Gwenllian ferch Yr Arglwydd Rhys

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1236.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is recorded in Annales Cambriæ s.a. 1236.

Relationships

Father: Rhys ap Gruffudd (“yr Arglwydd Rhys”).

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhys ap Tewdwr 4). It is recorded in Annales Cambriæ s.a. 1236.

Mother: Gwenllian ferch Madog ap Maredudd.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhys ap Tewdwr 4).

Spouse: Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhys ap Tewdwr 4).

Spouse: Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig ab Iorwerth.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 4; Rhys ap Tewdwr 4). It is recorded in Annales Cambriæ s.a. 1236.

Children (by Rhodri):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Bartrum.)

Gruffudd.

Cynan.

Children (by Ednyfed Fychan):

Gwladus married Tegwared ap Cynwrig.

Gwenllian married Tegwared y Baiswen.

Gronwy (died 1268) married Morfudd ferch Meurig of Gwent.

Gruffudd married (1) Gwenllian ferch Hywel; married (2) Margred ferch Einion ap Gwalchmai.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Marchudd 4”, “Rhys ap Tewdwr 4” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Gwenllian are Plant yr Arglwydd Rhys (2b), Lewys Dwnn 2:99, Peniarth 131 (99, 121), written about 1480 by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 131 (221, 293), written by Ieuan Brechfa about 1500; Peniarth 129 (19, 75) copied from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 137 (73, 154) written by Syr Thomas ab Ieuan ap Deiews between 1510 - 1523.]

Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.). Annales Cambriæ (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).