King Gruffudd ap Cynan 
Gruffudd was born in 1055 in Dublin,Ireland.1 Gruffudd's father was Prince Cynan ap Iago and his mother was Ragnaillt (or Ragnhildr) Ingen Olaf. His paternal grandparents were King Iago ap Idwal and Afandreg Verch Gwair; his maternal grandparents were Olaf (or Auloed) MacSihtric King of Dublin and Maelcorcre Ingen Dunlaing O'Muiredag of Leinster. He was an only child. He died at the age of 82 in 1137 in Caernarvonshire,Wales. He was buried in Bangor Cathedral.2 General Notes
King of Gwynedd, 1081.
Bio: "Griffith was born in Dublinand married Angharad, daughter of Owen. He returned to Wales in 1081, foundedthe first of five Royal Tribes, and was restored to the Crown of Gwynedd in 1081. Griffith was imprisoned by the Normans in Chester, England, from 1081 to 1093 and is buried in Bangor Cathedral. Children were Cadwallon, Owen, Cadwaladr and Gwenillian. From Owen's line came King Edward IV of England."
Dictionary has 2 1/2 pages of details, beginning on Page 301. Says he had five legitimate daughters and several illegitimate children. Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, 1081. Weis says that his father's name was Conan. Morgan and Ancestral File say it was Cynan.
Sources:
A.Roots 176, 239; Kraentzler 1406, 1409; AF; Dictionary of National
Biography; Young; History of Morgan Family.
Young: Gruffydd ap Cynan, prince of Gwynedd, 9th in descent from Ragnar Lodbrok, 4th from Brian Boromhe, King of all Ireland. King Gruffydd ap Cynan, Prince of North Wales.
Roots 176: Gruffydd ap Cynan,ruler of Gwynedd (North Wales).
Roots 239: Griffith, born in Dublin 1055, died1137. Prince of North Wales.
Roots 239, comes from book: "The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan."
Weis, Frederick Lewis. _Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists_. 6th
Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1988; line 239.
Dictionary of National Biography. Has 2 1/2 pages of details, beginning on Page 301. Says he had five legitimate daughters and several illegitimate children.
Morgan, Dennis. A History of the Morgan Family. "Griffith was born in Dublin and married Angharad, daughter of Owen. He returned to Wales in 1081, founded the first of five Royal Tribes, and was restored to the Crown of Gwyneddin 1081. Griffith was imprisoned by the Normans in Chester, England, from 1081 to 1093 and is buried in Bangor Cathedral. Children were Cadwallon, Owen, Cadwaladr and Gwenillian. From Owen's line came King Edward IV of England."
Jones, Arthur. The History of Griffith ap Cynan. Manchester, 1910, a translation and analysis of a twelfth century biography of Griffith (cited as the source of the pedigree given in Weis, line 239).
Bartrum, Peter C. Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400, page 41.
King of Gwynedd
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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.0883 d.0942
- b.0917 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales d.0986
- b.0945 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales d.0996 in Battle Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales
- b. in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales d.0988
- b.0974 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales d.1039
- b.~ 1004 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales d.1060
- b.~ 0949 in Anglesey, Wales
- b.0979 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales d.1060
- b.1055 in Dublin,Ireland d.1137 in Caernarvonshire,Wales
- b.~ 0994 in of Dublin,Ireland d.1034 in route to Rome on a pilgrimage - slain by the Saxons
- b.~ 1031 d.1120
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‌Gruffudd and Angharad were married in a religious ceremony about 1095 in ,Wales.1 They had two sons and two daughters, named Owain "Fawr" Ap, Owain Gwynedd ap, Gwenllian II Verch and Susanna verch.
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Children
Owain "Fawr" Ap Gruyffyd Prince of Gwynnedd
Owain "Fawr" Ap was born about 1087 in Caernarvonshire,Wales. He died in December 1169 in Caernarvonshire,Wales.
Gwenllian II Verch Gruffydd
Gwenllian II Verch was born about 1090 in Caernarvonshire,Wales. She died in 1136 in near Kidwelly,Wales.
Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffudd , King of Gwynedd
Owain Gwynedd ap was born about 1100 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Wales.3 He died in December 1169. He was buried in Bangor Cathedral, Is Gwyrfai, Caernarvonshire, Wales.4
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 239-5
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 176-6
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 239-6
4 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 176-5
Further source/citation:
Encyclopedia Britannica @ UK-Wales Macropaedia p 124
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 176-6
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 239-6
4 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 176-5
Further source/citation:
Encyclopedia Britannica @ UK-Wales Macropaedia p 124
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