Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ANGHARAD (d. 1162) She was the wife of Gruffudd ap Cynan, was a daughter of Owain ab Edwin, a chieftain of eastern Gwynedd. She married Gruffudd about 1095, during his early struggle for power, and survived her husband many years, dying in 1162. Their children were Cadwallon (died 1132), Owain (Gwynedd), and Cadwaladr, and five daughters, named Gwenllian, Marared (Margaret), Rainillt, Susanna, and Annest. Of these
AURELIUS CANINUS (fl. 540), prince , he becomes Aurelius Conanus, who ruled the whole island for nearly three years. The Welsh versions turn this into Cynan Wledig.
BROCHWEL YSGYTHROG (fl. 550), prince He was, according to tradition, the outstanding figure in the older line of rulers of Powys, insomuch that the poets came to call Powys the land of Brochwel. He was the son of Cyngen and the father of Cynan Garwyn and of S. Tysilio, founder of the ancient church of Meifod. As his grandson, Selyf ap Cynan, fell while leading the Welsh in the battle of Chester (c. 613), he cannot be the Brocmail
CADWALADR (d. 1172), prince He was the third son of Gruffudd ap Cynan (died 1137) and his wife Angharad. He is first heard of in 1136, when, on the death of Richard Fitz Gilbert, lord of Ceredigion, his elder brother, Owain Gwynedd, and he invaded the province and took the five northern castles, including Aberystwyth. At the end of the year they returned with a large force of mail-clad knights and foot soldiers and swept
CADWALADR (d. 664), prince . In the prophecies of Merlin, for instance, as handled by Geoffrey of Monmouth, it is foretold that Cadwaladr will summon Cynan and will make a treaty with Alben (Scotland). That Cadwaladr would return to lead the British race to victory over the Saxons became a commonplace of the cywyddau brud, the darkly phrased poems in which the bards shrouded their incitements to national resistance. Henry VII
CADWGAN (d. 1111), prince the reign of William Rufus, defeating the Normans in 1094 at the battle of Coed Yspwys (its site is unknown) and joining Gruffudd ap Cynan in the defence of Anglesey and the flight to Ireland of 1098. When better conditions enabled the two to return to Wales in 1099, Cadwgan received from earl Robert of Shrewsbury in vassalage his share of Powys and, therewith, Ceredigion. He allowed himself to be
CARADOG ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH (d. 1081) third and more formidable opponent appeared in Rhys ap Tewdwr in 1081. Thus the stage was set for the famous battle of Mynydd Carn fought somewhere in northern Dyfed, where Rhys, fortified by the approval of bishop Sulien of S. Davids and with the help of Gruffudd ap Cynan, inflicted a crushing defeat upon Caradog and his northern allies. Caradog is no more heard of; he left a son, Owain, on whom see
CHARLES, GEOFFREY (1909 - 2002), photographer -point being his collaboration with John Roberts Williams and Cynan -'Yr Etifediaeth.' The film was shot in black and white and premiered in both Welsh and English (titled 'The Heritage') at the 1949 National Eisteddfod in Dolgellau. Other films of his include Tir Na Nog filmed in Ireland; Y Cymro - a film about printing; a cultural trip to Franco's Spain in 1949 and Wales defeating Belgium in a soccer
CUNEDDA WLEDIG (fl. 450?), British prince were current in Christian circles of this time; the title Gwledig (ruler) indicates a prince of special (perhaps Roman) authority. The name is an unusual one, though found in the place-name Allt Cunedda near Kidwelly; it was bestowed, perhaps as an antiquarian Revival, upon a son of Cadwallon ap Gruffudd ap Cynan. The poem in the ' Book of Taliesin ' known as ' Marwnad Cunedda ' has some interesting
CYNAN - see JONES, Sir CYNAN ALBERT EVANS
CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174), prince was the son of Owain Gwynedd by an unknown mother. In 1145, he and his brother Hywel joined in an attack upon Cardigan; the town was sacked, but the castle was not taken. Two years later the two brothers invaded Meirionnydd and drove out their uncle Cadwaladr; as they entered the cantref from opposite directions it would seem that Cynan was now established in Ardudwy. In 1150 it is recorded that
CYNAN ap HYWEL (d. 1242?), prince was the son of Hywel Sais (died 1204), who was established by his father, the Lord Rhys (1132 - 1197), at St Clears, and who usually acted with Maelgwn ap Rhys in the family quarrels. Cynan is first heard of in Maelgwn's train, when, in 1210, his cousins, Rhys and Owain, captured him in their attack upon their uncle's camp at Cilcennin. His next appearance is in 1223, when, still in opposition to

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