Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADOG saint (fl. c. 450), one of the chief figures of the Celtic church in Wales According to his 'Vita' (written in the 12th century), he was the son of Gwynllyw (prince of Glywysing, south-eastern Wales) and Gwladus, daughter of king Brychan of Brycheiniog. The 'Vita Cadoci,' written probably at Brecon priory by a Norman monk Lifris or Lifricus, is the longest and most important in the collection of Latin lives of Welsh saints known as B.M. Cotton MS. Vespasian A. xiv. The
CARADOG ap IESTYN (fl. 1130), founder of the family of 'Avene' in Glamorgan his brothers, Gruffydd and Goronwy, he was concerned in 1127 in a deed of violence, the bearing of which is uncertain. But it is clear that, on the collapse of Iestyn's rule, he received from Robert Fitz Hamon the land between Nedd and Afan (and perhaps more) as a subordinate holding, to be retained by his descendants for many generations. By his wife, Gwladus, daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys, he had
DAFYDD GAM (d. 1415), Welsh warrior , Newton (near Brecon), Tre-gaer, Buckland, and Penderyn, until the male line died out and the surname disappeared. The last sheriff to bear it was Hoo Games of Newton (1657). Through the marriage of his daughter Gwladus to Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan, died 1469), Dafydd Gam was forefather of all the Herberts.
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd Gruffydd of Penrhyn. Editorial note 2020: Ednyfed Fychan had two wives: 1) Tangwystl daughter of Llywarch ap Brân, (the mother of six children, including Tudur and Hywel); 2) Gwenllian daughter of the Lord Rhys of Deheubarth (died 1236), the mother of Goronwy, Gruffydd, Gwladus and Gwenllian. P. C. Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400 (1974), 'Marchudd 4'
GRUFFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1244), prince - and one daughter, Gwladus, who married Rhys ap Rhys Mechyll. In 1248 his remains were conveyed to Wales and laid to rest at Aberconway.
GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (c. 1090 - 1137), prince of Deheubarth Son of Rhys ap Tewdwr and Gwladus, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. When the old South Wales monarchy disintegrated on the fall of Rhys ap Tewdwr in 1093, Gruffydd, the infant heir, was taken to Ireland where he was given asylum during childhood and early manhood. When he returned in 1113, the patriotic support of his younger countrymen was made useless by the cautious conduct of elements as yet
HERBERT, WILLIAM (earl of Pembroke), (d. 1469), soldier and statesman Son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan and Gwladus, daughter of Dafydd Gam. He served with the English forces in Normandy with his countryman Mathew Gough, was taken prisoner at Formigny (April 1450), and knighted at Christmas, 1450. In the struggle between Lancaster and York his interests, if not also his sympathies, inclined him to favour the Yorkists, for their strength on the borders of South
IORWERTH DRWYNDWN (d. c. 1174), prince of Gwynedd Elder son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn. He married a princess of Powys, namely Marared, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, by whom he had one son, the future Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's territories he received Arfon and probably Nanconwy. Shortly afterwards he disappears from view, probably dying about the time of the usurpation of power in
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat evidence is lacking, it may have been during his imprisonment that William and Joan began a liaison. It is likely they met much earlier than 1228 as Joan's daughter, Gwladus Ddu, married Reginald de Braose, William's father, around 1215. Further Margaret, another of Joan and Llywelyn's daughters, was married to John de Braose, William's cousin, around 1219. Nevertheless, the nature and length of the
LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH (fl. 1173-1240), prince exclusion of an elder brother, Gruffydd. A statesmanlike desire to conciliate his neighbours of the march is seen in the marriages which he arranged for his children: Dafydd was married to Isabella de Breos; Gwladus to Reginald de Breos and as a widow to Ralph Mortimer; Margaret was married to John de Breos and afterwards to Walter Clifford; Gwenllian married William de Lacy, and Helen married John, the
MAELGWN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1173), prince of Anglesey Son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn, uterine brother of Iorwerth Drwyndwn, and uncle of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's dominions he received Anglesey, but was driven out of the island in 1173 by his half-brother, Dafydd. He fled to Ireland, returned later in the year, and was made a prisoner. His subsequent fate is unknown.
MEREDUDD ap RHYS (fl. 1450-1485), gentleman, cleric, and poet an end to anarchy and restore peace. He also wrote an elegy for him, for was there not some tiny trickle of Welsh princely blood in his veins, thanks to his descent from Gwladus Ddu, daughter of Llywelyn the Great ? As might have been expected, Meredudd wrote a number of religious cywyddau. In his didactic poems he wrote of God as the creator of the world, of the passion of Christ, and of the

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