Paternal Family Tree: Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
In 1105 Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd was born to Goronwy Unknown [aged 25].
In 1125 [her father] Goronwy Unknown [aged 45] died.
Before 1130 [her future husband] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 29] and Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Gwynedd. He the son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd [aged 74] and [her aunt] Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 64].
On 10th October 1136 [the date is uncertain] the Battle of Crug Mawr aka Cardigan between Welsh and Normans for control of Ceredigion, West Wales. The Welsh, led by [her future husband] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 36], [her future brother-in-law] Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd Aberffraw [aged 36] and Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth [aged 55] defeated Normans led by Robert Fitzmartin,; a significant setback to Norman expansion in Wales.
Einion Aberffraw was killed.
The exact location of the battle is unknown. Possibly near Crug Mawr [Map]. However, Annales Cambriae has "A battle was fought before the castle" followed by "others drowned in the river Teifi" suggesting the castle referred to may have been Cilgerran Castle [Map] which is on the River Teifi.
In 1137 King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd [aged 82] died. His succeeded son [her future husband] Owain [aged 37] succeeded King Gwynedd.
Around 1145 [her son] Dafydd ab Owain Aberffraw Prince Gwynedd was born to [her husband] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 45] and Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 40]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.22%. He married 1174 Emma Plantagenet, daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy and Mistress Unknown, and had issue.
Around 1145 Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 45] and Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Gwynedd. He the son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 80]. They were first cousins.
Around 1147 [her son] Rhodri Aberffraw was born to [her husband] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 47] and Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 42]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.22%.
In 1170 [her illegitimate step-son] Hywel ab Owain King Gwynedd [aged 50] died.
On 28th November 1170 [her husband] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd [aged 70] died. His succeeded son [her illegitimate step-son] Hywel succeeded King Gwynedd.
In 1174 Dafydd ab Owain Aberffraw Prince Gwynedd [aged 29] and Emma Plantagenet were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy and Mistress Unknown. He the son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd and Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 69].
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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In 1175 Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd [aged 70] died.
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Rhodri ap Mervyn "The Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain King Deheubarth Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Einion Dinefwr Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gronwy Ap Einion Dinefwr Great Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edwin of Tegeingl 2 x Great Grand Son 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 Grand Son 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
Father: Goronwy Unknown 4 x Great Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth