Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Bartrum gives Neiniad a number of 0 in his generational dating system, which implies a birth date of, very roughly, about 1000.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Gwaithfoed ap Gwrydr Hir ap Caradog.
This relationship is given by Bartrum (Early Series 46). Gwaithfoed is said to be a descendant of Casnar Wledig.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
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.)
Ednywain Bendew (living 1079).
Medlan Benllydan married Gollwyn ap Tangno.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Early Series 46” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The source that Bartrum cites for Neinaid 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 Neiniad include:
Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru
2d. “Mam Oronw ap Ywain: Morwyl verch Ydnywain bendew ap Neiniad ap Gwaithuoed ap Gwrydr.”
8h. “Iorwerth goch ap Meredudd ap Bleddyn ap Kynvyn. I vam oedd Gristin verch Bletrus ap Ednywain bendew ap Miniad ap Gweithvoed ap Gwrydr.”
Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a’r Mars
1b.
2i (C).
9a. “Merwydd ag Eginir, Gellan ag Ednyfet meibion Gollwyn ap Tangno ap Kadafael ap Lludd, a Medland penllydan ferch Neinuat, chwaer Ednywain bendew, eu mam.
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):
12.2.2 Mam Oronwy ap Ywein: <Morwyl> ferch Ednywain Bendew ap Neinat ap Gweithfoed ap Gwrydyr.