 Abt 1000 - 1063 (63 years)
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| Name |
Gruffydd ap Llewelyn |
| Title |
King of Wales |
| Birth |
Abt 1000 |
Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales |
| Gender |
Male |
| FIRST+AND+LAST+TRUE+KING+OF+WALES |
While many different leaders in Wales claimed the title of 'King of Wales', the country was only truly united once: under the rule of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn from 1055 to 1063. |
| MARRIED+TWICE |
His 1st wife's name in not known, his 2nd wife was Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia; the 2 women should not be confused OR MERGED! |
| Title of Nobility |
1039 |
| King of Gwynedd and Powys |
| Title of Nobility |
From 1055 to 1063 |
| King of Wales |
| _FSFTID |
M1W5-BFF |
| Death |
5 Aug 1063 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
| Burial |
Aft 5 Aug 1063 |
Abbey-Cwmhir, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Person ID |
I34828 |
My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
Llewelyn ap Seisyll King of Gwynedd, Powys and Deheubarth, b. 980, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 23 Oct 1023, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales (Age 43 years) |
| Mother |
Angharad ferch Maredudd, b. Abt 982, Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 8 May 1058, Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales (Age 76 years) |
| Family ID |
F15383 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Widow of Hywell ap Edwin d. DECEASED |
| Marriage |
Abt 1038 |
| Children |
| | 1. Owain ap Gruffudd, b. Abt 1039, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom d. 1069 (Age 30 years) |
| | 2. Ithel ap Gruffydd, b. Abt 1041, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 1069 (Age 28 years) |
| | 3. Maredudd ap Gruffydd, b. Abt 1043, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 1069, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom (Age 26 years) |
| | 4. Guenta or Gwentha verch Gruffydd, b. 1050, Wales d. 1084, Brittany, France (Age 34 years) |
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| Family ID |
F14801 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Death - 5 Aug 1063 - Wales, United Kingdom |
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