Events
Date of Birth: about 935.
Bartrum (Tudur Trefor 1) gives the estimate. Suppe (p. 66) gives c. 900.
Date of Death: unknown.
Mostyn (p. 6) notes that Lluddocaf is said to have survived to 1037, which he regards as possible, but improbable.
Relationships
Father: Tudur Trefor.
This relationship is given in an early manuscript (“Llwythau y Mars” in“Hen Lwythau Gwynedd A’r Mars”) given by Bartrum in Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (p. 113). The name string begins with Rhys Sais and goes back in time: “Rhys Sais o Faelor mab Ednyfet ap Llywarch gam ap Lluddika ap Tudur Trefawr ap Ymyr ap Katfarch ap Gwernen ap Gwaeddgar ap Bywyn ap Byordderch ap Gwryawn ap Gwynuau ap Kadell dyrnllug, y gwr y gelwir Kadelling oe Henw.” Bartrum considered the manuscript “fundamentally reliable” in the generations close to Rhys Sais, but defective in the earliest generations. This relationship is also shown by Bartrum (Tudur Trefor 1), and given by Mostyn (p. 7), Dwnn (2:307), and Lloyd (2:310).
Mother: Angharad ferch Hywel Dda ap Cadell.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Tudur Trefor 1, Tables: Early Series, p. 42), and given by Mostyn (p. 5), Dwnn (2:307), and Lloyd (2:308).
Spouse: Angharad ferch Iago.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Tudur Trefor 1, Tables: Early Series, p. 41), and given by Mostyn (p. 6), Dwnn (2:307), and Lloyd (2:310). Mostyn (p. 6) notes that the MSS give Angharad as a daughter of Iago ap Idwal ap Meurig, but that this is clearly an error for Iago ap Idwal Foel ap Anarawd. Bartrum tentatively goes along with this.
Children:
References
Bartrum, Peter C. Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (Wales U.P., 1966).
Bartrum, Peter C., “Tudur Trefor 1”, “Tables: Early Series, p. 41”, “Tables: Early Series, p. 42” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.
Bartrum, Peter C. A Welsh Classical Dictionary (1993).
Dwnn, Lewys, and Samuel Rush Meyrick. Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the marches between the years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn. (Llandovery: William Rees, 1846).
Lloyd, Jacob Youde William. The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd. (London: T. Richards, 1881-1887).
Mostyn, the Right Hon. Lord, and T. A. Glenn. History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn (London: Harrison and Sons, Ltd., 1925).
Oman, Sandra. “Lluddica ap Tudur "Trefor"” in Tree: Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry.
Suppe, Frederick. "Who was Rhys Sais? Some Comments on Anglo-Welsh Relations before 1066" in The Haskins Society Journal: Studies in Medieval History Volume 7 (1995) pp. 63-74.