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Gronwy ab Ednyfed "Fychan"

Male Abt 1200 - 1270  (70 years)


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  • Name Gronwy ab Ednyfed "Fychan"   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Nickname Fychan 
    Born Abt 1200  of, Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Marchudd} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1270  [7, 8
    Person ID I100010704  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 May 2008 

    Father Ednyfed "Fychan" ap Cynwrig,   b. Abt 1170, of, Tregarnedd, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1246  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Gwenllian ferch Rhys,   b. Abt 1170, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1236  (Age 66 years) 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    • STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366)
      STATUS: Husband's 2nd marriage. Footnote one which referes to Harlaian MSS. 1969 states she was the second marriage and relict of Cynan ap Rhodri. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366 fn. 1)

      REMARKS: "His first wife was Gwenllian, daughter of the Lord Rhys; but he must have divorced her (then not unusual in Wales), as Tudur was born in her lifetime". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b fn. 13)
    • STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366)
      STATUS: Husband's 2nd marriage. Footnote one which referes to Harlaian MSS. 1969 states she was the second marriage and relict of Cynan ap Rhodri. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366 fn. 1)

      REMARKS: "His first wife was Gwenllian, daughter of the Lord Rhys; but he must have divorced her (then not unusual in Wales), as Tudur was born in her lifetime". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b fn. 13)
    Family ID F100004250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Morfudd ferch Meurig "Gwas Teilo",   b. Abt 1200, of, Y Grysmwnt, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Gwilym ap Gronwy,   b. Abt 1230, of, Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Tudur ap Gronwy,   b. Abt 1230, of, Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1311  (Age 81 years)
     3. Adles ferch Gronwy,   b. Abt 1230, of, Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Gronwy "Fychan" ap Gronwy,   b. Abt 1250, of, Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2005 
    Family ID F100003138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESIDENCE: Trecastell, Môn. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 678)
      PROPERTY: He had Trecastell in Anglesey for his portion. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 331)
      PROPERTY: He was given the three manors of Penymynydd, Tref Castell, and Arddreiniog, with Tref Gayan and other extensive estates. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 2 p. 133, 134)
      PROPERTY: He had Penmynydd, Trecastell, and Ddraenog. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 106)

      REMARKS: An illustrious and powerful man. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 2 p. 134)

  • Sources 
    1. [S100000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 23, 26, 51, 57, 83, 106*, 121*, 122*, 162*, 182, 184*, 231*, 245*, 266, 267, 389.

    2. [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. 2 p. 132, 134*; vol. 3 p. 217; vol. 4 p. 54, 146, 283, 342, 344*; vol. 6 p. 191.

    3. [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 3 p. C93*; book 8 p. H44*, 75.

    4. [S100002420] #11886 The Golden Grove books of pedigrees (filmed 1970), (Manuscript, National Library of Wales manuscript number Castell Gorfod 7. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,349-104,351., book 1 p. A109.

    5. [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. 95, 331*; vol. 2 p. 101*, 108, 144*, 194, 203, 208, 272.

    6. [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. 5 p. 285; vol. 7 p. 470; vol. 8 p. 593; vol. 9 p. 671, 678, 679, 719.

    7. [S100000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 106.

    8. [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. 2 p. 134; vol. 4 p. 344.