Rhirid Flaidd ap Gwrgeneu ap Gollwyn

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Floruit: 1160.

The date is given by Pierce. Guy (p. 307) gives 1161-2. Guy notes that "Rhirid Flaidd was associated with Pennant Melangell in Mochnant Uwch Rhaeadr and was granted land in the lordship of Oswestry."

Date of Death: 1207.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Bartrum (Rhirid Flaidd 1), citing the Chirk Castle MSS at the National Library of Wales, and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography p. 675.

Relationships

Father: Gwrgeneu ap Gollwyn ap Moriddig.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhirid Flaidd 1) and given by Pierce, citing a poem composed to Rhirid by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr. Pierce states that the pedigree of Gwrgeneu is “obscure and doubtful”.

(possible) Mother: Haer (or Generys) ferch Cynfyn Hirdref.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhirid Flaidd 1). Pierce cites “late medieval genealogies” giving her name as Generis, daughter of Cynfyn Hirdref, but expresses some doubt about their historicity.

Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Ednyfed.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Rhirid Flaidd 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.)

Gwenllian married Gruffudd ab Iorwerth.

Madog married Efa ferch Philip Ddu.

Einion (died 1263).

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Rhirid Flaidd 1” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The source that Bartrum cites for Rhirid 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 Rhirid include:

Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a’r Mars.

3f. “Mab yr Gwrgeneu hwnnw o ferch Gynfyn Hirdref (or ferch y Bleidd rudd) oedd Rhirit vleidd, ag am y hanfot o etifedd y Bleidd rhudd y dodet Rhirit Vleidd arnaw.”

3g. “Tri chefynderw oeddyn Rhirit Vleidd, a Chynddelw ap Gwgawn, ag Iarddur ap Diwrik. Teir merchet Kynfyn Hirdref eu teir mam.”

13a. “Ririd vlaidd o Benlyn ap Gwrgenav ap Gollwyn ap Moriddic ap Rrys ap Gwerystan ap Llywarch ap Rriwallon ap Araudr.”

13b. “I vam oeed [Haer] verch Gynvyn Hirdref (o Haer verch y Blaidd rrudd or Gest).”

13c. “Chwaer Rririd oedd verch Ronwy ap Pywyr or Ddol yn Edeirnion or vn Haer honno.”

13d. “Madoc ap Rririd vlaidd. I vam oedd Wenllian verch Ednyfed ap Kynwric ap Rriwallon o Vaelor.

Llawysgrif Hendregadredd (Morris-Jones, Parry-Williams, eds.), pp. 140-5. [images of the original manuscript]

Pedigrees of the Welsh Tribal Patriarchs section 52.

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):

49.6 Teir merchet Kynfyn Hirdref:

49.6.3 Y dryded ferch Gynfyn Hirdref oed Hyar a vu wreig y Wrgeneu m. Kollwyn mab uchelwr of Fochnant. Mab y'r Gwrgeneu hwnnw o ferch Gynfyn Hirdref o ferch y Bleid Rud oed Ririt Vleid, ag am y hanfot o etifed y Bleid Rud y dodet Ririt Vleid arnaw.

49.6.4 Tri chefynderw oedyn: Ririt Vleid a Chyndelw ap Gwgawn ag Eardur ap Diwrik; teir merchet Kynfyn Hirdref eu teir mameu.

58 >Llwyth Penllyn

58.1 Ririd vlaidd ap Gwrgenav ap Kollwyn ap Moriddic ap Rrys ap Gwerystan ap Llowarch ap Rriwallon ap Aradry.

58.1.1 Merch Kynvyn Hirdref oedd vam Rrird vlaidd o Haer merch y Blaidd Rrudd o'r Gest.

Pierce, Thomas Jones. “Rhirid Flaidd” in Welsh Biography Online.