Tewdwr Mawr Ap Cadell Prince Of South Wales 
Tewdwr Mawr Ap was born in 0977 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeissant, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Tewdwr Mawr Ap's father was Cadell Ap Einion and his mother was Elinor Verch Gwerystan. His paternal grandparents were Einion Ap Owain and Eleanor Verch Gwerystan; his maternal grandparents were Gwerystan Ap Gwaithfoed and Nest Verch Cadell. He was an only child. He died in Pen Rhys.General Notes
1 NAME Tewdwr Mawr "the Great" Ap /Cadell/
2 SOUR S033320
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: Young; Kraentzler 1446; History of Morgan Family.
Also Twdwr, Tewdwr-Mawr, Tudor, Tewdor, Theodore.
Young: Tewdr Mawr, prince of Deheubarth.
History:
"Twdwr-Mawr gave his name to the Twdwr (Tudor) family of Wales from which
the name Henry Tudor, who established the Tudor line of English monarchs when
he ascended the throne as King Henry VII after the Battle of Bosworth Field.
(The dynasty also included King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth I). One of
Twdwr-Mawr's sons was Rhys." Died 994.
K: Tudor ap Cadwell. Slain at Pen Rhys in 1089. Lotsa difference re death.
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His name is variously given as Twdwr, Tewdwr-Mawr, Tudor, Tewdor, Theodore.
SOURCES:
1. Bartrum, Peter C. _Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400_. University of
Wales Press, 1978; "Tewdwr Mawr".
2. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0887 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0950
- b.~ 0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0987
- b.~ 0893 in Dyfed, Wales d.0943
- b.0933 in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, England
- b.~ 0880 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.0953 d.0993
- b.0938
- b.0977 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeissant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. in Pen Rhys
- b.~ 0940 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 0948
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Children
Prince of Deheubarth Rhys Ap Tewdwr Mawr Prince of Deheubarth
Rhys Ap was born in 0997. He died at the age of 96 in April 1093 in Aberhonddu, Breconshire, Wales.
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