Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn

• Preferred Name: Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1070 in killed in action Mechain, Montgomeryshire, WalesG, killed in action.1 He fought in the Battle of Mechain in 1070.1 at LATI: N2.5628 LONG: E3.1493
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince in Powys, Wales at LATI: N2.3336 LONG: E3.3823
  
• Birth: ABT 1020 in Powys, Wales at LATI: N2.3336 LONG: E3.3823 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiwallon_ap_Cynfyn
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King og PowysBET 1063 AND 1070 in Powys, Wales at LATI: N2.3336 LONG: E3.3823 with note: He was appointed King by Edward the Confessor
  
• FSID: LQ55-3HJ
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  (no source cited)
  
  Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (c. 1020 - c. 1069) was a Welsh King.[1] the son of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan and brother of King Bleddyn of Powys. Through his mother Angharad, he was half-brother to King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn as well. Following the 1063 invasion of Wales by Harold and Tostig Godwinson that overthrew Gruffydd, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn jointly received Powys and Gwynedd on condition of faithfully serving Edward the Confessor "everywhere by water and by land".
  
  In August 1067, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn joined Eadric the Wild in an attack upon Herefordshire as part of the Saxon resistance to the recent Norman Conquest of England. In 1069 or 1070, the two brothers fought the battle of Battle of Mechain against Gruffydd's sons Maredudd and Idwal. Though victorious, Rhiwallon was slain in battle and left Bleddyn sole prince of North Wales.
  
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  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  ii) RHIWALLON (-killed in battle Mechain 1068). The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd"[712]. Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd[713]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "the action of Mechain took place between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, Maredudd and Ithel, sons of Gruffudd" in 1068, adding that "Ithel was killed in the battle and Maredudd died of cold in his flight, and Rhiwallon son of Cynvyn was slain"[714]. m ---. The name of Rhiwallon´s wife is not known. Rhiwallon & his wife had four children:
  
  (a) CYNWRIG . Ruled over Gwynnedd jointly with Trahaearn ap Caradog [1080].
  
  (b) MEILYS (-1081).
  
  (c) GWLADUS . The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Cadwgan son of Bleddyn and Gwladus daughter of Rhiwallon, the mother of Nest were cousins, as Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers"[715]. m RHYS ap Tewdwr King of Deheubarth, son of TEWDWR Mawr & his wife --- (-killed in battle near Brecknock Castle [Mar/Apr] 1093).
  
  (d) SIONED . m TUDOR "Walensis" Lord of Whittington, son of ---.
  
  === !CHILDREN: Of Thiwallon ap Gynfyn of Pow ===
  !CHILDREN: Of Thiwallon ap Gynfyn of Powys and [ ] Gwladus - Doc. Line 178-1
  
  === Title: Prince of Powys Death: BET. 1069 ===
  Title: Prince of Powys Death: BET. 1069 - 1073 in Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales Reigned BET. 1063 - 1070 Sources: Title: " Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400 & AD 1400-1500" P. C. Bartrun's, 8 vol and 18 vol Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1, 46, 55, 57 Title: "The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc. New York, 1998 "The Early Welsh Kingdoms Gwynedd" Title: Weis, F. L. "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Weis, 1992, seventh edition. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 178:1 Text: In 1063, CYNAN ap IAGO (RIN 2577), king of Gwynedd and Powys, was killed. His rightful heir, GRUFFUDD (RIN 2575) was only 8 years old and living in Ireland with his mother. At that time Rhiwallon assumed control of the kingdom of Powys and his brother, BLEDDYN, asumed control of the kingdom of Gwynedd . Rhiwallon was killed in a skirmish in 1070. At that time, apparently, Powys was again joined to Gwynedd.
  
  === Source: Printout from St Mary's County ( ===
  Source: Printout from St Mary's County (MD) Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1109, Leonardtown, MD 20650-1109
  === Life Sketch ===
  (no source cited)
  
  Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (c. 1020 – c. 1069) was a Welsh King.[1] the son of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan and brother of King Bleddyn of Powys. Through his mother Angharad, he was half-brother to King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn as well. Following the 1063 invasion of Wales by Harold and Tostig Godwinson that overthrew Gruffydd, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn jointly received Powys and Gwynedd on condition of faithfully serving Edward the Confessor "everywhere by water and by land".
  
  In August 1067, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn joined Eadric the Wild in an attack upon Herefordshire as part of the Saxon resistance to the recent Norman Conquest of England. In 1069 or 1070, the two brothers fought the battle of Battle of Mechain against Gruffydd's sons Maredudd and Idwal. Though victorious, Rhiwallon was slain in battle and left Bleddyn sole prince of North Wales.
  
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  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  ii) RHIWALLON (-killed in battle Mechain 1068). The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd"[712]. Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd[713]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "the action of Mechain took place between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, Maredudd and Ithel, sons of Gruffudd" in 1068, adding that "Ithel was killed in the battle and Maredudd died of cold in his flight, and Rhiwallon son of Cynvyn was slain"[714]. m ---. The name of Rhiwallon´s wife is not known. Rhiwallon & his wife had four children:
  
  (a) CYNWRIG . Ruled over Gwynnedd jointly with Trahaearn ap Caradog [1080].
  
  (b) MEILYS (-1081).
  
  (c) GWLADUS . The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Cadwgan son of Bleddyn and Gwladus daughter of Rhiwallon, the mother of Nest were cousins, as Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers"[715]. m RHYS ap Tewdwr King of Deheubarth, son of TEWDWR Mawr & his wife --- (-killed in battle near Brecknock Castle [Mar/Apr] 1093).
  
  (d) SIONED . m TUDOR "Walensis" Lord of Whittington, son of ---.
  
  === Title: Prince of Powys Death: BET. 1069 ===
  Title: Prince of Powys Death: BET. 1069 - 1073 in Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales Reigned BET. 1063 - 1070 Sources: Title: " Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400 & AD 1400-1500" P. C. Bartrun's, 8 vol and 18 vol Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1, 46, 55, 57 Title: "The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc. New York, 1998 "The Early Welsh Kingdoms Gwynedd" Title: Weis, F. L. "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Weis, 1992, seventh edition. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 178:1 Text: In 1063, CYNAN ap IAGO (RIN 2577), king of Gwynedd and Powys, was killed. His rightful heir, GRUFFUDD (RIN 2575) was only 8 years old and living in Ireland with his mother. At that time Rhiwallon assumed control of the kingdom of Powys and his brother, BLEDDYN, asumed control of the kingdom of Gwynedd . Rhiwallon was killed in a skirmish in 1070. At that time, apparently, Powys was again joined to Gwynedd.
  
  === !CHILDREN: Of Thiwallon ap Gynfyn of Pow ===
  !CHILDREN: Of Thiwallon ap Gynfyn of Powys and [ ] Gwladus - Doc. Line 178-1
  
  === Source: Printout from St Mary's County ( ===
  Source: Printout from St Mary's County (MD) Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1109, Leonardtown, MD 20650-1109

• m. ABT 1050 in Powys, Wales

1. Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon, b. 1060 in Pembroke, Powys, Wales     d. APR 1137 in Wales

1. Title: Dictionary of National biography
   Author: Google books
   Publication: Name: http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati48stepuoft#page/88/mode/1up;
   Note: Page 88 has information about the Tewdwr family and Rhys gruffyd family
   Page: shows relationship to daughter who married Rhys ap Tewdwr
   
2. Title: Birth and death of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Rhiwallon-ap-Cynfyn-Prince-of-Powys/6000000002043193657;
   Page: Source for Rhiwallon ap Cynfn
   
3. Title: Foundation For Medieval Genealogy - Medieval Lands - Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#_Toc389126142;
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Mrs-Rhiwallon Ap CYNVYN -
   Author: Source 5 (please edit title)
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2644080679
   
5. Title: Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
   Author: Barry, E. "Barrymore." Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, series 2, vol. VI, no. 45, 1900. pp. 1-11.
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=rAcMAQAAMAAJ&dq;
   Page: page 5: Rhiwallon, slain 1068.
   
6. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#_Toc389126142;
   Note: RHIWALLON (-killed in battle Mechain 1068). The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers, from Angharad daughter of king Maredudd"[712]. Florence of Worcester records that he was appointed King of Powys by King Edward "the Confessor" after the defeat of Gruffydd[713]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "the action of Mechain took place between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, Maredudd and Ithel, sons of Gruffudd" in 1068, adding that "Ithel was killed in the battle and Maredudd died of cold in his flight, and Rhiwallon son of Cynvyn was slain"[714]. m ---. The name of Rhiwallon´s wife is not known. Rhiwallon & his wife had four children: (a) CYNWRIG . Ruled over Gwynnedd jointly with Trahaearn ap Caradog [1080]. (b) MEILYS (-1081). (c) GWLADUS . The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records in 1106 that "Cadwgan son of Bleddyn and Gwladus daughter of Rhiwallon, the mother of Nest were cousins, as Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, were brothers"[715]. m RHYS ap Tewdwr King of Deheubarth, son of TEWDWR Mawr & his wife --- (-killed in battle near Brecknock Castle [Mar/Apr] 1093). (d) SIONED . m TUDOR "Walensis" Lord of Whittington, son of ---.
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Mrs-Rhiwallon Ap Cynvyn -
   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
   
8. Title: Visitation of Wales
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/heraldicvisitati_01dwnn#page/220/mode/1up;
   
9. Title: "Brut y tywysogion: or, The chronicle of the princes," by Caradoc, of Llancarvan, edited by John Williams
   Author: Publication date: 1860 Topics: Welsh literature, English literature Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts Collection: pimslibrary; toronto Digitizing sponsor: University of Toronto Contributor: PIMS - University of Toronto Language: Welsh
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/brutytywysogiono00cara/page/n9;
   Note: Good source, but there is not mention of any Idwallan son of Einon - need page # The second edition Ordnance Survey map (1899) shows ‘Pant Câd-Einion Site of Battle (A.D.982)’ at SS 9494 8059. This is absent from the first edition map of 1877. The battle was likely added on the basis of material found in the unreliable Gwentian Brutforged by Iolo Morgannwg in the 1790s. 982 Einion, son of Owain, went to Gorwennydd, where the action of Pencoed Colwynn took place (Owen, 35). How Pencoed Colwynn became Pant Câd-Einion is uncertain. (same source)