Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN (d. c. 1208), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Avan) in the honour of Glamorgan son of Caradog and Gwladus, daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr. Always an unwilling vassal of the Norman lords of Glamorgan, he was closely identified with the policy of his cousin, the 'lord' Rhys, and was probably the leader of the Glamorgan rising of 1183 (?). He was twice married: (1) to Gwenllian, daughter of Ifor Bach; (2) to Gwerful, daughter of Idnerth ap Cadwgan. He had at least four
RHYS AP TEWDWR (d. 1093), king of Deheubarth (1078-1093) : Madog, Cadwgan, and Rhirid, the sons of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. Rhys fled to Ireland and recruited a mercenary force. Upon his return to Wales later that year, Rhys met his enemies at a place called variously Portlethern or Llech y crau, where he was victorious, killing Madog and Rhirid. Three years later Rhys defeated and killed a distant cousin named Gruffudd ap Maredudd (who had been living on his
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd later princes of Gwynedd were HYWEL (bishop of St Asaph, 1240-7), CYNWRIG, and RHYS (Thomas, A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph, i, 215; Litt. Wall., passim). For Gruffydd ab Ednyfed and his descendants, see under Sir Gruffydd Llwyd (died 1335). From Goronwy ab Ednyfed (died 1268) were descended the ' Tudor's of Penmynydd.' His son, TUDUR HEN (died 1311), and grandson GORONWY AP TUDUR (died 1331
DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel reached its intended destination, its message certainly did, for Dwn and his son Maredudd became important leaders in Glyndŵr's southern campaign. In July 1403 Dwn was with Glyndŵr, Rhys Ddu (formerly sheriff of Cardiganshire), and others when they took Carmarthen, and on 28 September he captured in the port of Carmarthen a ship belonging to the Llansteffan merchant John Sely. The stewardship of Cydweli
FITZ WARIN family, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston Fulk s died.] A WILLIAM FITZ WARIN, who may have been related to the lords of Whittington, was active in Welsh affairs in 1277 when he witnessed an agreement between Pain de Chaworth and Rhys ap Maredudd, and was present at the surrender of Gruffydd and Cynan, sons of Maredudd ab Owain, Llywelyn their nephew, and Rhys ap Rhys Fychan. In the 15th cent, another WILLIAM FITZ WARIN, levied men in Wales
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
CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174), prince he was imprisoned by his father. He took an active part in the resistance to Henry II in 1157, sharing with his brother David the ambush laid in the woods of Hawarden which nearly led to the collapse of the royal expedition. Less creditable was his part in the attempt of five earls in 1159 to capture Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132 - 1197). On the death of his father in 1170 he probably held Eifionydd
SEISYLL BRYFFWRCH (1155 - 1175), poet The earliest known event in his career is the bardic contest against Cynddelw for the office of chief court poet to Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys (died 1160). The englynion of this contest are to be found in the Hendreg. MS. (71b-72a) and in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales (154a) Seisyll declares in one of these englynion that he is of the stock of Culfardd, who is probably to be
CADWGAN (d. 1111), prince He was the second son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He is first heard of in 1088, when, with his brothers, Madog and Rhiryd, he attacked Deheubarth and drove Rhys ap Tewdwr into exile. Later in the year, Rhys returned with a fleet from Ireland and met the men of Powys in a battle, in which Madog and Rhiryd fell, but from which Cadwgan escaped. The death of Rhys in 1093 seemed to offer an opportunity for
ELSTAN (or ELYSTAN) GLODRYDD, founder of the fifth of the 'royal tribes' of Wales Henry II; but Einion escaped from custody. In 1163 both brothers rallied to the banner of Owain Gwynedd at Corwen, and later both were homagers of the ' lord ' Rhys ap Gruffydd; both, again, co-operated in the re-establishment of Cwm Hir abbey, 1176. Of Cadwallon's three sons, Maelgwn (who took the cross in 1188) died in 1197; his son Cadwallon died in 1234. Einion Clud had two sons: the elder, EINION
OWAIN CYFEILIOG (c. 1130 - 1197), prince and poet Son of Gruffudd, brother of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys. In 1149 Madog appointed him under-lord of Cyfeiliog. About 1153 Rhys ap Gruffydd attacked this commote, and although Owain was later to marry his daughter, they remained enemies for years. After the death of Madog in 1160, Owain held Cyfeiliog on his own account, and in 1163 he joined, with Owain Fychan, to capture and destroy the
GRUFFUDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1063), king of Gwynedd and Powys, and after 1055 king of all Wales Son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll and Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain (died 999), king of Deheubarth. Not much information about his youth is available but some traditions have been preserved in the tales of Walter Map. As a youth he is said to have been slow and spiritless, but ambition later turned him into a man of valour and boldness and developed in him imagination and steadfastness of

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