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  • ANGHARAD (d. 1162) , Gwenllian married Gruffydd ap Rhys, and Susanna married Madog ap Maredudd. Angharad is singled out for lavish praise by her husband's biographer, as a handsome blonde, gentle, eloquent, generous, discreet, good to her people and charitable to the poor. Gruffydd left her, in addition to the half of his goods as provided by Welsh law, two shares of land (rhandir) and the profits of the port of Abermenai.
  • ANIAN (d. 1266), bishop of St Asaph Welshman, known before his consecration as Einion ap Maredudd, and seems now to have accepted Llywelyn's ascendancy without question. It is recorded that in 1263 he gave half of the church of Llanllwchaearn in Cydewain to the nuns of Llanllugan, and in 1265 the church of Berriw (Aberriw) to Strata Marcella. He died before 29 September 1266, when Meurig appears as custos of the see.
  • BLEDDYN FARDD (fl. 1268-1283), one of the bards of the independent Welsh princes Thirteen of his odes are preserved in the NLW MS 6680B: Hendregadredd Manuscript. He sang chiefly to the sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and to the chieftains of Gwynedd, but he has one ode to Rhys ap Maredudd ap Rhys of South Wales. His entire work consists of eulogies and elegies, with the exception of his 'Marwysgafn' or last confession. The earliest ode by him which can be dated is
  • CADWGAN (d. 1111), prince as a ruler is not discreditable. Besides the two sons, Henry and Gruffydd, born to his Norman wife, he left Owain (died 1116), Madog, Einion (died 1123), Morgan (died 1128), and Maredudd (died 1124).
  • CARADOG ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH (d. 1081) Portskewet, destroyed it and ravaged the neighbourhood, without apparently suffering any reprisals. He was of a bold and adventurous temper and, remembering the exploits of his grandfather and father, set himself to conquer the realm of Deheubarth. In 1072 he defeated and slew the reigning prince, Maredudd ab Owain ab Edwin, in a battle on the Rhymney, and in 1078 slew his successor, Rhys ab Owain. But a
  • CARADOG ap IESTYN (fl. 1130), founder of the family of 'Avene' in Glamorgan four sons, Morgan, Maredudd, Owain, and Cadwallon; the first of these succeeded him in the lordship of Afan.
  • CASNODYN (fl. 1320-40), poet The earliest Glamorgan poet whose compositions appear in the manuscripts. He also sang in Gwynedd and Ceredigion. It is not altogether certain which are his poems. The 'Red Book of Hergest' attributes poems to him which, according to The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, are the work of Gruffudd ap Maredudd, and The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, assigns to Casnodyn the awdl to Ieuan, abbot of
  • CLARE family Dolwyddelan castle, Caernarfonshire. When the king made a royal progress through Wales (1284), we note the ceremonious formalities which stressed the privileged position of a ' lord marcher ' - Edward entered Glamorgan only after Gilbert's formal consent, and Gilbert accompanied his in overlord from frontier to frontier. When Rhys ap Maredudd of Dryslwyn revolted in 1287, Gilbert was given large powers to
  • CONWAY family Botryddan, Bodrhyddan, predecessors, JENKYN CONWAY (died about 19 September 1432), grandson of Richard, married a Welshwoman, Marsli, daughter of Maredudd ap Hywel ap Dafydd of Cefn-y-fan, ancestor of the Wynn family of Gwydir, and the accession of Elizabeth I found the family firmly established as an integral part of Flintshire society. JOHN CONWAY (died 1578), grandson of Thomas Conway (died before 1526), and great-great
  • CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174), prince , Ardudwy, and Meirionnydd, which were later ruled by his posterity. In 1188, the elder son, Gruffydd, had Meirionnydd and (probably) Ardudwy, and the younger, Maredudd, had Eifionydd.
  • CYNDDELW BRYDYDD MAWR (fl. 1155-1200), leading 12th century Welsh court poet to him as 'Cynddelw the big, giant of gatherings'; hence it is to be presumed that he was called 'Mawr' in the first place on account of his size. He had at least one son, named Dygynnelw, who was killed in battle (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 185a). Cynddelw was appointed leading poet to the court of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys (died 1160). His two best extant poems resulting from his
  • DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet century. About 1195 Gwilym ap Gwrwared is recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis as having incurred the wrath of God by attacking Giraldus's possessions. A grandson and namesake of this Gwilym, and great-great-grandfather of the poet, was constable of Cemais in 1241. In 1244 he was on the side of the English in their attack on Maredudd ab Owain of Ceredigion, and for his services was granted lands in that