Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Bartrum gives Rhael a number of 4 in his generational dating system, which implies a birth date of, very roughly, about 1130. Presumably her birth was somewhat earlier, as her father died in 1124. Guy (p. 308) gives Gronwy's death in 1125, and notes that Rhael's sister flourished between 1124 and 1170.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Gronwy ab Owain ab Edwin.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Edwin 1).
Mother: Genilles ferch Hoedlyw.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Edwin 1). Bartrum shows Hoedlyw with a long ancestry stretching back to Coel Hên: Hoedlyw ab Ithel ab Edryd ab Inethan ab Iasedd ap Carwed ap Marchudd ap Cynan. Cynan was said to be a descendant of Elyw ap Môr ap Mynan ab Yspwys Mwyntyrch ab Yspwys ap Cadrod ap Cynwyd ap Cynfelen ab Arthwys ap Maeswig Gloff ap Ceneu ap Coel Hên.
Spouse: Llywarch ap Brân ap Dinawal.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brân 1; Edwin 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.)
Tangwystl married Llywarch Goch.
Tangwystl married Ednyfed Fychan.
Iorwerth married Gwenllian ferch Hywel.
Madog.
Cadwgon married Gwenllian ferch Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd.
Einion married Tangwystl ferch Yr Arglwydd Rhys.
Hoedlyw.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Edwin 1” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The source that Bartrum cites for Rhael is his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts.]
Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968).
The source Bartrum gives for Rhael is:
Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a’r Mars.
4b. “Rhael ferch Oronw ap Ewein ap Edwin oedd fam Kadwgon a Iorwerth meibyon Llywarch ap Brân.”
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):
50.1.1 Rael ferch Oronw ap Ewein ap Edwin oed fam Kadwgon a Iorwerth, meibyon Llywarch ap Brann.