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Gruffydd Vychan ap Iorwerth Goch Knight of Rhodes and Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
- Preferred Name: Gruffydd Vychan ap Iorwerth Goch Knight of Rhodes and Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem[1]
- Alternate Name: Gruffydd Vychan Ap Meredydd
- Alternate Name: Gruffydd ap Iorwerth
- Alternate Name: Gruffudd " Llwyd" ap Iorwerth
- Alternate Name: Gruffudd ap Iorwerth
- Alternate Name: Griffith ap Iorwerth
- Alternate Name: Gruffudd Ab Iorwerth
- Gender: M
- Nickname:
- Death: JUN 1221 in Wales, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664 with note: Historical records - Info via merge
- Birth: 1150 in Cae Howel, Kinnerley, Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.7819 LONG: E2.9829
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
- FSID: LV6T-XY6
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruffydd_Vychan_ap_Iowerth
Gruffydd Vychan ap Iowerth Goch (c. 1150 - 1221) was a medieval British knight and Marcher lord.
He was known by the epithet "Y Marchog Gwyllt o Cae Hywel" (the Wild Knight of Cae Howel),[1] Cae Howel being a Manor near Kinnerley, Shropshire.[2][3][4]
He held the titles Knight of Rhodes and Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.[5]
He succeeded to his father's estates in Kinnerley.
Family
Gruffydd was the eldest son of Iowerth Goch and Maud de Manly.
He married first, Matilda verch Ieuan, with whom he had the son Gruffydd Vychan ap Gruffydd (1190) of Cae Howel. This son was the first to hold the surname "Kynaston".
He married second, Matilda le Strange (1170), daughter of Guy le Strange, with whom he had the children Hywel ap Gruffydd and Sir Madog ap Gruffydd of Sutton Maddock, Shropshire
References on Wikipedia page
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Agnes, m. Griffith Vychan, whose name occurs 1231, 3rd son (by Matilda, sister and co-heir of Ralph Le Strange, Baron of Knockyn, Alveley and Weston) of Griffith, Lord of Sutton, son of Prince Jorwerth Goch, alias Gervase Goch, Lord. of Mochnant.-ya Rhaiadr. Son by his 2nd consort (Efa, dau. of Blettrwa ap Ednowen Bendew) of Meredith ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys. Of this marriage there was issue a son, GRIFFITH, of Cae Howel and Kynaston, co. Salop, ancestor of the several families of Kynaston of Kynaston; Kynaston of Storks: Kynaaton of Oteley, and Kynaston of Hardwicke, Barts.
Page 85
A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire.
Sir Bernard Burke
https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/48558/images/ExtinctPeerages-000878-85?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Iowerth Goch ap Maredudd, b. ABT 1080 in Kinnerley, Shropshire, England d. 1171
Mother: Maud de Manley, b. ABT 1090 in Cheshire, England
Family 1: Matilda Le Strange, b. 1167 in Alveley, Shropshire, England d. 4 MAY 1242
Family 2: Matilda verch Ieuan, b. ABT 1154 in Caehowel, Kinnerley, Shropshire, England
- m. ABT 1189 in of Caehowel,Kinnerley,Shropshire,England
- Gruffydd Vychan Kynaston, b. ABT 1190 in Caehowel, Kinnerley, Shropshire, England d. BET 1262 AND 1280 in Wales, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: Book - Dictionary of Peerage & Baronetage of England
Author: google books
Note: sir, Griffith Vychan, of Calhowell, Kennerlsey, Sheropshrie
Knt of order of St John of Jerusalem
Lord of Crigion & Bergedwyn, Montgomeryshire,Wales
m- Matilda sole heir & d/o Iowerth Goch ap Gryffin Goch
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