Cynan ap Maredudd ab Owain

Also known as Cynan of Caron. Cynan was a leader in West Wales of the Welsh rising of 1294.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: shortly before 18 June 1328.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Pryce (p. 214). Bridgeman (pp. 220-1) gives 14 September 1295, stating that Cynan was hanged in Hereford after first being drawn to the place of execution at the tails of horses.

Relationships

Father: Maredudd ab Owain ap Gruffudd.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhys ap Tewdwr 6) and given by Bridgeman (p. 220). It is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a.1274.

Mother: uncertain.

Bartrum (Rhys ap Tewdwr 6) doesn’t specify which of Maredudd’s wives was the mother of Cynan.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Gwenllian is said to have married Sir Gruffudd Llwyd.

Jonet is said to have married Geoffrey Clement.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Rhys ap Tewdwr 6” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Cynan are: Brut y Tywysogion, Peniarth 129 (20), copied from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; and Peniarth 128 (830a), “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582.]

Bridgeman, George T.O. History of the Princes of South Wales (Wigan: Thomas Birch, 1876).

Edwards, Sir John Goronwy. “Gruffudd Llwyd, Sir” in Welsh Biography Online.

Edwards, Sir John Goronwy. “Sir Gruffydd Llwyd” in The English Historical Review volume XXX, pp. 589-601 (1915).

Pryce, Huw (ed.) The Acts of the Welsh Rulers 1120 - 1283 (Malta, 2005).

Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.) Brut y Tywysogion, or the Chronicle of the Princes (London, 1860).