Gruffydd De La Pole Ap Gwenwynwyn 
Gruffydd De La Pole Ap was born about 1200.1 Gruffydd De La Pole Ap's father was Gwenwynwyn Ap Owain and his mother was Margaret Verch RHYS. His paternal grandparents were Owain Cyfeiliog Ap Gruffydd and Gwerful Verch Gwrgeneu ; his maternal grandparents were Yr Arglwydd Rhys Ap GRUFFYDD and Gwenllian Verch Madog. He had a brother and a sister, named Madog Ap and Jane Verch Gwenwynwyn. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died in 1291.1 General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Lord Of Powys
[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: Ayers, p376, 848; Dot Clark, who cites four sources for her own
chart.
Clark: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Lord of Powys. Married 1242. Died 1291.
Ayers: Gruffyd ap Wennowen, called De La Pole (Welshpool, co. Montgomery),
Prince, or Lord, of Upper Powys.
Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys-Wenwynwyn.
SOURCES:
1. Powicke, Sir Maurice, _The Thirteenth Century 1216-1307_, p. 326 and
footnote that page: Hawise Lestrange married Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn
in 1242. He died in 1291. Powicke calls her "...a great lady of
Shropshire, the widow of the still greater lord of Powys..." Her dower
rights were the subject of a landmark case in 1292 regarding possible
infringement of the Magna Charta and the case is cited in studies of
the Magna Charta.
2. Bartrum, Peter C. _Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400_. University of Wales
Press, 1978; "Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 29 & 30", pages 56 and 57. Gives a death
date of 1286.
3. Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms. _A Genealogical
History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the
British Empire_. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.,
1988; pages 114-115
XREFS:
* HYATT: CHR006.12.
BIOGRAPHY: An ally of Henry III against Llewellyn ap Gruffydd. Took the anglicized name of De La Pole from his castle of Pool in Wales.
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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.~ 1025 in of,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1072
- b.~ 1047 in Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1124/1129
- b.~ 1025 in Gest,Carnarvonshire,Wales
- d.1128
- b.~ 1020 in Dyffryn,Clwyd,Wales
- b.~ 1063 in Powys,Wales
- b.~ 1024 in Dyffryn,Clwyd,Wales
- b.1125 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1197 in Monastery Of Strata Marcella
- b.~ 1165 d.1216
- b.~ 1023
- b.~ 1000 in ,Deheubarth,Wales d.~ 0997 in Bretagne
- b.~ 1035 in Debeubarth,,Wales d.Apr 1093 in Aberhonddu,Powys,Wales
- b.~ 1050
- b.~ 1040 in Glamorgan,Wales d.> 1093 in Monastery,Llangenyw,Denbighshire,Wales
- b.1010 d.~ 1050
- d.Deceased
- b.~ 1200 d.1291
- b.~ 1000 in ,Deheubarth,Wales d.~ 0997 in Bretagne
- b.~ 1035 in Debeubarth,,Wales d.Apr 1093 in Aberhonddu,Powys,Wales
- b.~ 1081 in Dynevor,CARM,Wales d.1137
- b.1026 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1069
- b.~ 1051 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1139
- b.1110 in Dynevor Castle,Llandilo,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.>24 Apr 1197 in ,,Wales
- b.~ 1014 in Aberffraw,Anglsy,Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin,,Ireland d.1136 in Carnarvonshire,Wales
- b.~ 1031 in of Dublin,,Ireland
- b.~ 1085 in of,Aberffraw Castle,Anglesey,Wales d.1136 in near Kidwelly,Wales
- b.~ 1044 in of Llys Edwin,Llaneurguin,Flintshire,Wales d.1105
- b.~ 1065 in of Tegaingl,Flintshire,Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1048 in of Tegaingl,Flintshire,Wales
- b.~ 1180 in Dynevor Castle,Llandilo,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.Deceased
- b.~ 1025 in of,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1072
- b.~ 1047 in Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1124/1129
- b.~ 1025 in Gest,Carnarvonshire,Wales
- b.~ 1091 in of Powys,,Wales d.1160 in Winchester,Hampshire,England
- b.~ 1020 in Dyffryn,Clwyd,Wales
- b.~ 1063 in Powys,Wales
- b.~ 1024 in Dyffryn,Clwyd,Wales
- b.~ 1131 in of Overton-Massachusettsdoc,Flints,Wales d.Deceased
- b.~ 1014 in Aberffraw,Anglsy,Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin,,Ireland d.1136 in Carnarvonshire,Wales
- b.~ 1031 in of Dublin,,Ireland
- b.~ 1095 in of,Aberffraw Castle,Anglesey,Wales d.Deceased
- b.~ 1044 in of Llys Edwin,Llaneurguin,Flintshire,Wales d.1105
- b.~ 1065 in of Tegaingl,Flintshire,Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1048 in of Tegaingl,Flintshire,Wales
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‌Gruffydd De La Pole Ap and Hawise were married in a religious ceremony about 1260.1 They had two sons and a daughter, named Gwilym Ap Gruffydd, Owain Ap Gruffydd Lord and Margaret Verch.
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Children
Gwilym Ap Gruffydd De La Pole
Gwilym Ap Gruffydd was born about 1245 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales.
Owain Ap Gruffydd Lord De La Pole
Owain Ap Gruffydd Lord was born in 1257 in Montgomeryshire,Wales. He died at the age of 36 in 1293.
Margaret Verch Gruffydd
Margaret Verch was born in 1258 in Wales. She died at the age of 78 on May 11th, 1336.
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