Roderic Prince of North Wales
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1. Roderic Prince of North Wales died in 754. married Margaret, Princess on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Cynan King of Wales
died in 811.
- 2. Cynan King of Wales
Generation: 2
2. Cynan King of Wales (1.1) died in 811.
married Matilda, Dau. of Earl Of Flint on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 3
3. Eisyllt Queen of Wales (2.2, 1.1)
married Gwiard King of Manaw on Yes, date unknown. (son of Elydyr Prince of Deheubarth) was born about 750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Frych, Merfyn ("Mervin")
was born about 780; died in 844.
- 4. Frych, Merfyn ("Mervin")
Generation: 4
4. Frych, Merfyn ("Mervin") (3.3, 2.2, 1.1) was born about 780; died in 844.
Notes:
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Known as "the Freckled." "The Earliest English Kings," D. P. Kirby (London: outledge, 1992), p. 212: "The advent to royal power in 825 of Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad, a Powys prince with possible Manx connections, whose father had married a daughter of
Cynan ap Rhodri, king of Gwynedd, established the second dynasty of Gwynedd. Merfyn's marriage to Nest, sister of Cyngen ap
Cadell, king of Powys, strenthened the Powysian associations of this second dynasty...." http://www.britannia.com/bios/ebk/merfynrd.html offers (2001):
"Merfyn Frych, King of Gwynedd & Ynys Manaw (c.780-844)(Welsh-Merfyn, Latin-Marbinus, English-Mervin) Merfyn the Freckled was the son of King Guriat of Ynys Manaw, heir to the lost Kingdom of South Rheged. His mother was Esyllt ferch Cynan, the
heiress of Gwynedd, and after the death of her uncle in AD 825, the throne was secured for Merfyn. He crossed from Ynys Manaw (Isle of Man), where he was almost certainly already King, to bring a new stability as well as a new dynasty to
Gwynedd after many years of Civil War. He reigned for 19 years and, sadly, though Gwynedd gained from his rule, an absentee monarch left Manaw open to invasion. The Hiberno-Viking, Godred mac Fergus established himself there in 836 and the country ws
never recovered. Merfyn died in AD 844."Merfyn married Nesta, Queen of Powys on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Mawr, King Roderick the Great Rhodri of All Wales
was born in 844; died in 878.
- 5. Mawr, King Roderick the Great Rhodri of All Wales
Generation: 5
5. Mawr, King Roderick the Great Rhodri of All Wales (4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) was born in 844; died in 878.
Notes:
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The Northmen pirates were held at bay by Rhodri Mawr, "founder of the
princely houses of Gwynedd and Deheubarth (south Wales) and ruler of all
Wales save Dyfed (the land of the Demetae), Brecon, Gwent and
Glamorgan." {-Encycl.Brit.,`56,23:291} Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of
Arms ("English Ancestry," Oxford U. Press, 1961, pp.14-15) states:
"Rhodri's male ancestry is traced...to Coel Hen Godebog, who lived,
perhaps, early in the fifth century, while the line of Rhodri's
grandmother, that of the older dynasty of North Wales, is taken back to its
founder Cunedda, about A.D.450, and to Cunedda's father, grandfather and
great-grandfather, the Roman forms of whose names (Eternus, Paternus and
Tacitus) suggest that they were historical." "A History of Wales," John
Davies (New York: Penguin Books, 1993) p. 81: "A chain of marriages begins
around 800 when Gwriad, of the lineage of the Men of the North, married Esyllt
of the line of Maelgwn Fawr; their son, Merfyn, became king of Gwynedd in 825
on the death of Esyllt's uncle, Hywel ap Rhodri, Marfyn married Nest of the
house of Powys, and their son, Rhodri, married Angharad of the house of
Seisyllwg (Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi). Rhodri became ruler of Gwynedd in
844 on the death of his father, of Powys in 855 on the death of his uncle,
Cyngen, and of Seisyllwg in 871 on the death of his brother-in-law Gwgon; he
died in 877, king of a realm extending from Anglesey to Gower. ...Rhodri's
fame sprang from his success as a warrior."Rhodri married Ankaret, Queen of S. Wales on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Anarwd, Prince of N.Wales
died in 916.
- 7. Mervyn, Prince of Powys
died in 904.
- 8. Cadell, Prince of South Wales
died in 909.
- 6. Anarwd, Prince of N.Wales
Generation: 6
6. Anarwd, Prince of N.Wales (5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 916.
of married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Idwal, Prince of N. Wales
died in 942.
- 9. Idwal, Prince of N. Wales
7. Mervyn, Prince of Powys (5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 904.
of married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Avendreg, of Powys
- 11. Tryffyn, of Powys
- 10. Avendreg, of Powys
8. Cadell, Prince of South Wales (5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 909.
of married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Hywel Dha Prince
was born in 910; died in 950.
- 12. Hywel Dha Prince
Generation: 7
9. Idwal, Prince of N. Wales (6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 942.
Family/Spouse: Avendreg, of Powys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Meyric, Of North Wales
died in 986.
of married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Meyric, Of North Wales
10. Avendreg, of Powys (7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Family/Spouse: Idwal, Prince of N. Wales. of (son of Anarwd, Prince of N.Wales) died in 942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Meyric, Of North Wales
died in 986.
- 13. Meyric, Of North Wales
11. Tryffyn, of Powys (7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
of married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Isabel
- 15. Isabel
12. Hywel Dha Prince (8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) was born in 910; died in 950.
Notes:
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Hywel "journeyed to Rome in 928 and is styled `king of all the Welsh.' His
position enabled him to undertake a reform of Welsh law, for which
posterity gratefully remembered him; the representative gathering which met
at Whitland to receive the new code is without a parallel in the early
annals of Wales, and the `law of Howel', amplified and re-edited by
generation after generation of Welsh legists, became the standard of tribal
and personal relations throughout the country. In its precision and
subtlety, it has been held to be the greatest intellectual achievement of
mediaeval Wales."{-Encycl.Brit.,`56,23:291-2} See extended discussion of
him and his times in "A History of Wales," John Davies (New York: Penguin
Books, 1993), Chapter Four.married Eleanor Heiress of Dyfed on Yes, date unknown. (daughter of Hyfaidd Prince of Dyfed) died after 950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Dha, Owen ap Hywel
died in 988.
married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Dha, Owen ap Hywel
Generation: 8
13. Meyric, Of North Wales (9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 986.
Of married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 18. Idwal, Prince of N. Wales II
died in 996.
- 18. Idwal, Prince of N. Wales II
14. Iago Prince of North Wales (9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Notes:
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Iago's mother is second wife of Idwal I, Prince of North Wales. Her name
is not known. {-W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Balt.: Gen.Pub.Co.,
1968, pp. 91, 128; this source provides Iago's supposed daughter,
Angharat, wife of Llydocca of Hereford.}married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
15. Isabel (11.of7, 7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Isabel married Ivor Lord of Builth on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
16. Dha, Owen ap Hywel (12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 988.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Prince of South Wales
Owen married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Maredudd Prince of South Wales
- 22. Eneon Prince of South Wales
died in 984.
17. Angharat, of South Wales (12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
of married Trevor, Tudor Lord ofHereford on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 9
18. Idwal, Prince of N. Wales II (13.Of8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 996.
II married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. Iago, Prince of North Wales III
died in 1039.
- 24. Iago, Prince of North Wales III
19. Angharat, of North Wales (14.8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
of married Hereford, Llydocca of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
20. Cynelin Lord of Builth (15.Isabel8, 11.of7, 7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 26. Glodryyd, Lord of Builth Elystan
was born in 932; died in 1010.
- 26. Glodryyd, Lord of Builth Elystan
21. Maredudd Prince of South Wales (16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Notes:
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"A History of Wales," John Davies (1993), p. 98: "From 986 to 999 Maredudd,
the grandson of Hywel, succeeded in recreating the kingdom of his grandfather,
but the years of his supremacy were troubled ones. The attacks of the
Northmen recommenced...."married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
22. Eneon Prince of South Wales (16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 984.
Notes:
Died:
son of 1st wifemarried Eleanor, of Powys on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
23. Hereford, Llydocca of (17.of8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Llydocca married Angharat, of North Wales on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 10
24. Iago, Prince of North Wales III (18.II9, 13.Of8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 1039.
Notes:
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Iago's wife, Avendreg, is daughter of Gwyr (son of Pyll). {Line from
W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry"(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.128.}III married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
25. Hereford, Gwerfyl of (19.of9, 14.8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Gwerfyl married Bendew, Ednowen on Yes, date unknown. Ednowen (son of Bendew, Owen and Glamorgan, Eva of) was born in 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 30. Goronwy
- 30. Goronwy
26. Glodryyd, Lord of Builth Elystan (20.9, 15.Isabel8, 11.of7, 7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) was born in 932; died in 1010.
Notes:
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Elystan Glodryyd m. Gladys, dau. of Rhyn.Elystan married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
27. Ankaret, Queen of Powys II (21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Notes:
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Anharet m. (2) Cynfyn of Powys and they had Bleddyn, who reigned as
sovereign prince of South Wales 1063-1075.II married Llewellyn Prince of North Wales in 994. (son of Seissylt and Prawst) was born in 980; died in 1023. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 32. Griffith, Prince of North Wales I
died on 5 Aug 1063.
II married Cynfyn, Prince of N.Wales of Powys in 998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 33. Bleddyn Prince of Powys
died in 1075.
- 34. Everydd
- 35. Arwystli, Caradoc of
- 32. Griffith, Prince of North Wales I
28. Tegaingl, Goronwy Einawn of (22.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Goronwy married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 36. Edwyn Prince of Tegaingl
died in 1073.
- 36. Edwyn Prince of Tegaingl
Generation: 11
29. Cynan, of North Wales (24.III10, 18.II9, 13.Of8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
of married Dublin, Raignalt of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 37. Cynfyn, Ap Prince, North Wales Gruffydd
was born in 1055 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; died in 1137.
- 37. Cynfyn, Ap Prince, North Wales Gruffydd
30. Goronwy (25.Gwerfyl10, 19.of9, 14.8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Goronwy married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 38. Morfydd
- 38. Morfydd
31. Cadogan Lord of Builth (26.Elystan10, 20.9, 15.Isabel8, 11.of7, 7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Notes:
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Cadogan's wife Margaret is dau. of Brockwell (son of Aeddan).married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
32. Griffith, Prince of North Wales I (27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died on 5 Aug 1063.
Notes:
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Griffith I was Prince of North Wales, king of Gwynedd & Powys, 1039, and of
Deheubarth, 1055. He was the only Welsh king ever to rule over its entire
territory, from about 1057 to his death in 1063. See discussion in "A History
of Wales," John Davies (1993), pp. 100-01.I married Northumberland, Edith of in 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 40. Nesta, of North
- 40. Nesta, of North
33. Bleddyn Prince of Powys (27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 1075.
Notes:
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"A wise and gentle ruler" {re: "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons,"
Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, p. 94}. {Bleddyn's wife, Haer, is dau.
of Cilin (son of the Lord of Gest).}married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 41. Meredith Prince of Powys
died in 1132.
- 41. Meredith Prince of Powys
34. Everydd (27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Everydd married Edwyn Prince of Tegaingl on Yes, date unknown. (son of Tegaingl, Goronwy Einawn of) died in 1073. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 42. Owen Prince of Tegaingl
died in 1105.
- 42. Owen Prince of Tegaingl
35. Arwystli, Caradoc of (27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Caradoc married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 43. Arwystli, Trahaern of Prince\northWales
died in 1081.
- 43. Arwystli, Trahaern of Prince\northWales
36. Edwyn Prince of Tegaingl (28.Goronwy10, 22.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 1073.
married Everydd on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 42. Owen Prince of Tegaingl
died in 1105.
- 42. Owen Prince of Tegaingl
Generation: 12
37. Cynfyn, Ap Prince, North Wales Gruffydd (29.of11, 24.III10, 18.II9, 13.Of8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) was born in 1055 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; died in 1137.
Notes:
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Gruffydd ("Griffith") ap Cynfyn of Gwynedd has an illustrious ancestry
{-per "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr.,
Dallas, 1959,}based on legend - it includes King Roderick the Great of
Wales (844-878); Lady Godiva of Mercia; Uther Pendragon (King of Britons in
498 and son of Constantine II, Emperor of the West, 337-340, son of
Constantine the Great); Howell the Good, Prince of South Wales who died in
948 and husband of Eleanor, daughter of the last King of Dyfred; King Lear
of England whom legend lists in direct descent from Aedd Mawr (King Edward
the Great, b. ca. 1300 B.C.). "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt, 1992) 239-5
states he was born at Dublin in 1055. He and Rhys were victorious over the
Normans in the battle of Myndydd Carn, 1081, but shortly after he was captured
by Hugh, Earl of Chester, and kept in prison for 12 years. See extended
information in "A History of Wales," John Davies (1993), Chapter Four.Gruffydd married Tegaingl, Ankaret of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 44. Gwinedh, Prince of North Wales Owain I
died in 1170.
- 45. Susanna, of North Wales
- 44. Gwinedh, Prince of North Wales Owain I
38. Morfydd (30.Goronwy11, 25.Gwerfyl10, 19.of9, 14.8, 9.of7, 6.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Family/Spouse: Owen Prince of Tegaingl. (son of Edwyn Prince of Tegaingl and Everydd) died in 1105. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
39. Idnerth Lord of Builth (31.11, 26.Elystan10, 20.9, 15.Isabel8, 11.of7, 7.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
Notes:
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Idnerth's wife, Gwenlian, is dau. of Aaron the son of Paen Hen.married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
40. Nesta, of North (32.I11, 27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1)
of married Arwystli, Trahaern of Prince\northWales on Yes, date unknown. Trahaern (son of Arwystli, Caradoc of) died in 1081. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 48. Llywarch
died in 1129.
- 48. Llywarch
41. Meredith Prince of Powys (33.11, 27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 1132.
Family/Spouse: Hunydd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 49. Madoc Prince of Powys
died in 1160.
- 49. Madoc Prince of Powys
42. Owen Prince of Tegaingl (34.Everydd11, 27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 1105.
Family/Spouse: Morfydd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
43. Arwystli, Trahaern of Prince\northWales (35.Caradoc11, 27.II10, 21.9, 16.Owen8, 12.7, 8.of6, 5.Rhodri5, 4.Merfyn4, 3.3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 1081.
Notes:
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{This line from "Royal Ancestors of Sixty New England Colonists," Frederick
L. Weis, Lancaster, Mass., 1950, pp. 44 & 139. The 7th edition of this book
in 1992 casts doubt on this marriage and states "It is probable that Llywarch
was son of another woman." However, Trahaern is his father.}Trahaern married Nesta, of North on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 48. Llywarch
died in 1129.
- 48. Llywarch