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Rhodri `the Great' (MAWR) ap MERFYN
(789? - 878?) * ruled wales, and had three
sons
Hywel Dha (DDA) `the Good' ap CADELL (887? - 948)
* After Hywel's death Gwynedd regained
its independence.
Maredudd ab Owain 986-99 999 also annexed Gwynedd from 986 After Maredudd's death the combined kingdoms of Gwynedd and Deheubarth were ruled from Gwynedd by Cynan ap Hywel from 999-1005.
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Two princes carried Wales through these difficult years, Owain Gwynedd in the north and Rhys ap Gruffydd in south Wales. Both were aware of the complex problems to be faced: to deal with rival Welsh dynasties, to deal with marcher lords, and to live in the shadow of a rich and powerful neighbor. Owain gauged the political realities of the day quickly and, however often he had to yield, he did not lose the initiative.
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Rhys (II) ap GRUFFYDD (1132? - 1197), Lord Rhys, ruled
Deheubarth and Wales, but paid homage to the King of
England, Henry II
Rhys GRYG (II) ap RHYS (1160? - 1234), Rhys Gryg (died 1233) married Joan de Clare[62] and eventually became the main power in Deheubarth, but never ruled more than a portion of his father's realm and was a client prince of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd. Rhys Meychall (Mechyll) ap RHYS-GRYG Rhys Vychan (Ieuanc) ap RHYS MECHYLL (? - 1271) | \ | or: poss. Rhys ap GRUFFYDD (this Rhys' ancestor) Rhys (Wendot) Gloff ap RHYS (? - 1284+?) Madog ap Rhys b: ABT 1225 in of Radnorshire,Wales Trahaearn "Goch" ap Madog, 1250, died after 1273 Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England
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Owain Gwynedd (in English, "Owen") (c. 1100–November 28, 1170), alternatively known by the patronymic "Owain ap Gruffydd". Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1203) was Prince of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd. On the death of Owain Gwynedd in 1170, fighting broke out among his nineteen sons over the division of his kingdom. Rhodri and his brother Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd (1135?-1195), was prince of part of Gwynedd, one of the kingdoms of medieval Wales. He ruled from 1175 to 1195. Llewelyn the Great c. 1173 – April 11, 1240, the son of
Iorwerth ap Owain and the grandson of
Owain (ap Gryffyd) Gwynedd,, who had been ruler of Gwynedd until his death
in 1170. Llywelyn was a descendant of the senior line of
Rhodri Mawr succeeded by second legitimate son
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Llywelyn Ein Llyw
Olaf (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282)—meaning Llywelyn, Our Last
Leader—was the last prince of an independent
Wales
before its conquest by
Edward I of England. He is sometimes called Llywelyn III
of Gwynedd or Llywelyn II of Wales. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (or Dafydd ap Gruffudd) (11 July 1238 – 3 October 1283) was Prince of Wales from 11 December 1282 until his execution on 3 October 1283.
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