Gruffudd ap Llewelyn , Prince of Gwynedd 
Gruffudd ap was born about 1206 in Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Gruffudd ap's father was Llewelyn ap Iorwerth , Prince of Wales and his mother was Tangwystl verch Llywarch. His paternal grandparents were Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain , Prince North Wales and Marared verch Madog; his maternal grandparents were Llywarch ap Iorwerth , Lord of Rhos and Tangwystl verch Llywarch. He had a sister named Margaret verch. He was the younger of the two children. He had four half-sisters named Gwladys "Ddu" verch, Angharad verch, Helen Ellen verch and Helen verch. He died in fall from Tower of London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd. [Burke's Peerage]
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The following post to SGM, 17 Feb 2003, by Becky Thill is mostly about Gruffudd's brother Dafydd, who was a disastrous Prince of Cymru for 6 years, but it had the following excerpt on Gruffudd:
But Davydd was not the only son of Llywelyn. There had been another, Gruffydd, a handsome giant of a prince, born of a Cymric Mother. Llywelyn had weighed his two sons in his mind as to which would be the better ruler for the land. Davydd's mother was sister of the King of England - surely the King of England would be less the enemy of his nephew than of Gruffydd. So thought Llywelyn, and accordingly he made Davydd his heir; the one tragic mistake which undid all that he had accomplished in his own strenuous life. Gruffydd, with his turbulent valour, could not have brought his country lower than his brother's smoothness brought it. He might have saved it.
Davydd had handed over his brother Gruffydd to the King of England as a prisoner. The king sent him to the Tower of London. One night Gruffydd made a rope of his clothes and began to let himself down out of his window to escape. The rope broke, and Gruffydd was killed, his neck being broken by the fall. But he left four sons, Owen, Llywelyn, Davydd and Rhodri.
Owen and Llywelyn seized the crown of Gwynedd between them when their uncle Davydd died. Now King Henry claimed all the land as his own, for, amongst the rest of Davydd's doings, he had agreed that, if he died childless, Henry should be his heir and take the country. It would be hard to find words severe enough to describe such a transaction as that. [Flame-Bearers of Welsh History, "The Sons of Cunedda" by Owen Rhoscomyl, School Edition, 1905 The Welsh Ed. Pub. Co. Merthry Rydfil, part one, p. 177 XLIX, THE RISE OF LLYWELYN III]
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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.~ 1004 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Wales
- b.~ 1031 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 1100 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Bangor Cathedral, Is Gwyrfai, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1044 in Llys Edwin, Llaneurguin, Flintshire, Wales d.1105
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1044 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1129 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.~ 1174
- b.~ 1070 in Arwystli, Powys, Wales d.~ 1129
- b.~ 1098 in Pembroke, Montgomershire, Wales d.< 1155
- b.~ 1060 in Buillth, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
- b.~ 1025 in Powis, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1075
- b.~ 1047 in Monmouthshire, Wales d.~ 1132
- b.~ 1025 in Gest near Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.> 1050
- b.~ 1097 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1052 in Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1078 in Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1060 in Wales
- b.~ 1129 in Powys-Vadoc, Wales
- b.~ 1004 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Wales
- b.~ 1031 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 1098 in Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1044 in Llys Edwin, Llaneurguin, Flintshire, Wales d.1105
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1044 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1206 in Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.1 MAR 1243/44 in fall from Tower of London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1114 in Dembighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1139 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1118 in Dembighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1178 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales d.~ 1206
- b.~ 1107 in Menai, Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 1150 in Menai, Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 1044 in Llys Edwin, Llaneurguin, Flintshire, Wales d.1105
- b.~ 1073 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1124
- b.~ 1044 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1121 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1077 in Uwch Dulas, Denbighshire, Wales
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Children
Llewelyn ap Gruffudd , Prince of Wales
Llewelyn ap was born about 1230 in Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died on December 11th, 1282 in Battle at Builth, Powys, Wales.
Dafydd ap Gruffudd , Prince of Gwynedd
Dafydd ap was born about 1234 in Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died on October 3rd, 1283 in Beheaded at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
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