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Gruffydd ap Llewellyn

Male 1011 - 1063  (52 years)


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  • Name Gruffydd ap Llewellyn  [1, 2
    Born 1011  Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Brenin Cymru 
    Occupation Last "High King of Wales" when he was killed by the Saxons 
    Occupation Totally ruthless, his hands stained with blood of rivals and opponents, in retrospect his reign was still seen as a period of outstanding achievement 
    Occupation 1039 
    Succeeded Hywell II to the throne of Deheubarth in Wales (who fled from the kingdom) 
    Occupation 1039 
    When Iago ap Idwal of Gwynedd was murdered by his own men, he emerged as the claimant for the northern kingdom 
    Occupation 1040 
    Fought a hard struggle to make himself ruler of the southern kingdom of Wales, but he was thwarted by two determined kings for fifteen years 
    Occupation 1044 
    King of Deheubarth, Wales 
    Occupation 1047 
    Deposed from the Deheubarth kingship 
    Occupation 1055 
    Restored to the Deheubarth kingship following Gruffydd ab Rhydderch 
    Occupation 1039-1063 
    Prince of Gwynedd, Wales 
    Occupation 5 Aug 1063 
    Fought an invading army of Saxons under Earl Harold (later Harold II) 
    Died 5 Aug 1063 
    Cause: Slain in battle 
    Person ID I4052  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Llewellyn ap Seisyll,   b. Abt 980,   d. 1023  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Angharad ferch Maredudd,   b. 982, Deheubarth, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 994 
    Family ID F4446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen of England,   b. Abt 1040, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1086  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 1057  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nest ferch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1060, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S751] Histoire de Normandie, Orderic Vital (traduction par Louis-François du Bois), (J.-L.-J. Brière, 68 rue Saint-André des Arts, Paris, 1825-1827), Volume 2, p. 114.

    2. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 6:1B-23; 151:176 & 176A-4.