Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 
Bleddyn ap was born about 1022 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Bleddyn ap's father is Cynfyn ap Gwerystan and his mother is Angharad verch Maredydd. His maternal grandfather was Maredudd ap Owain. He had two brothers and a sister, named Caradoc ap, Rhiwallon ap and Iwerydd verch. He was the second oldest of the four children. He had a half-brother named Gruffydd ap. He died in 1075.General Notes
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The half-brother of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn of Deheubarth, Bleddyn fa ced the
advance of the Normans after the conquest in 1066. He gave support t o
the Mercians, assisting Edric "the Wild" in 1067 and Edwin and Morcar in
1068. In 1070, at the battle of mechain, he slew two sons of Gruffydd
who ch allenged his succession, but was subsequently under great pressure
on his nor th-eastern border from the marcher lords. He was killed in
1075 by Rhys ap O wain of Deheubarth, but his descendants continued to
rule Powys. The Chronic le of the princes lavished praise on him as "the
most mild and clement of kin gs".
Acceded to the thrown of Powys and Gwynedd in 1063.
Source: Oxford Kin gs & Queens of Britian, John Cannon and Anne
Hargreaves.
‌Bleddyn ap and Haer verch were married in a religious ceremony about 1044. They had five sons and two daughters, named Madog ap, Rhiryd ap, Maredydd ap, Cadwagan ap, Iorweth ap, Gwenllian Vech and Hunydd Vech.
Family Notes
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Children
Maredydd ap Bleddyn
Maredydd ap was born in 1047 in Montgomery, Wales. He died at the age of 85 in 1132 in Powys, Wales.
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