Efa ferch CYNFYN

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• FamilySearch ID: L27L-XYL

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• FamilySearch ID: LH74-HV9
• House: ; of Mathrafal
• TitleOfNobility: ; King of Glamorgan
• TitleOfNobility: ; King of Powys
• Name: Cynfyn Ap GWERYSTAN
• Occupation: ; Prince of Wales
• _UID: C1756F598738491095FF4DAC354B4E8BFC4F
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1002; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1002; Alt. Birth

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All of the following information came from Jane Williams Flank, World Connect db=jwflank, rootsweb.com:

Little is known of Cynfyn. His fame, like that of many of his descendants, was only the reflection of the fame of his distinguished wife. There is no evidence that he ever attempted to rule in the right of his wife as did her first husband. The sons of Cynfyn and Angharad were Bleddyn and Rhiwallon. The pedigree of Cynfyn which appears in Vol 1, p 63 of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, London, 1898, extends back through twenty-two generations to Beli Mawr and Anna through their son Llud. Prof Lloyd thinks that it is mythical. It is certainly incomplete. It would require many more thatn twenty-two generation to cover the period of more than one thousand years. In the History of Radnorshire it is stated that Cynfyn was the son of Gwerstan and the grandson of Gwaethfoed Fawr. [The Weave Genealogy]

Titled:
Prince of Powys

Alt. Birth:
Of, Powys, Wales

Alt. Birth:
Powys, Wales

Cynfyn married Angharad Verch MAREDUDD after 1023 in 2ND Husband. Angharad (daughter of Maredudd Ap OWAIN and Miss Verch LLANDILO) was born in 982 in Deheubarth, Cymru (Wales); died on 8 May 1058 in Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9HVH-9GD
• Title (Nobility): ; Queen of Powys
• Title (Nobility): ; Queen of Wales
• TitleOfNobility: ; Princess of Deheubarth
• TitleOfNobility: ; Queen of Gwynedd and Deheubarth
• Name: Angharad Verch Maredydd
• Name: Angharad Verch MAREDYDD
• _UID: A32762419A744DDC8F47518A13B83BC31EC2
• Alt. Birth: Abt 982; Alt. Birth

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Biography
Angharad verch Maredydd Queen of Powys was born in about 0982

Parents
Angharad's father was Maredydd ap Owain, son of Owain ap Hywel and Angharad verch Llewelyn.

994 First Marriage to Llywelyn ap Seisyll
In 994 Angharad married Llywelyn ap Seisyll.

The marriage of Angharad and Llywelyn is confirmed by the Chronicle of the Princes of Wales which records that "Bleddyn son of Cynvyn and Gruffudd son of Llywelyn were brothers by the same mother Angharad daughter of Meredudd king of the Britons".

Llywelyn was aged 14 at the time (so born in 980). The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Llywelyn son of Seisyllt lord of Maes Essyllt although but a youth not more than fourteen years of age" married "Yngharad, daughter of Meredydd on of Owain" in 994

1023 Anghard's Second Marriage to Cynfyn ap Gwerstan
As the widow of Llywelyn, Angharad married secondly in 1023 Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, King of Powys, son of Gwerstan.

Death
She died in Wales in 1077 (83-91)

Issue
Angharad had children by two marriages. Her second husband Cynfyn likely had children by a previous wife, and these children are sometimes mis-attributed to Angharad.

1.) Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, son of Angharad and her first husband Llewelyn. Gruffydd, king of Gwynedd & Powys was born about 1011 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales and died 5 August 1063. He was the child of Llywelyn ap Seisyllt and Angharad verch Maredudd. Gruffydd did not succeed his father, possibly because he was too young to do so when his father died in 1023. Gruffydd went on to become the first King of Wales, however he was killed by his own men in 1063. Gruffydd's own sons Maredudd and Idwal died in 1069, fighting at the Battle of Mechain. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn inflicted a series of defeats on the English, and made alliances with the enemies of King Edward the Confessor. Gruffydd fought a long campaign against rival kings to win overall control of Wales. By 1055, he had become master of Deheubarth and had expanded his rule to the lesser kingdoms of Morgannwg (Glamorgan) and Gwent. In 1063, Earl Harold Godwinsson (later Harold II) and his brother Tostig made a joint attack on Gwynedd. At the same time, Deheubarth rebelled against Gruffydd's rule. Gruffydd fled and was murdered by his own men. Gruffydd married Ealdgyth, a daughter of ?lfgar, Earl of Mercia. Ealdgyth married second in circa 1064 to Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Ealdgyth and Gruffydd had a son: Maredudd ap Gruffydd who was excluded from the throne by his uncles Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and Rhywallon ap Cynfyn. Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, king of the Britons

2.) Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn ap Gwerystan, son of Angharad and Cynfyn, born c. 1024, was elevated to king of Powys after the death of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn Rhiwallon was killed in the Battle of Mechain, about 1068. This is the most concrete date associated with Rhiwallon. Warriors were generally young men, though the princes for whom they fought were often older and also expected to fight. Estimate that Rhiwallon was aged 45 at Mechain, and his birth year would be, say, 1025, or if the first born of his mother's second marriage, 1024. Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd". Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "the action of Mechain took place between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, Maredudd and Ithel, sons of Gruffudd" in 1068, adding that "Ithel was killed in the battle and Maredudd died of cold in his flight, and Rhiwallon son of Cynvyn was slain". The name of Rhiwallon?s wife is not known.

3.) Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, born c. 1025, who was made king of Gwynedd after Gruffudd's death in 1063, and additionally king of Powys when Rhiwallon was killed in 1069 Bleddyn ap Cynfyn of Deheubarth was born in 1025 and died in 1075. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn born about 1025 Montgomeryshire, Bleddyn ap Cynfyn was the son of Princess Angharad ferch Maredudd (of the Dinefwr dynasty of Deheubarth) and her second husband Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd". He succeeded his uterine half-brother in 1063 as King of Gwynedd and Powys. He married secondly m. Haer ferch Gillin, and thirdly a daughter of Brochwel

4.) Gwerfyl, born c. 1026, who married Gwrgan ap Ithel Ddu of Glamorgan, and was mother to Iestyn ap Gwrgan. Without naming her, Boyer, following Bartrum, notes a daughter of Cynfyn who married Gwrgan ab Ithel ab Idwallon ap Morgan Mawr (who was King of Morgannwg).




Occupation:
Queen of Powys

Alt. Birth:
Of, Deheubarth, Wales

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• Name: Gwerystan Ap GWAITHFOED
• _UID: 0911EA1B57694B5486786472D84ECDE42905

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Titled:
Lord of Powys

Gwerystan married Nest Verch CADELL. Nest (daughter of Cadell Ap BROCHWEL) was born about 956 in Powys (Montgomeryshire), Cymru (Wales); died in 1007 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: FD18EB7E8164425C8CCE1165539433D8C347

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• FamilySearch ID: LHW9-VZ4
• Name: Maredydd Ap OWAIN
• _UID: 71EB0756704B46B4919A1265DFBE4CCBC45A

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Maredudd married Miss Verch LLANDILO. Miss was born in 943 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GXGR-X7K
• _UID: 52DB2EACC7644E3EA8BF4D975ADE5CB956BC

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• Name: Fawr
• _UID: 1D42937C6F22405994DE548136915BAEAF6D

Gwaithfoed married Morfydd Verch YNYR. Morfydd (daughter of Ynyr "Ddu" "The Black" Ap DYFNWAL, King Of Gwent and Joyce DE BALADON) was born about 925 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales; died about 956. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E367395B198B448EA5CB0FA1A8D59F51E1A3

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• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth
• Name: Cadell Ap BROCHWEL
• _UID: 77AF949AA8AE41248542E0BF2E4C6B87E1AD

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Source: lorenfamily.com

Alt. Birth:
Wales

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• Clan: ; House of Dinefwr
• FamilySearch ID: 93QT-3QP
• Name: Owain Ap HYWEL
• Name: Owain Ap HYWEL
• _UID: A7CAE2AF28E142C1A413BC4EDE79BDC5A822
• TitleOfNobility: Between 942 and 950; King of Gwynedd, jointly with his brothers.
• TitleOfNobility: 986; King of Deheubarth
• Alt. Death: 988; Alt. Death

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Owain and his two brothers, Rhodri, d. 953, & Edwin, d. 954, were jointly kings of Deheubarth (Seisyllwg and Dyfed). The youngest, Owain, was sole king from 954.

Kings of Deheubarth
A Pre-Conquest Listing
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Hywel Dda (the Good) 909-950
Rhodri ap Hywel 950-953 (joint)
Edwin ap Hywel 950-954 (joint)
Owain ap Hywel 950-987 (joint)
Maredudd ab Owain 987-999

Owain ap Hywel Dda
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This Welsh name means Owain son of Hywel.
Not to be confused with another Owain ap Hywel who ruled in Gwent.
Owain ap Hywel (died c. 988) was king of Deheubarth in south Wales and probably also controlled Powys.

Owain was one of the three sons of Hywel the Good. Upon Hywel's death in 948[1], Owain, Rhodri, and Edwin divided his lands among themselves according to Welsh law. The sons were not able to retain Hywel's hegemony over Gwynedd, which was reclaimed for its earlier dynasty by the sons of Idwal Foel.

In 950, two of the sons of Idwal Foel, Iago and Ieuaf, invaded the south, penetrating as far as Dyfed.[1] The sons of Hywel retaliated by invading the north in 954, reaching as far north as the Conwy valley before being defeated at Llanrwst and being obliged to retreat to Ceredigion.

Rhodri died in 953 and Edwin in 954, leaving Owain in sole possession of Deheubarth alone.

In 958 Owain attacked Gorwennydd[2]. From there he went to Euas and Ergin and seized them from Morgan the Great, King of Glamorgan.[1]

In 959 Owain broke into the monastery Llan Illdud in Gorwennydd, and damaged the monastery Catwg in Nant Garvan.

In 962 Owain swore to pay yearly tribute to King Edgar the Peaceful.

Owain did not again try to reclaim Gwynedd; instead, he and his son Einion turned eastwards to attack the kingdom of Morgannwg (modern Glamorgan) in 960, 970, and 977. Owain was now aging, and it appears that Einion took over the rule of the kingdom on behalf of his father. On a further raid on the east in 984, Einion was killed by the noblemen of Gwent.

Following Einion's death, Owain's second son Maredudd took over his position. In 986, he successfully returned to the north and seized Gwynedd, ousting Ieuaf's son Cadwallon. Owain died in 988[3] and Maredudd became king of Deheubarth as well, although he later consented to share his kingdom with Einion's heirs Edwin and Cadell.

The A text of the Annales Cambriae were apparently compiled at Owain's instigation.

Children
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Cadwgan (died in 948[2] or 949[1])
Cadwallon (died in 961[1] or 964[2])
Llywarch. In 986 he was "deprived of his eyes."
Einion Maredudd

Owain ap Hywel (died c. 988) was king of Deheubarth in south Wales and probably also controlled Powys.

Owain married Angharad Verch LLEWELYN about 932 in Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Angharad (daughter of Llywelyn AP MERFYN and Malit VERCH LLWARCH) was born in 918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales; was christened in in Madog Ll Siryf; died in 1002 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; was buried in 1002 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L71C-CSZ
• TitleOfNobility: Powys, Wales; Queen of Powys
• Name: Angharad Verch LLEWELYN
• _UID: 51D25EBC8F5645C6A5D1C95A8730C6EC2F97

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When Queen Angharad ferch Llywelyn was born in 0918, in Llandilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, her father, Llywelyn ap Merfyn, was 28 and her mother, Malit verch Llywarch, was 33. She married Owain ap Hywel King of Deheubarth about 0932, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1002, in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales, at the age of 84, and was buried in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.