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Other articles where Gruffudd ap Cynan is discussed: Wales: Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth: 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…
Gruffydd ap Cynan (um 1055 in Dublin; † 1137) war ein König des walisischen Königreichs Gwynedd. Nachdem sein Großvater 1039 sein Reich verloren hatte, gewann er es für seine Familie zurück und schuf so für seine Nachfahren die Grundlage für ihre Vormachtstellung unter den walisischen Fürsten bis zur endgültigen Eroberung Gwynedds durch die Engländer 1283.
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. Gwynedd had thence been ruled by usurpers from other princely lines ...
Gruffudd ap Cynan. Gruffudd was a nephew of the Lord Rhys and an early benefactor of Aberconwy. In 1198 he wrote to the Cistercian General Chapter requesting to found an abbey; this resulted in the establishment of Cymer Abbey which was patronised by his brother, Maredudd (d. 1212), and his son, Hywel (d. 1216). Gruffudd was buried at Aberconwy.
Hace 13 horas · Within a decade the apparent Norman stranglehold on Wales was broken. The leaders of the Welsh revival were the three sons of Bleddyn ap Cynfin, Cadwgan, Maredudd, and Iorwerth. But they were aided, if not directly, by Gruffudd ap Cynan, who escaped from his captivity at the hands of the Earl of Chester around 1094 and quickly regained his ...
15 de ago. de 2020 · Circa 1055 - 1137. Gruffydd ap Cynan was the son of a Welsh father, Cynan ab Iago, a descendant of Rhodri Mawr, and a Hiberno-Norse mother, Ragnhildr, daughter of Olaf Sihtricson, King of Dublin, of the Hiberno-Norse Uí Ímhair dynasty. His maternal great-great grandfather was Brian Boru, High King of Ireland.
The reign of the North Welsh king Gruffudd ap Cynan [1075-1135] marked the culmination of a century of rapid social and political change. A product of three cultures [Welsh, Irish and Scandinavian], Gruffudd faced a Wales dividedby Norman incursion and dynastic rivalry; his re-creation of his kingdom saw him acting on the wider (and often ...
