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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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1011 - 1063 (52 years)
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Name |
Gruffydd ap Llewellyn [1, 2] |
Born |
1011 |
Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales |
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 |
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Sources |
- [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.
- [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.
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