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Cadifor ap Gwrgan

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Cadifor ap Gwrgan (son of Gwrgan ap Bleddyn and Gwenllian Gwys).

    Family/Spouse: Mallt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gruffudd Gwyr ap Cadifor was born about 1170 in Wales.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gwrgan ap Bleddyn (son of Bleddyn ap Maenarch, Lord of Brecknock and Elen).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth - death, Wales

    Notes:

    History:
    He tried to recover the losses suffered by his father but was also defeated by the Normans.

    Gwrgan married Gwenllian Gwys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gwenllian Gwys (daughter of Philip Gwys).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth - death, Wales

    Notes:

    History:
    She was her father's heir.

    Children:
    1. 1. Cadifor ap Gwrgan


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Bleddyn ap Maenarch, Lord of Brecknock (son of Maenarch, Lord of Brecknock and Elen); died in 1091 in Y Gaer, Breconshire, Wales.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was slain by the sword in a battle waged near the villiage of Brecon. The site is beleived to have been a Roman legionary fortress dating from 100 AD. Both Bleddyn and his brother-in-law, Rhys ap Tewdwr were slain by the Normans under Bernard de Newmarch.

    Bleddyn married Elen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elen (daughter of Tewdwr ap Einion).
    Children:
    1. 2. Gwrgan ap Bleddyn
    2. daughter

  3. 6.  Philip Gwys
    Children:
    1. 3. Gwenllian Gwys


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Maenarch, Lord of Brecknock (son of Dryffin).

    Notes:

    Seaver (1931) leaves out a section of the line to Beli Mawr between Cariadoc Vrech, the Earl of Hereford and Meanarch, the Lord of Brecknock.

    Name:
    In Wales in that time Lord was the same as King. Maenarch was the ruler of the kingdom of Brycheiniog of which Tolgwith was the capital.

    Maenarch married Elen about 1050 in Wales. Elen (daughter of Einion ap Selyf) died in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elen (daughter of Einion ap Selyf); died in Wales.
    Children:
    1. 4. Bleddyn ap Maenarch, Lord of Brecknock died in 1091 in Y Gaer, Breconshire, Wales.

  3. 10.  Tewdwr ap Einion (son of Einion ap Owain and Nest); died in 0993 in Battle of Llangwm, Llangwm, Denbighshire, Wales.
    Children:
    1. 5. Elen