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 [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.

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[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.

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

Royal Ancestors of Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136

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

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

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 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