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Cadell ap Einion
- Preferred Name: Cadell ap Einion[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
- Alternate Name: Einion ab Owain
- Alternate Name: Einion ap Owain
- Gender: M
- MilitaryService: died in the Battle of Pen Coed, Colwyn, Gwent, Wales983
- Death: 1018 in Llangwm, Wales at LATI: N1.7056 LONG: E2.8306 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dinefwr-5
- Other: liv. 970 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.95 LONG: E3.3833
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King
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- Birth: 953 in Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales at LATI: N1.9212 LONG: E4.0268 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dinefwr-5
- FSID: 2R5H-Q2Q
- Burial: in Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales at LATI: N1.883 LONG: E4.013
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Einion ab Owain (died c. 982) was a medieval Welsh prince of the House of Dinefwr. He was the eldest son and probable edling of King Owain of Dyfed, son of Hywel Dda.
The Chronicle of the Princes records Einion assisting King Iago of Gwynedd in driving the Irish and their Danish allies from Wales in 966. Einion then raided Gower again the next year, "on the pretense" of opposing the pagan Vikings and their supporters. This prompted a retaliatory raid by King Owain of Morgannwg, who brought Gower back under his control, and an invasion by King Edgar of England, who forced Einion's father Owain to swear fealty to him at Caerleon upon Usk. A third raid in 976 went little better: Einion is recorded devastating the area so thoroughly it provoked famine but Owain ap Morgan's brother Ithel defeated him and restored the plunder to its owners. At some point, he seems to have annexed Brycheiniog for Deheubarth and King Hywel of Gwynedd with the support of Ælfhere of Mercia then invaded in 980 and 981. Einion defeated them at Llanwenog and in Brycheiniog but the country was heavily despoiled by the northerners and the English and by a Viking raid against St. David's in 980 or 982.
Einion predeceased his father, being slain at Pencoed Colwynn by the men of Glywysing and Gwent in AD 982 or 984. His offices were taken by his brother Maredudd, rather than by either of his sons. His line recovered the throne under his grandson Hywel around 1035.
He is sometimes credited with being the namesake of Port Eynon or Einon on the Gower peninsula.
Children
1.) Gronwy Ap Einion
2.) Edwin (slain 993)
3.) Tewdwr (slain 993)
4.) Cadell, whose grandson was Rhys ap Tewdwr
5.) Gwladys
6.) Gwenllian, typically but probably erroneously credited with marrying Elystan Glodrydd
7.) Marredudd
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Biography
Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda ap Cadell
Parents and Siblings
Einion's father Owain ab Hywel Dda by his first consort had:
1.) Einion, died 982, in battle at Pencoed Colwyn, in Gwent.
2.) Cadwallawn, died 961
Marriage
He married Nest
966 Fought Irish
The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Einion son of Owain son of Hywel the Good" fought the Irish in 966.
967 Tribute
In 967 Einion had tribute from Gower.
981 Repulsed Danes
In 981 he checked the invasion of Danes in Pembroke after they had laid the church of St. David in ruin.
982 Saxons and Death
In 982 the Saxons laid waste to his lands, and then the men of Gwentsland rebelled and killed him.
Einion was killed in battle at Pencoed Colwynn, Gorwennydd about 983-984.
982 Saxons
The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Brecheinog and all the territory of Einon, son of Owain, were devastated by the Saxons, Alvryd being their leader, and Howel son of Ieuav and Einon killed many of the host" in 982.
The Annales Cambriæ record that "Eynan filius Owini" was killed, undated but apparently in 984 from the context.
The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Einon son of Owain was killed through treachery by the nobles of Gwent" in 983.
The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Einion son of Owain was slain" in 982 in "Gorwennydd where the action of Pencoed Colwynn took place"
Issue
Children, listed by Bartrum; (Tewdwr, Cadell and Edwin mentioned by Giraldus)
1.) Tewdwr ab Einion born 970. One of five children named by Boyer. Died in the battle at Llangwin in 993-994. One of three sons are listed by Lloyd in The History of the Princes: died 993, Battle of Llangwm. One of three children named by Cawley. Tewdwr was killed in battle Llangwm 993. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "a battle took place between the sons of Meurug and Maredudd near Llangwm, and the sons of Meurug conquered, and there Tewdwr son of Einon was slain" in 993.
2.) Cadell ab Einion born Dynevor 953. One of five children named by Boyer. Married Elinor ferch Gwerystan. One of three sons listed by Lloyd in The History of the Princes.
3.) Etwin ab Einion Edwin or Edwyn. One of five children named by Boyer. Living 992; he got help from the Saxons and Danes in the war against Maredudd, laid waste the territories of Cardigan, Dyfed, Menevia, Lower Gower and Kidwelly, and was killed in the battle of Clunog. One of three sons are listed by Lloyd in The History of the Princes. One of three children named by Cawley. Edwin died after 991. The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Edwin son of Einion…accompanied by Adelf a Saxon prince…and they ravaged all the lands of Meredydd, that is Ceredigion, Dyved, Menevia, Lower Gower and Cydweli" in 991.
4.) Gwenlian ferch Einion One of five children named by Boyer. Married Elystan Glodrydd. Gwenllian Ferch Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda ap Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr. She married Elystan Glodrydd ap Cuhelyn ap Cadwr ab Idnerth ab Iorwerth Hirflawdd ap Tegonwy ap Teon ap Gwineu Deufreudd-Wyd ap Bywyr Lew ap Bywdeg ap Rhun Rhudd Baladr ap Llary ap Casnar Wledig.
5.) Gronwy. One of five children named by Boyer. Alleded by Edwin of tegeingl to be his father. One of three children named by Cawley. Gronw. The primary source which confirms the existence of Gronw has not been identified.
=== Prince of South Wales ===
Prince of South Wales
=== Death: 984 in Gwent, Wales Death: 984 Fa ===
Death: 984 in Gwent, Wales Death: 984 Father: Owain ap Hywel Dda Mother: Angharad ferch Llywelyn Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Children Gwenllian verch Einion Cadell ap Einion Gronwy ap Einion 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: He died two [four?] years before his father, so he never inherited his kingdom. His descendants, however did become rulers of Deheubarth.
=== Still Living. ===
Still Living.
=== Reference 3 ===
Einion was prone to involvement in petty scraps, inluding a territorial dispute with Alfhere of Mercia who invaded Einion's lands in 983. It was a siimilar skirmish, this time with the men of Gwent, that led to Einion's death in battle in Gower in 984.
=== !#4568-v6-p414 ===
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=== Reference 2 ===
Died in the Battle of Pen-Coed, Wales.
Einion ap Owain, eldest son of Owain ap Howel Dda, by his first wife. (Dwnn, ii., 99; 'Brut y Tywysogion;' Bridgeman, 7-8; Rhys and Brynmor-Jones, 159; Giraldus). Einion commanded his father's troops.
967 Places Gower under tribute to his father.
981. Defeats the Danes under the famous Godrid, at Caer Faes, in the parish of Llanwenog, Cardiganshire. (Jones' 'History of Wales.') Meyrick confuses this with a battle fought with Howel ap Ieuan in the same year.
981-2 Defeats the English. ('Brut y Tywysogion'). Slain at the battle of Pen Coed Colwyn, 982-3 ('History fof Powys Fadog,' 1-65).
982 'The gentleman of Gwentland rebelled against their prince, and cruelly slew Einion, the son of Owen, which came thither to appease them.' (Powel). The 'Brut' places his death in 983.
Einion is spoken of as 'a young man of high promise and a leader of great judgment and personal bravery.' (Bridgeman, 7). 'A worthie and noble gentleman, who did manie notable acts in his father's time.' (Powel). Einion is said to have married Nest, daughter of the Saxon Earl of Devonshire. (Dwnn, ii., 99) [Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania II:52-53]
=== !Listed as Enion ap Owen, killed in 983. ===
!Listed as Enion ap Owen, killed in 983.
=== Reference 1 ===
He was excluded from the throne. 970: In this year Einion ab Owain ravaged Gower. (The Anglo-SaxonChronicle, 1953, 1960) 983: In this year the lands of Einion ab Owain were ravaged by theSaxons, with Aelfhere as their leader, and Hywel ap Ieuaf. And Einionslew many of their hosts. (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1953, 1960)
=== Reference 1 ===
954: In this year there was a great slaughter between the sons of Hyweland the sons of Idwal at the place called Gwrgystu: the battle of ConwyHirfawr. And after that, Ceredigion was ravaged by the sons of Idwal.(The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1953, 1960)
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=== Excluded from the throne Death: 984 in G ===
Excluded from the throne Death: 984 in Gwent, Wales Death: 984 Father: Owain ap Hywel Dda Mother: Angharad ferch Llywelyn Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Children Gwenllian verch Einion Cadell ap Einion Gronwy ap Einion 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: He died two [four?] years before his father, so he never inherited his kingdom. His descendants, however did become rulers of Deheubarth.
=== Title: The Great Death: UNKNOWN Father: ===
Title: The Great Death: UNKNOWN Father: Cadell ap Einion Mother: Elinor Marriage 1 Gladys (Gwenllian) verch Gollwyn Children Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr b: 1078 Sources: Title: "Yale Genealogy and History of Wales", 1908, Rodney Horace Yale Page: p. 40 Title: "The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc. New York, 1998 "The Early Welsh Kingdoms Gwynedd"
=== !#4568-v6-p360; Myddfai [Llanfihangel-ym ===
!#4568-v6-p360; Myddfai [Llanfihangel-ym-Myddfai]; !#4569-v5-p679;
=== Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwyn p 33 ===
Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwyn p 332, 313 Burkes RL p 323 Burkes Guide to the Royal Family p 323 Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwyn p 332, 313 Burkes RL p 323 Burkes Guide to the Royal Family p 323
=== Excluded from the throne. ===
Excluded from the throne.
=== !#4568-v9-p699; #4569-v9-p1491; ===
!#4568-v9-p699; #4569-v9-p1491;
=== WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA VOL 2 P.5 ===
WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA VOL 2 P.52-58, 102; THE ROYAL LINE OFSUCESSION P.23; HISTORY OF POWYS FADOG, WALES VOL 1 P.65; HISTORY OF THE PRINCESOF SOUTH WALES P.8, 9, 11; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.131;EMINENT WELSHMEN P.444, 482;
=== !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family ===
!SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family FHL book. TWDWR-MAWR gave his name to the Twdwr (Tudor) family of Wales from which came Henry Tudor, who established the Tudor line of English monarchs when he ascended the throne as King Henry VII after the Battle of Bosworth Field. (The dynasty also included King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I). One of his sons was RHYS.
=== PRINCE OF NORTH WALES ===
PRINCE OF NORTH WALES
=== !#4568-v3-p141*; ===
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=== Life Sketch ===
Einion ab Owain (died c. 982) was a medieval Welsh prince of the House of Dinefwr. He was the eldest son and probable edling of King Owain of Dyfed, son of Hywel Dda.
The Chronicle of the Princes records Einion assisting King Iago of Gwynedd in driving the Irish and their Danish allies from Wales in 966. Einion then raided Gower again the next year, "on the pretense" of opposing the pagan Vikings and their supporters. This prompted a retaliatory raid by King Owain of Morgannwg, who brought Gower back under his control, and an invasion by King Edgar of England, who forced Einion's father Owain to swear fealty to him at Caerleon upon Usk. A third raid in 976 went little better: Einion is recorded devastating the area so thoroughly it provoked famine but Owain ap Morgan's brother Ithel defeated him and restored the plunder to its owners. At some point, he seems to have annexed Brycheiniog for Deheubarth and King Hywel of Gwynedd with the support of Ælfhere of Mercia then invaded in 980 and 981. Einion defeated them at Llanwenog and in Brycheiniog but the country was heavily despoiled by the northerners and the English and by a Viking raid against St. David's in 980 or 982.
Einion predeceased his father, being slain at Pencoed Colwynn by the men of Glywysing and Gwent in AD 982 or 984. His offices were taken by his brother Maredudd, rather than by either of his sons. His line recovered the throne under his grandson Hywel around 1035.
He is sometimes credited with being the namesake of Port Eynon or Einon on the Gower peninsula.
Children
1.) Gronwy Ap Einion
2.) Edwin (slain 993)
3.) Tewdwr (slain 993)
4.) Cadell, whose grandson was Rhys ap Tewdwr
5.) Gwladys
6.) Gwenllian, typically but probably erroneously credited with marrying Elystan Glodrydd
7.) Marredudd
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Biography
Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda ap Cadell
Parents and Siblings
Einion's father Owain ab Hywel Dda by his first consort had:
1.) Einion, died 982, in battle at Pencoed Colwyn, in Gwent.
2.) Cadwallawn, died 961
Marriage
He married Nest
966 Fought Irish
The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Einion son of Owain son of Hywel the Good" fought the Irish in 966.
967 Tribute
In 967 Einion had tribute from Gower.
981 Repulsed Danes
In 981 he checked the invasion of Danes in Pembroke after they had laid the church of St. David in ruin.
982 Saxons and Death
In 982 the Saxons laid waste to his lands, and then the men of Gwentsland rebelled and killed him.
Einion was killed in battle at Pencoed Colwynn, Gorwennydd about 983-984.
982 Saxons
The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Brecheinog and all the territory of Einon, son of Owain, were devastated by the Saxons, Alvryd being their leader, and Howel son of Ieuav and Einon killed many of the host" in 982.
The Annales Cambriæ record that "Eynan filius Owini" was killed, undated but apparently in 984 from the context.
The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Einon son of Owain was killed through treachery by the nobles of Gwent" in 983.
The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Einion son of Owain was slain" in 982 in "Gorwennydd where the action of Pencoed Colwynn took place"
Issue
Children, listed by Bartrum; (Tewdwr, Cadell and Edwin mentioned by Giraldus)
1.) Tewdwr ab Einion born 970. One of five children named by Boyer. Died in the battle at Llangwin in 993-994. One of three sons are listed by Lloyd in The History of the Princes: died 993, Battle of Llangwm. One of three children named by Cawley. Tewdwr was killed in battle Llangwm 993. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "a battle took place between the sons of Meurug and Maredudd near Llangwm, and the sons of Meurug conquered, and there Tewdwr son of Einon was slain" in 993.
2.) Cadell ab Einion born Dynevor 953. One of five children named by Boyer. Married Elinor ferch Gwerystan. One of three sons listed by Lloyd in The History of the Princes.
3.) Etwin ab Einion Edwin or Edwyn. One of five children named by Boyer. Living 992; he got help from the Saxons and Danes in the war against Maredudd, laid waste the territories of Cardigan, Dyfed, Menevia, Lower Gower and Kidwelly, and was killed in the battle of Clunog. One of three sons are listed by Lloyd in The History of the Princes. One of three children named by Cawley. Edwin died after 991. The Gwentian Chronicle records that "Edwin son of Einion…accompanied by Adelf a Saxon prince…and they ravaged all the lands of Meredydd, that is Ceredigion, Dyved, Menevia, Lower Gower and Cydweli" in 991.
4.) Gwenlian ferch Einion One of five children named by Boyer. Married Elystan Glodrydd. Gwenllian Ferch Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda ap Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr. She married Elystan Glodrydd ap Cuhelyn ap Cadwr ab Idnerth ab Iorwerth Hirflawdd ap Tegonwy ap Teon ap Gwineu Deufreudd-Wyd ap Bywyr Lew ap Bywdeg ap Rhun Rhudd Baladr ap Llary ap Casnar Wledig.
5.) Gronwy. One of five children named by Boyer. Alleded by Edwin of tegeingl to be his father. One of three children named by Cawley. Gronw. The primary source which confirms the existence of Gronw has not been identified.
=== PRINCE OF NORTH WALES ===
PRINCE OF NORTH WALES
=== Reference 1 ===
He was excluded from the throne. 970: In this year Einion ab Owain ravaged Gower. (The Anglo-SaxonChronicle, 1953, 1960) 983: In this year the lands of Einion ab Owain were ravaged by theSaxons, with Aelfhere as their leader, and Hywel ap Ieuaf. And Einionslew many of their hosts. (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1953, 1960)
=== !Listed as Enion ap Owen, killed in 983. ===
!Listed as Enion ap Owen, killed in 983.
=== Prince of South Wales ===
Prince of South Wales
=== Title: The Great Death: UNKNOWN Father: ===
Title: The Great Death: UNKNOWN Father: Cadell ap Einion Mother: Elinor Marriage 1 Gladys (Gwenllian) verch Gollwyn Children Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr b: 1078 Sources: Title: "Yale Genealogy and History of Wales", 1908, Rodney Horace Yale Page: p. 40 Title: "The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc. New York, 1998 "The Early Welsh Kingdoms Gwynedd"
=== Reference 1 ===
954: In this year there was a great slaughter between the sons of Hyweland the sons of Idwal at the place called Gwrgystu: the battle of ConwyHirfawr. And after that, Ceredigion was ravaged by the sons of Idwal.(The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1953, 1960)
=== Still Living. ===
Still Living.
=== !#4568-v9-p699; #4569-v9-p1491; ===
!#4568-v9-p699; #4569-v9-p1491;
=== !"Royal Ancestors of Some American Famil ===
!"Royal Ancestors of Some American Families" Chart 924; Changed date birth to calc date of birth working from son
=== !#4568-v3-p141*; ===
!#4568-v3-p141*;
=== Excluded from the throne. ===
Excluded from the throne.
=== !#4568-v6-p360; Myddfai [Llanfihangel-ym ===
!#4568-v6-p360; Myddfai [Llanfihangel-ym-Myddfai]; !#4569-v5-p679;
=== WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA VOL 2 P.5 ===
WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA VOL 2 P.52-58, 102; THE ROYAL LINE OFSUCESSION P.23; HISTORY OF POWYS FADOG, WALES VOL 1 P.65; HISTORY OF THE PRINCESOF SOUTH WALES P.8, 9, 11; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.131;EMINENT WELSHMEN P.444, 482;
=== Excluded from the throne Death: 984 in G ===
Excluded from the throne Death: 984 in Gwent, Wales Death: 984 Father: Owain ap Hywel Dda Mother: Angharad ferch Llywelyn Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Children Gwenllian verch Einion Cadell ap Einion Gronwy ap Einion 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: He died two [four?] years before his father, so he never inherited his kingdom. His descendants, however did become rulers of Deheubarth.
=== Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwyn p 33 ===
Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwyn p 332, 313 Burkes RL p 323 Burkes Guide to the Royal Family p 323 Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwyn p 332, 313 Burkes RL p 323 Burkes Guide to the Royal Family p 323
=== !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family ===
!SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family FHL book. TWDWR-MAWR gave his name to the Twdwr (Tudor) family of Wales from which came Henry Tudor, who established the Tudor line of English monarchs when he ascended the throne as King Henry VII after the Battle of Bosworth Field. (The dynasty also included King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I). One of his sons was RHYS.
=== Reference 2 ===
Died in the Battle of Pen-Coed, Wales.
Einion ap Owain, eldest son of Owain ap Howel Dda, by his first wife. (Dwnn, ii., 99; 'Brut y Tywysogion;' Bridgeman, 7-8; Rhys and Brynmor-Jones, 159; Giraldus). Einion commanded his father's troops.
967 Places Gower under tribute to his father.
981. Defeats the Danes under the famous Godrid, at Caer Faes, in the parish of Llanwenog, Cardiganshire. (Jones' 'History of Wales.') Meyrick confuses this with a battle fought with Howel ap Ieuan in the same year.
981-2 Defeats the English. ('Brut y Tywysogion'). Slain at the battle of Pen Coed Colwyn, 982-3 ('History fof Powys Fadog,' 1-65).
982 'The gentleman of Gwentland rebelled against their prince, and cruelly slew Einion, the son of Owen, which came thither to appease them.' (Powel). The 'Brut' places his death in 983.
Einion is spoken of as 'a young man of high promise and a leader of great judgment and personal bravery.' (Bridgeman, 7). 'A worthie and noble gentleman, who did manie notable acts in his father's time.' (Powel). Einion is said to have married Nest, daughter of the Saxon Earl of Devonshire. (Dwnn, ii., 99) [Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania II:52-53]
=== Death: 984 in Gwent, Wales Death: 984 Fa ===
Death: 984 in Gwent, Wales Death: 984 Father: Owain ap Hywel Dda Mother: Angharad ferch Llywelyn Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Children Gwenllian verch Einion Cadell ap Einion Gronwy ap Einion 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: He died two [four?] years before his father, so he never inherited his kingdom. His descendants, however did become rulers of Deheubarth.
=== Reference 3 ===
Einion was prone to involvement in petty scraps, inluding a territorial dispute with Alfhere of Mercia who invaded Einion's lands in 983. It was a siimilar skirmish, this time with the men of Gwent, that led to Einion's death in battle in Gower in 984.
=== !#4568-v6-p414 ===
!#4568-v6-p414
Preferred Parents:
Father: Einion ap Owain, b. in of Mabelfyw,Cantref Mawr,Carmarthenshire,Wales d. 984
Mother: Nest, b. ABT 934
Family 1: Elinor ferch Gwerystan, b. ABT 980 in Powys, Wales d. 1041 in Llangwm, Denbighshire, Wales
- Tewdwr ap Cadell, b. ABT 1000 in Gwlad Morgan, Wales
- Tewdwr Mawr (The Great King of Deheubarth) Ap Cadell, b. 977 in Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 1056 in Bretagne, France
Sources:
- Title: Descendants of Rhodri Mawr
Publication: Name: http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6516/TABLES%20-%20EARLY%20SERIES_42.png?sequence=13&isAllowed=y;
- Title: Wikipedia Einion ab Owain
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einion_ab_Owain;
Note: Einion ab Owain (died c. 984) was a medieval Welsh prince of the House of Dinefwr. He was the eldest son and probable edling of King Owain of Dyfed, son of Hywel Dda.[1]
The Chronicle of the Princes records Einion assisting King Iago of Gwynedd in driving the Irish and their Danish allies from Wales in 966.[2] Einion then raided Gower again the next year, "on the pretense" of opposing the pagan Vikings and their supporters. This prompted a retaliatory raid by King Owain of Morgannwg, who brought Gower back under his control, and an invasion by King Edgar of England, who forced Einion's father Owain to swear fealty to him at Caerleon upon Usk.[2] A third raid in 976[3] went little better: Einion is recorded devastating the area so thoroughly it provoked famine but Owain ap Morgan's brother Ithel defeated him and restored the plunder to its owners.[2] At some point, he seems to have annexed Brycheiniog for Deheubarth and King Hywel of Gwynedd—with the support of Ælfhere of Mercia[4]—then invaded in 980 and 981.[2][5] Einion defeated them at Llanwenog and in Brycheiniog but the country was heavily despoiled by the northerners and the English and by a Viking raid against St. David's in 980[2] or 982.[6]
Einion predeceased his father, being slain at Pencoed Colwynn by the men of Glywysing and Gwent in AD 982[2] or 984.[4] His offices were taken by his brother Maredudd, rather than by either of his sons. His line recovered the throne under his grandson Hywel around 1035.[7]
He is sometimes credited with being the namesake of Port Eynon or Einon on the Gower peninsula.[8]
Children
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Gronwy Ap Einion
Edwin (slain 993)[9]
Tewdwr (slain 993)[9]
Cadell, whose grandson was Rhys ap Tewdwr. Probably slain in 993.[9]
Gwladys[9]
Gwenllian, typically but probably erroneously credited with marrying Elystan Glodrydd[10]
Marred - Maredudd - 0945-0999[9]
Leader in war in 966, so probably born about 933, making him leader at 33.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Owain - birth: about 0933; Dynevor, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
Author: Ancestral File.LDS Church. Family History Library.
Note: birth: about 0933; Dynevor, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
death: 0984; Monmouthshire, England, United Kingdom
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2198868384
- Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/30433648;
- Title: Early Welsh Society (tree)
Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Cennetig-1;
Note: Wales and the Britons, 350-1064, Volume 1 of History of Wales. p. 334.
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Comments
On 15 Jul 2014 Michelle Brooks wrote:
Wales and the Britons, 350-1064, Volume 1 of History of Wales. p. 334. Author T. M. Charles-Edwards. Edition illustrated. Publisher Oxford University Press, 2013
- Title: Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts
Author: Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts, Peter C. Bartrum, Cardiff, 1960, Not Given
Note: Bartrum, Peter C. (ed.). Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. Cardiff. 1966.
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Hywel - birth: about 0926; Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Author: Pullen010502.FTW, Not Given
Note: birth: about 0926; Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Owain - birth-name: Einion ap Owain
Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
Note: birth-name: Einion ap Owain
birth: ; Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
death: ; Monmouthshire, England
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- Title: Book: Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400
Author: Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400; Peter C Bartrum, Page number: 42
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion Ap Hywel -
Author: International Genealogical Index® (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, Page number: file 1761179
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Owain -
Author: Royal Genealogies DB, Denis R. Reid, 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147-1258, Not Given (See Notes)
Note: 216/237-5364
Oklahoma
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Owain -
Author: Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400; Peter C Bartrum, Page number: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 55 42
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Tewdwr "Mawr" Ap Cadell -
Author: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", P.O. Box 577, Bayview, Idaho 83803, Not Given (See Notes)
Note: Her sources included, but may not be limited to: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Debrett's Peerage, Oxford histories & "numerous other reference works"
very good to excellent, although she has a tendency to follow Burke's
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- Title: Book: Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Dictionary of National Biography, George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90),Ed by Sir Leslie S, Page number: XIV:1284
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion Ap Owain -
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
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: * Einion Ap Owain - death: 0984; Monmouthshire, England, United Kingdom
Author: 160010.GED, Not Given
Note: death: 0984; Monmouthshire, England, United Kingdom
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Alt. Birth: 0933; Dynevor, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion Ap Hywel -
Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
Note: Source: Welsh Founder of Penn., Pa. 13, v. 2, p. 49-51; Dict. of Nat. Biogr., Eng. Pub. A, v. 28, p. 105-107; The Royal Lines of Succession, A16A225, p. 23; Mary Ann P. Schow Temple Rec., TR 594, p. 92, 93; (over) (Gen. Soc. - HEC)
Submitter: Elias Harmer Fam. Assn. % John F. Barlow
Source: Welsh Founder of Penn., Pa. 13, v. 2, p. 49-51; Dict. of Nat. Biogr., Eng. Pub. A, v. 28, p. 105-107; The Royal Lines of Succession, A16A225, p. 23; Mary Ann P. Schow Temple Rec., TR 594, p. 92, 93; (over) (Gen. Soc. - HEC)
Submitter: Elias Harmer Fam. Assn. % John F. Barlow
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- Title: Book: Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania
Author: Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania; Thomas Allen Glenn {1913}, Page number: II:52-53
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Author: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Page number: Chris Barttels, 11 Mar 2003
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Owain - birth: 0933; Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Author: Pullen010502.FTW, Not Given
Note: birth: 0933; Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
death: 0984; Monmouthshire, England
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion Ap Hywel - birth: about 0926; Dynevor, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion ap Owain -
Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
Note: Source: Welsh Founders of Penn., Pa. 13, v. 2, p. 52, 53; The Royal Line of Succession, A16A225, p. 23; Eminent Welshmen, Wales 13, p. 327, 482; Hist. of the Princes of So. Wales, Wales 10, p. 7-9 (over)
Submitter: Elias Harmer
Source: Welsh Founders of Penn., Pa. 13, v. 2, p. 52, 53; The Royal Line of Succession, A16A225, p. 23; Eminent Welshmen, Wales 13, p. 327, 482; Hist. of the Princes of So. Wales, Wales 10, p. 7-9 (over)
Submitter: Elias Harmer
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: * Einion Ap Owain - birth: about 0933; Dynevor, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
Author: v11t4329.FTW, Not Given
Note: birth: about 0933; Dynevor, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion Ap Hywel -
Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
Note: Source: Welsh Founder of Penn., Pa. 13, v. 2, p. 49-51; Dict. of Nat. Biogr., Eng. Pub. A, v. 28, p. 105-107; The Royal Lines of Succession, A16A225, p. 23; Mary Ann P. Schow Temple Rec., TR 594, p. 92, 93; (over) (Gen. Soc. - HEC)
Submitter: Elias Harmer Fam. Assn. % John F. Barlow
Source: Welsh Founder of Penn., Pa. 13, v. 2, p. 49-51; Dict. of Nat. Biogr., Eng. Pub. A, v. 28, p. 105-107; The Royal Lines of Succession, A16A225, p. 23; Mary Ann P. Schow Temple Rec., TR 594, p. 92, 93; (over) (Gen. Soc. - HEC)
Submitter: Elias Harmer Fam. Assn. % John F. Barlow
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- Title: Millennium File
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/10361343;
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Author: Garry L McLaughlin , Garry L McLaughlin's Family History (1 Aug 2001, www.gbso.net/actor/actor.htm, Star Rt. 3, Box 1484-L, Satsuma, FL 32189), Internet
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- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Einion Ap Owain - death:
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- Title: Einion ab Owain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Einion_ab_Owain;
Note: This Welsh name means Einion son of Owain.
Einion ab Owain (died c. 984) was a medieval Welsh prince of the House of Dinefwr. He was the eldest son and probable edling of King Owain of Dyfed, son of Hywel Dda.[1]
The Chronicle of the Princes records Einion assisting King Iago of Gwynedd in driving the Irish and their Danish allies from Wales in 966.[2] Einion then raided Gower again the next year, "on the pretense" of opposing the pagan Vikings and their supporters. This prompted a retaliatory raid by King Owain of Morgannwg, who brought Gower back under his control, and an invasion by King Edgar of England, who forced Einion's father Owain to swear fealty to him at Caerleon upon Usk.[2] A third raid in 976[3] went little better: Einion is recorded devastating the area so thoroughly it provoked famine but Owain ap Morgan's brother Ithel defeated him and restored the plunder to its owners.[2] At some point, he seems to have annexed Brycheiniog for Deheubarth and King Hywel of Gwynedd—with the support of Ælfhere of Mercia[4]—then invaded in 980 and 981.[2][5] Einion defeated them at Llanwenog and in Brycheiniog but the country was heavily despoiled by the northerners and the English and by a Viking raid against St. David's in 980[2] or 982.[6]
Einion predeceased his father, being slain at Pencoed Colwynn by the men of Glywysing and Gwent in AD 982[2] or 984.[4] His offices were taken by his brother Maredudd, rather than by either of his sons. His line recovered the throne under his grandson Hywel around 1035.[7]
He is sometimes credited with being the namesake of Port Eynon or Einon on the Gower peninsula.[8]
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Author: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales; Dr Thomas Nicholas {1875}, Page number: I:117, 196
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- 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)
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