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Owain "Cyfeiliog" ap Gruffudd, Brenin of South Powys

Male 1108 - 1197  (89 years)


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  • Name Owain "Cyfeiliog" ap Gruffudd   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Suffix Brenin of South Powys 
    Nickname Cyfeiliog 
    Born 1108  of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Christened {Tribe: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1197  Monastery of Strata Marchella Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Buried Monastery of Strata Marchella Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Person ID I100002676  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 May 2008 

    Father Gruffudd ap Maredudd, arglwydd of Powys,   b. Abt 1100, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1128  (Age 28 years) 
    Mother Gwerful ferch Gwrgeneu,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Radnorshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F100001500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Yes, date unknown 
    Type: Not Married 
    • STATUS: Not married.
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2005 
    Family ID F100002137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gwenllian ferch Ednywain,   b. Abt 1130, of, , Merionethshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2002 
    Family ID F100002136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Gwenllian [1st] ferch Owain "Gwynedd" Mawr,   b. Abt 1130, of, , Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Gwenwynwyn ab Owain "Cyfeiliog", Brenin of South Powys,   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1216  (Age 46 years)
     2. Gwerful ferch Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Gwenllian ferch Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Annes ferch Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Constance ferch Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Cadwallon ab Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1150, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1197  (Age 47 years)
     7. Eliwys ab Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Hywel "Grach" ab Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Daniel ab Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Meddefus ferch Owain "Cyfeiliog",   b. Abt 1170, of, Cyfeiliog commote, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 31 May 2005 
    Family ID F100002135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • TITLES: Prince of Powys which he succeeded to on the death of his grandfather.
      TITLES: Accession> to South Powys in 1160. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 54)

      LIVING: 1149. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 2 p. 56)
      LIVING: He handed over his territory in 1195.
      LIVING: He attended the Parliament of King Henry II.
      RESIDENCE: Higher Powys.
      PROPERTY: He received from his grandfather the lands called Powys Wenwynwyn. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 108)
      PROPERTY: He had his father's entire estates. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 42)
      PROPERTY: He founded the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcella in the year 1170. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 42 fn. 2)

      DEATH: He died at a very advanced age and was buried in the Abbey of Strata Marchella in 1197, having previously joined the Order. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 42 fn. 2)
      DEATH: He retired to the Monastery of Strata Marchella in 1195 where he died.

      CHARACTERISTICS: Personality> greatly distinguished as a warrior and a poet.

      REMARKS: A poem by Owain "Cyfeiliog", entitled by him "Hirlas", from a large drinking horn so called, used at feasts in his palace, is found written in Welsh on pages 331, 332, 333, and 334 of 'Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 2. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 2 p. 331, 332, 333, 334)
      REMARKS: Odes to him by the bard Cynddelw can be found in volume 1 pages 327-334 and page 343 (written in Welsh) of 'Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog'.
      REMARKS: The term King can be misleading. In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Brenin' meaning chief or high one, and 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

      LIVING: Conflict/Error> 'Derbyshire Feudal History' page 256 states he lived from 1089-1197.

  • Sources 
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    15. [S100002541] #1174 The Feudal History of the County of Derby [Chiefly During the 11th, 12th and 13th Centuries] (1886-1908), Yeatman, Pym (John Pym), (London: Bemrose, [1886?]- 1908), vol. 1 pt. 1-2, vol. 2 pt. 3-4 FHL microfilm 962,3., p. 256.

    16. [S100001659] #1358 Stemmata Robertson et Durdin: Being Tables Comprising the Known Ancestors of the Children of Herbert Robertson and His Wife Helen Alexandrina Melian Nee Durdin, and Brothers and Sisters of These Ancestors (1893-1895), Robertson, Herbert, (London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1893-1895), FHL book 929.242 R545r; FHL microfilm 278,018 item., p. 387.
      DEATH: 1196.

    17. [S100001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 158, 347; vol. 4 p. 198; vol. 5 p. 42 fn. 2.

    18. [S100002411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 2 p. B52; book 3 p. C61.

    19. [S100002434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 1 p. 287 fn. 1.

    20. [S100002437] #4568 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (1980), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (25 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. [Wales]: University of Wales Press, 1980), FHL book 942.9 D2bp; FHL microfiche 6025561., vol. 2 p. 56.

    21. [S100001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 154.


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