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CYNAN ap HYWEL (d. 1242?), prince Llywelyn of North Wales, he is the ally of William Marshall in the earl's great invasion of the South, and in that capacity harries Is Aeron, which is placed in his keeping. His permanent reward was the bestowal upon him of Emlyn and Ystlwyf (between the Cynin and the Cowin) in return for his support. On 18 November it was announced by the king that Cynan had done homage for his rightful patrimony and
GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELYN (d. 1064), king of Gwynedd 1039-1064 and overlord of all the Welsh daughter of Ælfgar of Mercia came their daughter Nest who married Osbern fitz Richard; her daughter was also named Nest and she married Bernard of Neufmarché. A genealogy in Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a'r Mars claims that a third wife was Ceinfryd daughter of Rhirid Mawr and her son with Gruffudd was called Cynin. Less certain, although possible, is his parentage of three men active in the third quarter of the

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