Bledri ap Cydsidor Fawr, B aron of

• Preferred Name: Bledri ap Cydsidor Fawr, B aron of^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GSJJ-Q37
  
• Birth: 995 in Blaen Cuch, Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  
• Nickname:
  
• Death: 1091 in Blaen Cuch, North Dyfed, Wales at LATI: N1.8577 LONG: E4.7975
  
• Burial: 1091 in Caerfyrddin Priory, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales at LATI: N1.8557 LONG: E4.3097
  
• unknown: in Paternally descended from Beli King of Britain. at LATI: N4 LONG: E2.5
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Blaencych in Pembrokeshire.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  From the Morgan Family History (online at http://www.hausegenealogy.com/morgan.html):
  
  The word "Mor-gan" is a Cymric derivative, meaning one born by the sea (muir, sea ; gin, begotten). It's one of the oldest Welsh names on record, stretching back to the legends of King Arthur: The story goes that after a defeat in battle with a local potentate, Arthur removed his queen for safety to the coast of what is now the county of Glamorganshire, in Wales. Her child, Arthur's younger son, was born there and named Mor-gan—the man 'born by the sea'—and from that they named the land Gla-mor-gan, meaning the country of the man born by the sea.¹
  
  Arthurian Legend is rooted in Wales: The Round Table was supposedly at Cærleon on the Usk, and the village of Cærfyrddin (Caerfyrddin), still exists today. Merlin the wizard is said to have been born there in the sixth century. But most importantly to us, it's the hometown of the earliest-known Morgan ancestor. In fact, the Morgans in our lineage actually came to America from Glamorganshire, Wales, in the 1600's.
  
  A thousand years ago in NON-fictional history, Cærfyrddinshire was inhabited by a tribe who the Romans called the Demetæ. (Whatever they called themselves has been lost through time.) The chieftain of this tribe was named CADIVOR-FAWR. He controlled the land of Dyfed (now called Pembrokeshire). His wife was ELEN, daughter and heiress of another chieftain, LLWCH LLAWEN. Cadivor died in the year 1089 and was buried at Carfyrddin.
  
  Cadivor's third son, BLEDDRI², is the next direct ancestor of the Welsh Morgan line (he was the source of the first version of the Morgan Coat-of-Arms).
  
  What follows is our lineage to Bleddri, according to the "Morgan Family History" book at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (NOTE: In Welsh conventions of patronymics, AP denotes "son of," and FERCH denotes "daughter of." These were used because there were no surnames in Wales until about 1400, so it was the only way you could tell people apart):
  
  Bleddri married CLYDWEN, daughter of GRIFFITH ap CYDRICH, and had a son named IVOR. Ivor married NEST, daughter of CADAROC ap MADOC ap IDNERTH ap CADWGAN ap ELSTAN GLODDRYDD, and they had a son with the blessedly short name of LLEWELYN.
  
  Llewelyn married LLEICI, daughter of GRIFFITH ap BELI and had a son named IVOR.
  
  Ivor married TANGLWST, daughter of HOWEL SAIS ap ARGLWYDD RHYS, and had a son named LLEWELYN LLEIA. He married SUSAN, also a daughter of HOWEL ap HOWEL SAIS, a first cousin, although how anybody could trace that with all of the other aps and ferches running around is beyond me. Anyway, they had son named IVOR.
  
  Ivor's spouse is unknown, but he had a son named LLEWELYN, Lord of Kilsaint or St. Clear. Llewelyn married ANGHARAD (b. 1300), daughter and heir of SIR MORGAN ap MEREDITH, from the Welsh Lords of Cærleon, ap GRIFFITH ap MEREDITH ap RHYS, the Lord of Tredegar. (From this point the Morgan line descends as the "Morgans of Tredegar.")³
  
  CHILDREN OF LLEWELYN AND ANGHARAD
  MORGAN (see below).
  IVOR HAEL, whence Morgan of Gwern-y-Cleppa
  PHILIP, whence Lewis of St. Pierre.
  
  Llewelyn and Angharad's son, MORGAN (d. 1384), married MAUD, daughter of RHUN ap GRONO ap LLWARCH, Lord of Cibwr.
  
  CHILDREN OF MORGAN AND MAUD
  LLEWELYN ap MORGAN (see below)
  PHILIP, whence Morgan of Langstone
  JOHN, father of Gwenllian, married David Goch ap David.
  CHRISTIAN, who married Jevan ap Jenkin Kemeys
  ANN, who married David Gwilim David of Rhiwperr.
  MARGARET, who married Traherne ap Meyric of Merthyr
  (DAUGHTER), who married Thomas ap Gwillim of Carnllwyd
  ELENOR, who married Grono ap Howel Bennet.
  
  === Birth and Death Location ===
  Dyfed, now Pembrokeshire, Wales
  
  === Woodward Mss: Welch Pedigrees pp 157,177 ===
  Woodward Mss: Welch Pedigrees pp 157,177-179 G T Clark: The Genealogies of Glamorgan P. 310
  
  === This district of the British Isles, thi ===
  This district of the British Isles, this very shire of our ancestors' births, is the reputed place of the birth and early life of Merlin, the mythical King Arthur's advisor and court sage.
  
  === (Prince of Dyved) ===
  (Prince of Dyved)
  
  === !#4568> Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400,-v ===
  !#4568> Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400,-v1-p53,-v2-p13,73,-v3-p126,-v4-p187*,198 ,206,207,208,-v5-p324,-v10-p762 (FHL #6025561); !#249-5s-v5-p182; #2226> Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies-p310* (FHL 942.97 D2c); ARCH REC> Genealogies of the Morgans and Glamorgans; Eminent Welshmen; History of Monmouthshire; Archaelogia Cambrensis; Historical Society of West Wales; History of the Princes of South Wales; !DIED> #4569-v4-p187; ORD> TIB: 1) SLAKE: Cadifor Taur, Bap> (24 Aug 1897), End> 4468-F-125 (25 Aug 1897); *2) LOGAN: Bap> L20901, End> 25176-D3-1199; !CONFLICT: #249-5s-v5-p182 states> died 1088;
  
  === !1. Bartrum, 300-1400, Cyd. F. 1, pg. 1 ===
  !1. Bartrum, 300-1400, Cyd. F. 1, pg. 187 and [53] !2. K pgs. 84,85
  
  === HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES, P.83; ===
  HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES, P.83; THE GENEALOGIES OF MORGAN AND GLAMORGAN, P.310;
  
  === !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family ===
  !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family FHL book # 929.273/M821md Chieftain of the Demetae. Married Elen, daughter and heir of Llwech Llawen. Buried at Carmarthen. Their third son was BLEDDRI.
  
  === Prince of Pembroke and one of the 15 pee ===
  Prince of Pembroke and one of the 15 peers of Wales. " The Genealogies of Glamorganshire, Wales ", pp. 310f, by George T. Clarke, Antiquary as to Wales The Family of Morgan. Of Cadivor-fawr, the ancestor of the very considerable and very numerous family of Morgan, little is known but that he was a chieftain in Dyfed or Pembrokeshire, died 1089, and was buried at Caermarthen. He is reputed to have had five sons of whom Bleddri was the third. The arms given to Cadivor were " Argent, a Lion rampant gardant sable, " and to his wife, " Sable, a bear argent, his head gules collared and chained or, browzing beneath a holly-tree proper." Chieftain of Dyfed, Lord of Blaenkych, Pembrokeshire. Lord of Chil y Sant in Carmarthenshire. SOURCE: Appleton Morgan, History of the Family of Morgan, 1089 to Present
  
  === !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family ===
  !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family FHL book # 929.273/M821md Married Nest, daughter of Cadaroc ao Madoc and had a son, LLEWELYN.
  
  === J Williams: Llyfr Baglan P. 92 A Bennet ===
  J Williams: Llyfr Baglan P. 92 A Bennett: The Kinship of Families (Chart)

• m. BEF 1057 in Wales

1. Rhys ap Bledri, Baron of Cil y Saint, b. 1095 in Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire, Wales     d. 1194 in Wales

1. Title: The English Bartonage
   Author: 458-463
   Publication: Name: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_English_Baronetage/R2QUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rhys+ap+bledri&pg=PA459&printsec=frontcover;
   Note: Family History from Cadifor on down. Great reference.
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadifor Fawr -
   Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data:Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members., Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadifor Fawr -
   Author: Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940; John Edward Lloyd & R T Jenkins, Ed. {1957}, Page number: 41, 635
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
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4. Title: The Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi
   Author: Page 297
   Publication: Name: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Poetical_Works_of_Lewis_Glyn_Cothi/GwVEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gwilym+ab+aron&pg=PA297&printsec=frontcover;
   Note: Pedigree for Cadivor Vawr
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5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadifor Fawr -
   Author: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales; Dr Thomas Nicholas {1875}, Page number: I:298, 299
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6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadifor Fawr - birth-name: Cydifor Fawr Ap Gollwyn
   Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry memb;
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7. Title: Cydifor ap Gollwyn, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-Z7CC : 1 July 2020), Fawr, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-Z7CC;
   
8. Title: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas
   Author: Page 298
   Publication: Name: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_English_Baronetage/R2QUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rhys+ap+bledri&pg=PA459&printsec=frontcover;
   Note: Details Cadifor, his son Bledri and his son Aron.
   Page: Supporting documentation.
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadifor Fawr -
   Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 2504
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadifor Fawr -
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11. Title: Cadifor was the male-line heir of the original dynasty of Dyfed
    Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins. "EINION ap COLLWYN (fl. 1100?)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Thornton, David E. "Einion ap Gollwyn". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8602. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1536-1539, Lucy Smith, Volume 3, page 38 Robert Thomas Jenkins. "EINION ap COLLWYN (fl. 1100?)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Edmund Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours, entry for Philips of Picton-Castle "Eineon" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einion_ap_Collwyn;