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Biography of Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136

Paternal Family Tree: Aberffraw

Maternal Family Tree: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd 1065-1162

In or before 1100 [her father] King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 44) and [her mother] Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd (age 34) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd and [her grandmother] Ragnaillt Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd. They were second cousin once removed.

Around 1100 Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth was born to King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 45) and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd (age 35).

Around 1113 Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 32) and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Deheubarth. She the daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 58) and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd (age 48). He the son of Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 53). They were half second cousin once removed.

Before 1130 [her brother] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd (age 29) and [her sister-in-law] Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Gwynedd. He the son of [her father] King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 74) and [her mother] Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd (age 64).

In 1130 Maredudd King Deheubarth was born to [her husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 49) and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 30).

In 1132 Rhys ap Gruffydd "The Lord Rhys" Dinefwr was born to [her husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 51) and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 32). He married 1155 his first cousin Gwenllian ferch Madog Mathrafal, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys and Susanna Aberffraw, and had issue.

1136 Battle of Kidwelly

In 1136 a battle, or skirmish, was fought at Maes Gwenllian [Map] between the Welsh forces of Gwenllian (age 36), wife of [her husband] Gruffydd (age 55), with her two sons, and the Norman force of Maurice de Londres. Gwenllian and her two sons were killed.

Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1137. [her former husband] Griffyth-ap-Rhys (age 56), king of Wales, perished through the artifices of his wife.1

Note 1. So far from this being the case, Gwenlian, the wife of Griffythap-Rhys, prince of South Wales, a woman of a gallant spirit, seconded her husband's efforts for independence, and, in his absence, took the field in person at the head of her forces. See Giraldus Cambreensis Itin. i., c. iv., and Dr. Powell's notes: see also Warrington's History of Wales, p. 293.

Nest Dinefwr was born to [her former husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.

Elizabeth Dinefwr was born to [her former husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.

Morgan Dinefwr was born to [her former husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.

Maelgwn Dinefwr was born to [her former husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.

Gwladus Dinefwr was born to [her former husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.

Royal Ancestors of Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136

Kings Gwynedd: Grand Daughter of Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys

Royal Descendants of Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Maredudd King Deheubarth [1]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]

George Wharton [1]

President George Washington [1]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [2]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [17]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [9]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [48]

Ancestors of Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136

Father: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sitric Silkbeard King Dublin

Great x 1 Grandfather: Olaf mac Sitriuc

GrandMother: Ragnaillt Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd

Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth

Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain King Deheubarth

Great x 3 Grandfather: Einion Dinefwr

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gronwy Ap Einion Dinefwr

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edwin of Tegeingl

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edwin Earl of Mercia

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ethelfleda or Aldgyth of Mercia

GrandFather: Owain ab Edwin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed Mathrafal

Great x 2 Grandfather: Cynfyn ap Gwersytan Mathrafal

Great x 3 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys

Great x 1 Grandmother: Iwerydd Mathrafal

Great x 3 Grandfather: Sitric Silkbeard King Dublin

Great x 2 Grandmother: Unnamed d Sitric Silkbeard King Dublin

Mother: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd