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Gruffudd ap Cynan ( c. 1055 –1137), sometimes written as Gruffydd ap Cynan, was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137. [1] . In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule. As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr, Gruffudd ap Cynan was a senior member of the princely House of Aberffraw.
Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055-1137), a veces escrito Gruffydd ap Cynan, fue rey de Gwynedd desde 1081 hasta su muerte en 1137. En el curso de un larga y azarosa vida, se convirtió en una figura clave en la resistencia galesa al dominio normando, siendo recordado como rey de todo Gales.
Gruffudd ap Cynan is the only mediaeval Welsh prince whose biography, in the form of pure eulogy, has survived (see bibliography below). Linguistic characteristics prove it to have been a translation of a Latin original now lost.
Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055-1137), a veces escrito Gruffydd ap Cynan, fue rey de Gwynedd desde 1081 hasta su muerte en 1137. En el curso de un larga y azarosa vida, se convirtió en una figura clave en la resistencia galesa al dominio normando, siendo recordado como rey de todo Gales.
The life, career and medieval biography of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd 1095-1137. The reign of the North Welsh king Gruffudd ap Cynan [1075-1135] marked the culmination of a century of...
Gwynedd, first under Gruffudd ap Cynan (died 1137) and then under his son Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), gained a firm governance that enabled the younger ruler, controlling a kingdom extending from the Dyfi to the Dee, to withstand foreign pressure, which was particularly severe during the reign of…. Read More. Other articles where Gruffudd ap ...
(Latin: Crufidius; English: Griffith) Gruffudd was the son of the exiled son & heir to a former King of Gwynedd, Cynan ap lago. His mother was Ragnhildr, daughter of Olaf, the Viking King of Dublin, where Cynan had sought refuge after his father, King Iago, had been treacherously slain by his own men in 1039.
