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Tewdwr "Mawr" ap Cadell, King of South Wales

Male Abt 977 -


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  1. 1.  Tewdwr "Mawr" ap Cadell, King of South Wales was born about 977 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales (son of Cadell ap Einion and Elinor verch Gwerystan).

    Notes:

    Name:

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

    Children:
    1. Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales was born in 997 in Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 1093 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cadell ap Einion (son of Einion ap Owain and Nest).

    Cadell married Elinor verch Gwerystan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elinor verch Gwerystan
    Children:
    1. 1. Tewdwr "Mawr" ap Cadell, King of South Wales was born about 977 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Einion ap Owain was born about 933 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales (son of Owain ap Hywel, Prince of South Wales and Angharad verch Llewelyn); died in 983 in Gwent, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: 967; In 967, he put the land of Gower to tribute. Einion defeated the Danes at Caer Faes in Cardigan, Wales in 981. He drove back invading Saxons in a hard-fought battle in 982.

    Einion married Nest. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Nest
    Children:
    1. Gronwy ap Einion
    2. Gwenllian verch Einion
    3. Tewdwr ap Einion died in 0993 in Battle of Llangwm, Llangwm, Denbighshire, Wales.
    4. 2. Cadell ap Einion


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Owain ap Hywel, Prince of South Wales (son of Howell Dha "the Good", Prince of South Wales and Elen verch Llywarch); died in 988 in Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: In 948, he became the Prince of South Wales. From 949 to 950, Jevaf and Iago fought against Owain and his brothers. Owain fought the battle of Aber Conway in Gwynedd in 952. The battle was a draw with major losses on both sides. In 953, the princes of Gwynedd (Javaf and Iago) again invaded Cardigan, and were driven back by Owain and his surviving brothers. In the end, Owain's youngest brother, Eineon, relinquished the Kingdom to Javaf and Iago. In 958, Owain took lands from Morgan Mawr, the Prince of Glamorgan, but King Edgar of England forced him to return it. In 962, Owain paid a tribute of wolf heads to King Edgar of England.

    Notes:

    Death: MacKenzie (1966) gives his death year as 987.

    Owain married Angharad verch Llewelyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Angharad verch Llewelyn (daughter of Llywelyn ap Merfyn).
    Children:
    1. 4. Einion ap Owain was born about 933 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 983 in Gwent, Wales.
    2. Cadwaellon ap Owain died in 961 in Wales.
    3. Maredydd ap Owain, King of All Wales was born about 938 in Carmarthshire, Wales; died in 999 in Wales.
    4. Llywarch ap Owain


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