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Idwal Foel (the Bald) ap Anarawd


Preferred Parents:
Father: Anarawd Mawr ap Rhodri, b. 857 in Gwynned, Wales   d. 916 in Anglesey, Wales
Mother: Cynad verch Meurig of Gwynedd, b. 861 in Wales   d. 920 in Wales

Family 1: Mereddon verch Cadwr,      
  1. Iago ap Idwal, b. ABT 908    
  2. Meurig ap Idwal,     d. 986
Family 2: Afandreg ferch Merfyn,    b. ABT 900 in Powys, Wales    d. ABT 970 in Aberffro, Anglesey, Wales
  1. Meurig ap Idwal Foel Brenin Gwynedd, b. ABT 917 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales     d. 986 in Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
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  1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd - birth: about 0883; Aberffro, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
    Author: Ancestral File.LDS Church. Family History Library.
    Note: birth: about 0883; Aberffro, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom death:
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  2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
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  3. Title: Wikiwand: Kingdom of Gwynedd
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd;
    Note: The Principality or Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: Venedotia or Norwallia; Middle Welsh: Guynet, was one of several successor states to the Roman Empire that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. Based in northwest Wales, the rulers of Gwynedd repeatedly rose to preeminence and were acclaimed as "King of the Britons" before losing their power in civil wars or invasions. The unitary kingdom of the Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was shattered by a Saxon invasion in 1063 just prior to the Norman invasion of Wales, but the House of Aberffraw restored by Gruffudd ap Cynan slowly recovered until Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd was able to proclaim the Principality of Wales at the Aberdyfi in 1216. That realm lasted until the conquest of Wales by Edward I in 1283. Welsh tradition credited the founding of Gwynedd to the Brittonic polity of Gododdin (Old Welsh Guotodin, earlier Brittonic form Votadini) from Lothian invading the lands of the Brittonic polities of the Deceangli, Ordovices, and Gangani in the 5th century. The sons of their leader, Cunedda, were said to have possessed the land between the rivers Dee and Teifi.[6] The true borders of the realm varied over time, but Gwynedd Proper was generally thought to comprise the cantrefs of Aberffraw, Cemais, and Cantref Rhosyr on Anglesey and Arllechwedd, Arfon, Dunoding, Dyffryn Clwyd, Llŷn, Rhos, Rhufoniog, and Tegeingl at the mountainous mainland region of Snowdonia opposite. The modern preserved county of Gwynedd and principal area of Gwynedd are both somewhat smaller. Etymology The name Gwynedd is believed to be an early borrowing from Irish (reflective of Irish settlement in the area in antiquity), either cognate with the Old Irish ethnic name Féni, "Irish People," from Primitive Irish *weidh-n- "Forest People"/"Wild People" (from Proto-Indo-European *weydh- "wood, wilderness"), or (alternately) Old Irish fían "war band," from Proto-Irish *wēnā (from Proto-Indo-European *weyH1- "chase, pursue, suppress"). The 5th-century Cantiorix Inscription now in Penmachno church seems to be the earliest record of the name. It is in memory of a man named Cantiorix and the Latin inscription is Cantiorix hic iacit/Venedotis cives fuit/consobrinos Magli magistrati: "Cantiorix lies here. He was a citizen of Gwynedd and a cousin of Maglos the magistrate." The use of terms such as "citizen" and "magistrate" maybe cited as evidence that Romano-British culture and institutions continued in Gwynedd long after the legions had withdrawn. History See also: History of Wales and list of rulers of Gwynedd Gwynedd in the Early Middle Ages Cunedda and his sons There may have been an Irish presence in the region as early as the 2nd century, as Ptolemy marks the Llŷn Peninsula as the "Promontory of the Gangani," which is also a name he recorded in Ireland. In the late and post-Roman eras, Irish from Leinster are said to have arrived in Anglesey and elsewhere in Northwest Wales, with the name Llŷn derived from Laigin, an Old Irish form that means "of Leinster." The region became known as Venedotia in Latin. The name was initially attributed to a specific Irish colony on Anglesey, but broadened to refer to Irish settlers as a whole in North Wales by the 5th century. According to 9th century monk and chronicler Nennius, North Wales was left defenseless by the Roman withdrawal and subject to increasing raids by marauders from Man and Ireland, a situation which led Cunedda, his sons and their entourage, to migrate in the mid-5th century from Manaw Gododdin (now Clackmannanshire, Scotland) to settle and defend North Wales against the raiders and bring the region within Romano-British control. According to traditional pedigrees, Cunedda's grandfather was Padarn Beisrudd, Paternus of the red cloak, "an epithet which suggests that he wore the cloak of a Roman officer," according to Davies. Nennius recounts how Cunedda brought order to North Wales and after his death Gwynedd was divided among his sons: Dynod was awarded Dunoding, another son Ceredig received Ceredigion, and so forth. However, this overly neat origin myth has been met with skepticism: Early Welsh literature contains a wealth of stories seeking to explain place-names, and doubtless the story is propaganda aimed at justifying the right of Cunedda and his descendants to territories beyond the borders of the original Kingdom of Gwynedd. That kingdom probably consisted of the two banks of the Menai Straits and the coast over towards the estuary of the river Conwy, the foundations upon which Cunedda's descendants created a more extensive realm. — John Davies, History of Wales, p. 51, Undoubtedly a Britonnic leader of substance established himself in North Wales and he and his descendants defeated any remaining Irish presence and incorporated the settlements into their domain and reoriented the whole of Gwynedd into a Romano-British and "Welsh" outlook. The Welsh of Gwynedd remained conscious of their Romano-British heritage, and an affinity with Rome survived long after the Empire retreated from Britain, particularly with the use of Latin in writing and sustaining the Christian religion. The Welsh ruling classes continued to emphasize Roman ancestors within their pedigrees as a way to link their rule with the old imperial Roman order, suggesting stability and continuity with that old order. According to Professor John Davies, "[T]here is a determinedly Brythonic, and indeed Roman, air to early Gwynedd." So palpable was the Roman heritage felt that Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins of Trinity College, Oxford, wrote "It took until 1282, when Edward I conquered Gwynedd, for the last part of Roman Britain to fall [and] a strong case can be made for Gwynedd as the very last part of the entire Roman Empire, east and west, to fall to the barbarians." Nevertheless, there was generally quick abandonment of Roman political, social, and ecclesiastical practices and institutions within Gwynedd and elsewhere in Wales. Roman knowledge was lost as the Romano-Britons shifted towards a stream-lined militaristic near-tribal society which no longer included the use of coinage and other complex industries dependent on a money economy, architectural techniques using brick and mortar, and even more basic knowledge such as the use of the wheel in pottery production. Ward-Perkins suggests the Welsh had to abandon those Roman ways that proved insufficient, or indeed superfluous, to meet the challenge of survival they faced, "Militarized tribal societies, despite their political fragmentation and internecine strife, seem to have offered better protection against Germanic invasion than exclusive dependence on a professional Roman army (that in the troubled years of the fifth century was all too prone to melt away or mutiny)." Reverting to a more militaristic tribal society allowed the Welsh of Gwynedd to concentrate on those martial skills necessary for their very survival; and the Romano-Britons of western Britain did offer stiffer and an ultimately successful resistance. The region of Venedotia, however, had been under Roman military administration and included established Irish Gaelic settlements, and the civilian element there was less extensive, perhaps facilitating technological loss. In the post-Roman period, the earliest rulers of Wales and Gwynedd may have exerted authority over regions no larger than the cantrefi (hundred) described in Welsh law codified centuries later, with their size somewhat comparable in size to the Irish tuath. These early petty kings or princelings (Lloyd uses the term chieftain) adopted the title rhi in Welsh (akin to the Irish Gaelic rí), later replaced by brenin, a title used to "denote a less archaic form of kingship," according to Professor John Davies. Genealogical lists compiled around 960 bear out that a number of these early rulers claimed degrees of association with the old Roman order, but do not appear in the official royal lineages. "It may be assumed that the stronger kings annexed the territories of their weaker neighbors and that the lineages of the victors are the only lineages to have survived," according to Davies. Smaller and weaker chieftains coalesced around more powerful princelings, sometimes through voluntary vassalage or inheritance, though at other times through conquest, and the lesser princelings coalesced around still greater princelings, until a regional prince could claim authority over the whole of north Wales from the River Dyfi in the south to the Dee in the east, and incorporating Anglesey. Other evidence supports Nennius's claim that a leader came to north Wales and brought the region a measure of stability, although an Irish Gaelic element remained until the mid-5th century. Cunedda's heir Einion Yrth ap Cunedda defeated the remaining Gaelic Irish on Anglesey by 470, while his son, Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion, appears to have consolidated the realm during the time of relative peace following the Battle of Badon, where the Anglo-Saxons were soundly defeated. During that peace he established a mighty kingdom. After Cadwallon, Gwynedd appears to have held a pre-eminent position amongst the petty Cambrian states in the post-Roman period. The great-grandson of Cunedda, Maelgwn Hir "Maelgwn the Tall," was one of the most famous (or infamous) leaders in Welsh history. There are several legends about his life concerning miracles performed either by him or in his presence. He is attributed in some old stories as hosting the first Eisteddfod and he is one of five Celtic British kings castigated for their sins by the contemporary Christian writer Gildas (who referred to him as Maglocunus, meaning 'Prince-Hound' in Brittonic) in De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae. Maelgwn was curiously described as "the dragon of the island" by Gildas which was possibly a title, but explicitly as the most powerful of the five named British kings. "[Y]ou the last I wr...
  4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
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  5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
    Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, 35 N West Temple Street, 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
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  6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
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  7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
    Author: Ancestral File® (1998, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), www.FamilySearch.org -- Internet, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA, Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street
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  8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
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  9. Title: Wikiwand: House of Aberffraw
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/House_of_Aberffraw;
    Note: The House of Aberffraw is a historiographical and genealogical term historians use to illustrate the clear line of succession from Rhodri the Great of Wales through his eldest son Anarawd. Founding Anarawd and his immediate heirs made the village of Aberffraw on Anglesey (Ynys Môn) their early principal family seat. In the 10th century, Rhodri the Great had inherited Gwynedd from his father and Powys from his mother, and he added Seisyllwg (Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire) by a dynastic marriage to Angharad of Seisyllwg. Rhodri's influence in the rest of Wales was significant, and he left a lasting legacy. Power base The family were able to assert their influence within Gwynedd, their traditional sphere of influence, but by the 11th century they were ousted from Powys (Mid Wales) and Deheubarth (West Wales) by a series of strong rulers from the House of Dinefwr in Deheubarth, their dynastically junior cousins. The Dinefwr family were descended from the second son of Rhodri the Great. However, Gruffudd ap Cynan Aberffraw was able to recover his heritage and position as Prince of Gwynedd from Norman invaders by 1100. Owain Gwynedd, Gruffudd's son, defeated King Henry II of England and the vast Angevin host in 1157 and 1166, which led to Owain being proclaimed as Princeps Wallensium, the Prince of the Welsh, by other Welsh rulers. This proclamation reasserted and updated the Aberffraw claims to be the principal royal family of Wales, as senior line descendants of Rhodri the Great. This position was further reaffirmed in the biography The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan. Written in Latin, the biography was intended for an audience outside Wales. The significance of this claim was that the Aberffraw family owed nothing to the English king for their position in Wales, and that they held authority in Wales "by absolute right through descent," wrote historian John Davies. By 1216 Llywelyn the Great had received the fealty and homage of the Dinefwr rulers of Deheubarth at the Council of Aberdyfi. With homage and fealty paid by other Welsh lords to Llywelyn at the Council of Aberdyfi, Llywelyn the Great became the de facto first "Prince of Wales" in the modern sense, though it was his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn who was the first to adopt that title. However, the 1282 Conquest of Wales by Edward I greatly reduced the influence of the family. King Edward I of England forced the remaining members of the family to surrender their claim to the title of Prince of Wales under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284, which also abolished the independent Welsh peerage. The Aberffraw family members closest to Llywelyn II were imprisoned for life by Edward, while the more distant Aberffraw members went into deep hiding and fell into obscurity. Other members of the family did lay claim to their heritage; they included Owain Lawgoch in the 14th century. Succession Royal succession within the House of Aberffraw (as with succession in Wales in general) was a complex matter due to the unique character of Welsh law. According to Hurbert Lewis, though not explicitly codified as such, the edling, or heir apparent, was by convention, custom, and practice the eldest son of the lord or Prince and was entitled to inherit the position and title as "head of the family" from the father. This was effectively primogeniture with local variations. However, all sons were provided for out of the lands of the father, and in certain circumstances so too were daughters (with children born both in and out of wedlock considered legitimate). Men could also claim royal title through the maternal patrimony of their mother's line in certain circumstances (which occurred several times during the period of Welsh independence). The female line of the dynasty was also considered to remain royal, as marriage was an important means of strengthening individual claims to the various kingdoms of Wales and uniting various royal families to that of Aberffraw, or reuniting factions after dynastic civil wars (for example with the marriage of Hywel Dda, a member of the Dinefwr branch of the Aberffraw dynasty, and Elen of Dyfed, daughter of Llywarch ap Hyfaidd, King of Dyfed). This meant that the female line was considered as a legitimate path of royal descent within the House of Aberffraw, with the claims of royal women to titles usually transferring to their sons. Members of the House of Aberffraw would include Idwal Foel, Iago ab Idwal, Cynan ab Iago, Gruffudd ap Cynan, Owain Gwynedd, Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, Llywelyn the Great, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, and Owain Lawgoch. Several later Welsh families, including the Wynn family of Gwydir and the Anwyl family of Tywyn, would claim to be heirs of the dynasty. History This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Aberffraw senior line Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055–1137), Prince of Gwynedd Owain Gwynedd (c. 1100 – 28 November 1170), Prince of the Welsh, Prince of Gwynedd = Cristina ferch Gronw ap Owain ap Edwin Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (eldest surviving son after the death of Rhun ab Owain) Prince of Gwynedd 1170, succeeding as his father's chosen heir. Died 1170 in battle at Pentreath, against his brother Dafydd. The Chronicle of the Princes (Brut y Tywysogyon) records the following entry in the year 1170: One thousand one hundred and seventy was the year of Christ when Dafydd ab Owain slew Hywel ab Owain (Red Book of Hergest Version translated and arranged by Thomas Jones, 1955). See in genealogical tables in J.E. Lloyd's History of Wales: The Line of Gwynedd. Caswallon ap Hywel [see: PC Bartrum Welsh Genealogies AD 300–1400 (1974), page ref: Gruffudd ap Cynan 10]. Caswallon has proven direct male ancestors who exist into the modern day and thereby represent the senior surviving male line of Owain Gwynedd – the genealogy of one family was recorded by Peter Gwynn-Jones, late Garter King of Arms, at The College of Arms. Iorwerth ab Owain (1145–1174), Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (c. 1173 – 11 April 1240), de facto Prince of Wales, Prince of Gwynedd and Powys, Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon. The last of the Llywelyn line died out with the death of Owain Lawgoch in 1378 Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1146–1195), Lord of Anglesey = Annest ferch Rhys ap Gruffudd
  10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
    Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA~~35 N West Temple Street~~Salt Lake City, Utah 8415 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
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  11. Title: Wikiwand: List of rulers of Gwynedd
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_rulers_of_Gwynedd;
    Note: This is a list of the rulers of Gwynedd. Many of them were also acclaimed "King of the Britons" or "Prince of Wales." Kings of Gwynedd House of Cunedda Cunedda Wledig ap Edern (Cunedda the Imperator) (c. 450–c. 460) Einion Yrth ap Cunedda (Einion the Impetuous) (c. 470–c. 480) Owain Ddantgwyn (Owain Whitetooth) ap Einion (Rhos; late 5th century) Cynlas Goch (Rhos) & St Einion (Llŷn) ap Owain (late 5th and early 6th centuries) Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion (Cadwallon Long Hand) (c. 500–c. 534) Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon (Maelgwn Gwynedd) (c. 520–c. 547) Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn (Rhun the Tall) (c. 547–c. 580) Beli ap Rhun (c. 580–c. 599) Iago ap Beli (c. 599–c. 616) Cadfan ap Iago (c. 613–c. 625) Cadwallon ap Cadfan (c. 625–634) Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw (Cadfael the Battle-Shirker) (634–c. 655) Cadwaladr Fendigaid ap Cadwallon (Cadwallader the Blessed) (c. 655–c. 682) Idwal Iwrch ap Cadwaladr (Idwal Roebuck) (c. 682–c. 720) Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal (Rhodri the Bald and Grey) (c. 720–c. 754) Caradog ap Meirion (c. 754–c. 798) Cynan Dindaethwy ap Rhodri (c. 798–816) Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog (814–825) With Hywel's death, all male descendants of Maelgwn Gwynedd have expired. Merfyn the Freckled succeeds through his mother Esyllt, eldest daughter of Cynan Dindaethwy and niece of Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog. House of Manaw Merfyn Frych (Merfyn the Freckled) ap Gwriad (825–844) Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great) ap Merfyn (844–878) House of Aberffraw The warfare among the sons of Rhodri meant that the descendants of Anarawd became considered a separate house – called the House of Aberffraw from their principal seat – from the junior branches in Deheubarth and elsewhere. Anarawd ap Rhodri (878–916) (establishes the Aberffraw dynasty, the senior branch of descendants from Rhodri Mawr) Idwal Foel ab Anarawd (Idwal the Bald) (916–942) Hywel Dda ap Cadell (Howell the Good) (942–950) (Dinefwr dynasty, descended from the second son of Rhodri Mawr who ruled in Deheubarth, usurps Gwynedd from the Aberffraw line.) Iago ab Idwal (950–979) (returns to the Aberffraw branch) Ieuaf ab Idwal (950–969) Hywel ab Ieuaf (974–985) Cadwallon ab Ieuaf (985–986) House of Dinefwr Maredudd ab Owain (986–999) Dinefwr dynasty seizes Gwynedd House of Aberffraw Cynan ap Hywel (999–1005) Returns to the Aberffraw dynasty briefly Usurper Aeddan ap Blegywryd (1005–1018) (minor commote lord usurps Gwynedd from the Aberffraw dynasty) House of Rhuddlan Llywelyn ap Seisyll (1018–1023) (Rhuddlan dynasty in lower Gwynedd usurps from Aeddan ap Blegywryd) House of Aberffraw Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig (1023–1039) (Aberffraw dynasty returns) Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig r. 1023–1039 Cynan ab Iago d. 1060 Gruffydd ap Cynan 1055-1081-1137 Owain Gwynedd 1100-1137-1170 Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd r. 1170 Iorwerth Drwyndwn 1145–1174 Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd Prince 1170–1195 Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd Prince 1170–1173 Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd Prince 1170–1195 Llywelyn the Great 1173-1195-1240 House of Rhuddlan Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1039–1063) (Llywelyn's son Gruffydd usurps from Aberffraw dynasty) House of Mathrafal Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (1063–1075) (Mathrafal dynasty of Powys "receives" Gwynedd from the English King) Trahaearn ap Caradog (1075–1081) House of Aberffraw Gruffydd ap Cynan (1081–1137) (Aberffraw dynasty returns) Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd (1137–1170) (After Owain rulers of Gwynedd are styled Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon[citation needed]) Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd r. 1170; killed by his younger brother Dafydd ab Owain in a conspiracy hatched by his stepmother Cristen, dowager princess of Gwynedd, and her sons Dafydd and Rhodri ab Owain. Dafydd I the Usurper (1170–1195), displaced elder brother Hywel ap Owain Gwynedd, but was himself displaced between 1195 ruling only lower Gwynedd. England recognized Dafydd as Prince of Gwynedd, though Welsh jurists did not. Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd (1170–1190) Ruling upper Gwynedd until 1174 Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd (1170–1173), ruling Ynys Mon and supporter of his elder brother Hywel ap Owain's claim as Prince. After Hywel's death, Maelgwn was able to retain Ynys Mon from Dafydd the Usurper. Princes of Wales Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn the Great) ap Iorwerth (1195–1240), first Prince of Wales Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1240–1246) Owain Goch (Owain the Red) ap Gruffydd (1246–1255) Llywelyn the Last ap Gruffydd (1246–1282) Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1282–1283), pretender Llywelyn the Great 1173-1195-1240 Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr 1200–1244 Dafydd ap Llywelyn 1215-1240-1246 Owain Goch ap Gruffydd d. 1282 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd 1223-1246-1282 Dafydd ap Gruffydd 1238-1282-1283 Rhodri ap Gruffudd 1230–1315 Gwenllian of Wales 1282–1337 Llywelyn ap Dafydd 1267-1283-1287 Owain ap Dafydd 1265-1287-1325 Tomas ap Rhodri 1300-1325-1363 Owain Lawgoch 1330–1378 Pretenders Madog ap Llywelyn (1294–1295) (not crowned but claimed the title) Owain Lawgoch (Owain Redhand) ap Tomas ap Rhodri (1372–1378), great-nephew of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, in exile but claimed the title. After Owain Lawgoch the line of Aberffraw would continue post conquest, and later direct male descendants would include the Wynn family and the Anwyl family, both claiming direct male descent from Owain Gwynedd.
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  13. Title: Wikiwand: Idwal Foel
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    Note: Idwal Foel (Idwal the Bald; died c. 942) or Idwal ab Anarawd (Idwal son of Anarawd) was a 10th-century King of Gwynedd in Wales. A member of the House of Aberffraw, he inherited the throne from his father, Anarawd ap Rhodri. William of Malmesbury credited him as "King of the Britons" in the manner of his father.] His life Idwal inherited the throne of Gwynedd on the death of his father Anarawd around 916. He allied himself with Æthelstan of England upon the latter's accession in 924. As Æthelstan was ambitious to establish his authority across Britain, Idwal honoured him by visiting the English court in 927, 928, and 937. On the first of these visits, he signed charters agreeing to campaign with Æthelstan against the Scots, and marched with Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Morgan ab Owain of Gwent against Owain ap Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde that year. Owain was forced to submit to the English king and appear at court by Christmas.[citation needed] Æthelstan died in 939 and was succeeded by his half-brother Edmund. In 942 Idwal, apparently fearing that the Saxons would support Hywel in usurping him, launched an attack on the Saxons in Wales along with his brother Elisedd. The Annales Cambriæ record his failure: "Idwal and his brother Elisedd are killed in battle against the Saxons". The throne of Gwynedd should have passed to Idwal's sons Iago and Ieuaf, but Hywel invaded and drove them from the kingdom. He reigned for eight years before they were able to return and reclaim their patrimony. Children Meurig,[2] whose grandson was Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig Iefan[2] Iago Cynan[2] Idwal, also called "Ieuaf" ("the younger") or "Idwal Fychan" ("little Idwal") Rhodri
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    Note: gives birthdate as abt 891, birthplace as ,Powys, Wales gives birthdate as abt 891, birthplace as ,Powys, Wales
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  15. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: IDWAL "Foel/the Bald" (-killed [941/43])
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#_ftnref90;
    Note: two children: a) IDWAL "Foel/the Bald" (-killed [941/43]). [The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Eidwal the Bald son of Anarawd son of Rhodri the Great became king of Aberfraw" in 913 after his father died.] King of Aberfraw. It appears that Idwal "Foel/the Bald" was a different person from Idwal, son of King Rhodri, who became King of Gwynedd (see below). This is apparent from the passage in the Gwentian Chronicle which records that "the Welsh gained their freedom…through the bravery and wisdom of Eidwal the Bald and his brother Elisseu…and Idwal son of Rhodri the Great" in 940. [The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Idwal son of Rhodri, and his brother Elised were killed by the Saxons" in 941.] m ---. The name of Idwal´s wife is not known. Idwal & his wife had [one child]: i) [IDWAL "Fychan/the Little" (-killed [978/79]). The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Idwal Vychan son of Idwal the Bald" was killed in 978. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Idwal was slain" in 979.] b) ELISSEU (-killed [941/43]). [The Gwentian Chronicle which records that "the Welsh gained their freedom…through the bravery and wisdom of Eidwal the Bald and his brother Elisseu…and Idwal son of Rhodri the Great" in 940.] [The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Idwal son of Rhodri, and his brother Elised were killed by the Saxons" in 941.] m ---. The name of Elisseu´s wife is not known. Elisseu & his wife had one child: i) CYNAN . [The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Cynan son of Elisseu was endangered by poision given to him" in 943.]
  16. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd - death:
    Author: 13143.GED, Not Given
    Note: death: Source Media Type: Other Source Media Type: Other
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222793
  17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
    Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2001880049
  18. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King Idwal Foel Ap Anarawd -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3243695014
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