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 [aged 44] and [her mother] Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 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 [aged 45] and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 35].
Around 1113 Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth [aged 32] and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Deheubarth. She the daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd [aged 58] and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 48]. He the son of Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth [aged 53]. They were half second cousin once removed.
Before 1130 [her brother] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 29] and [her sister-in-law] Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Gwynedd. He the son of [her father] King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd [aged 74] and [her mother] Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 64].
In 1130 [her son] Maredudd King Deheubarth was born to [her husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth [aged 49] and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth [aged 30].
In 1132 [her son] Rhys ap Gruffydd "The Lord Rhys" Dinefwr was born to [her husband] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth [aged 51] and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth [aged 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.
In 1136 a battle, or skirmish, was fought at Maes Gwenllian [Map] between the Welsh forces of Gwenllian [aged 36], wife of [her husband] Gruffydd [aged 55], with her two sons, and the Norman force of Maurice de Londres. Gwenllian and her two sons Morgan Dinefwr and Maelgwn Dinefwr were killed.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1137. Griffyth-ap-Rhys [aged 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 Cambrensis Itin. i., c. iv., and Dr. Powell's notes: see also Warrington's History of Wales, p. 293.
[her daughter] Gwladus Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.
[her daughter] Elizabeth Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.
[her daughter] Nest Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.
[her son] Morgan Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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[her son] Maelgwn Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth.
Kings Gwynedd: Daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of 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
Great x 4 Grandfather: Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd Grandson of Rhodri ap Mervyn "The Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Meurig ap Idwal Aberffraw son of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Idwal ap Meurig Aberffraw Grandson of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig Aberffraw Prince Gwynedd Great Grandson of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd
Grandfather: Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd 2 x Great Grandson of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd
father: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd son of Cynan ab Iago King 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 daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain King Deheubarth son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Einion Dinefwr Grandson of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gronwy Ap Einion Dinefwr Great Grandson of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edwin of Tegeingl 2 x Great Grandson of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ælfgar Earl of Mercia and East Anglia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edwin Earl of Mercia
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ethelfleda or Aldgyth of Mercia
Grandfather: Owain ab Edwin 3 x Great Grandson of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
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 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth