacting hostages from him, and
restored his inheritance on the most demeaning terms, including promises of perpetual service and of jurisdictional submission. In 1216, Gwenwynwyn was exiled by Llywelyn ap Iorweth of Gwynedd and died in exile.
After Gwenwynwyn's death Powys continued upon a course very similar to Deheubarth. The only difference was that English pressure along the frontier was not as great here as it was in southern Wales, and thus the conflicts amongst the princelings were not quite as brutal as they were in
the south. However, like Deheubarth, these princelings survived only until the Edwardian Conquest, and they too were unable to provide any great help to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in the final days of native Welsh rule.
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Note: Gwenwynwyn, who is so finely portrayed by Sir Walter Scott in his "Betrothed." He married Margaret, daughter of Robert Corbet, feudal baron of Caus. They resumed the arms of his line: Or a lion rampant gules. In 2nd of Henry III, 1218, he appears to have been dead, his widow Margaret living and his heirs under age.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0978 in Powys, Wales d.1050 in Powys Castle, Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1026 in <, , Montgomeryshire, Wales> d.1075
- b.~ 0982 in <, Deheubarth, Monmouth, Wales> d.1033
- b.~ 1047 in Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1132
- b.~ 0993 in <Gest, Dolbenmaen, Caernarvon, Wales> d.WFT Est 1028-1088
- b.~ 1025 in Gest Near, Penmorfa, Wales d.WFT Est 1051-1119
- b.1093 in Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1128
- b.0994 in <, , Powys, Wales>
- b.~ 1020 in <, Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbigh, Wales>
- b.~ 0998 in <, Efenechtid, Denbigh, Wales>
- b.~ 1063 in <, Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbigh, Wales> d.WFT Est 1094-1157
- b.~ 0998 in <, , Denbighshire, Wales> d.WFT Est 1027-1087
- b.~ 1024 in <, , Denbighshire, Wales>
- b.~ 1002 in <, , Denbighshire, Wales>
- b.1125 in Montgomeryshire, Southern Powys, Wales d.1197
- b.~ 1038
- b.~ 1061
- b.~ 1081
- b.1097 in Radnorshire, Wales
- b.1000 in Dynefwr Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. in Brittany, France
- b.1050 in Debeubarth, Carmathenshire, Wales d.30 Apr 1093 in Castle of Aberhonddu, Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales
- b.~ 1000 in Wales d.1069 in Mechain, Wales
- b.~ 1080
- b.~ 1024 in <, , Powys, Wales> d.1070 in Battlefield, Mechain, Montgomery, Wales
- b.1051 in Powys, Wales d.1139 in Wales
- b.~ 1165 in Powys, Wales d.1216
- b.~ 0974 in <Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales> d.1039
- b.~ 1014 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.WFT Est 1057-1106
- b.~ 0978 in <Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales> d.WFT Est 1016-1078
- b.~ 1054 in Ireland d.1136 in , , Caernarvon, Wales
- b.~ 0990 in <Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland> d.~ 1034
- b.~ 1011 in <Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland> d.WFT Est 1056-1118
- b.~ 0980 in <, , Leinster, Ireland> d.1014
- b.1087 in Aberffrad Castle, Anglesey, Wales d.11 Dec 1169 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1020 in <, Tegeingl, Flint, Wales> d.1073 in Northop, Coleshill, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1044 in <Llys Edwin, Llaneurguin, Flint, Wales> d.1105
- b.~ 1025 in <, , Powys, Wales> d.WFT Est 1048-1118
- b.~ 1065 in <, Tegeingl, Flint, Wales> d.1162
- b.~ 1020 in <, , Flintshire, Wales> d.> 1079
- b.~ 1048 in <, Tegeingl, Flint, Wales> d.WFT Est 1070-1142
- b.~ 1020 in <Llys Y Coed, Cilcain, Flint, Wales> d.> 1070
- b.~ 1124 in Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1008 d.WFT Est 1047-1099
- b.~ 1044 in Arwystli, Wales d.1081
- b.~ 1014 d.WFT Est 1046-1108
- b.~ 1070 in Arwystli, Wales d.~ 1128
- b.~ 1011 in Rhuddlan, Flint, Wales d.05 Aug 1063
- b.1059 in Rhuddlan, Gwynedd, Wales d.WFT Est 1077-1155
- b.~ 1034 in Mercia, England d.> 1080
- b.1098 in Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.WFT Est 1133-1193
- b.~ 1000 in Cymru d.WFT Est 1043-1092
- b.~ 1040 d.WFT Est 1064-1131
- b.~ 1008 in Cymru d.WFT Est 1044-1114
- b.~ 1060 d.WFT Est 1100-1155
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They had a son and a daughter, named Gruffudd ap and Constance Of.
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Children
Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn
Gruffudd ap was born in 1215 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He died after February 21st, 1286.
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