Margred ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum gives Margred a number of 3 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of , very roughly, about 1100.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Iago.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Gruffudd ap Cynan 1).

Mother: Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Gruffudd ap Cynan 1).

Spouse: Ieuaf ab Owain ap Trahaearn.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Gruffudd ap Cynan 1; Trahaearn ap Caradog 1).

Children:

(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.)

Hywel of Talgarth (died 1185).

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Gruffudd ap Cynan 1” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources Bartrum cites for Margred is his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts.]

Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968).

The sources Bartrum gives for Margred include:

Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru.

5. Plant Gruffudd ap Kynan ap Iago ap Idwal and Meurig

5a. “Ewein Gwynedd a Chatwaladyr a Chatwallawn a Ranillt a Gwenlliant a Marfredra a Sussanna a Agnest. Angharat ferch Ywein ap Edwin eu mam.”

13. “Hywel ap Ieuaf ap Ywain ap Trehaiarn ap Karadawg ap Gwynn ap Gollwyn ap Ednywain ap Bleddyn ap Bletrus ap Kynawc mawr ap Iorwerth hirvlawdd ap Tegonwy ap Teon. I vam oedd Vared verch Gruffudd ap Kynan.”

Guy, Ben. Medieval Welsh Genealogy. (The Boydell Press, 2020).

From Guy’s critical edition of the Llywelyn ab Iorwerth genealogies, which were based on an archetype created no later than the first half of the fourteenth century from an original compilation dating to the early thirteenth century, partly based on earlier written sources (Note that Guy is striving for textual rather than genealogical accuracy):

15 Plant Gruffud ap Kynan:

15.1 Ewein a Chatwaladyr a Chatwallawn a Ranillt a Gwenlliant a <Maryreda> a Sussanna ag Agnest: Agharat ferch Ywein ap Edwin eu mam.