Uchdrud ab Edwin

Events

Date of Birth: about 1050.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Bartrum (Edwin 10).

Living:1096, 1118.

The dates are given by Bartrum (Edwin 10).

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Edwin of Tegeingl.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Edwin 10) and given by Davies. Maund (1991, p. 51; 1999, p. 66) notes that Udryd's father is given as Edwin ap Goronwy s.a. 1115 in the Brutiau.

Mother: Iwerydd ferch Cynfyn.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Edwin 1) and given by Maund (1991, pp. 48-51; 1999, p. 66). The Brut y Twysogion records this relationship s.a 1113 (recte 1116).

Spouse: Nest ferch Llywelyn Eurdorchog.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Edwin 10).

Spouse: Angharad ferch Rhys Sais.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Edwin 10).

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.)

Maredudd married Jonet ferch Ithel.

Iorwerth married Elen ferch Hedd.

Evidence

Uchdrud son of Edwin is mentioned in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1094 (attacking the castle of Pembroke), s.a. 1106, s.a. 1107, s.a. 1113, and s.a. 1115. A castle belonging to his unnamed son is mentioned s.a. 1144.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Edwin 10” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Uchdrud are: Brut y Tywysogion; Peniarth 131 (105, 186), written by Gutun Owain about 1480; Peniarth 129 (56, 123), copied from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 128 (718b), “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582.]

Davies, Sir William Llewelyn "Edwin (died 1073), prince of Tegeingl" in Dictionary of Welsh Biography (1959).

Maund, K.L. Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century (The Boydell Press, 1991).

Maund, K.L. "Owain ap Cadwgan: a Rebel Revisited" in The Haskins Society Journal: Studies in Medieval History Volume 13 (1999).

Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.). Brut y Tywysogion; or, The Chronicle of the Princes (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).