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Gwgon ap Bleddyn, Arglwydd of Cas wis
- Preferred Name: Gwgon ap Bleddyn, Arglwydd of Cas wis[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
- Alternate Name: Gwion ap Bleddyn
- Gender: M
- Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Gwgan-ap-Bleddyn/6000000000772792039?through=6000000041787894101
- Death: ABT 1165 in Haverfordwest St Mary, Pembrokeshire, Wales at LATI: N1.8002 LONG: E4.9705 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 1095 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.95 LONG: E3.3833
- Burial: 1165 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.95 LONG: E3.3833
- FSID: LZBX-3KL
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Gwrgan Ap Gwrgan
Birth estimated between 1095 and 1131Death (date location unknown)
Immediate Family:Son of Bleddyn ap Maenyrch and Elen ferch Tewdwr Mawr spouse is Gwenllian verch Philip ap Gwis
Father of Trahaearn ap Gwrgan Brother is Cardog ap Bleddyn and Cadwagon ap Bleddyn;
Source attached Medieval Welsh Ancestors on page 37 states this relationship.
Wogans of Winston came when Gwrgan married the Heiress of Winston Gwellian."The Beauties of England and Wales" Page 149 and 808, has this at the top of the page Gwrgan son of Bleddyn ap Maenyrch married the heiress daughter of Phillip ap Gwys. Source attached
=== Gwrgan Ap Gwrgan ===
Gwrgan Ap Gwrgan
Birth estimated between 1095 and 1131Death (date location unknown)
Immediate Family:Son of Bleddyn ap Maenyrch and Elen ferch Tewdwr Mawr spouse is Gwenllian verch Philip ap Gwis
Father of Trahaearn ap Gwrgan Brother is Cardog ap Bleddyn and Cadwagon ap Bleddyn;
Source attached Medieval Welsh Ancestors on page 37 states this relationship.
Wogans of Winston came when Gwrgan married the Heiress of Winston Gwellian."The Beauties of England and Wales" Page 149 and 808, has this at the top of the page Gwrgan son of Bleddyn ap Maenyrch married the heiress daughter of Phillip ap Gwys. Source attached
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"WELSH GENEALOGIES, AD300-1400," by Peter C. Bartrum, published by The University of Wales Press, 1980. LDS FHC microfiche #6025561. BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK", by Theophilus Jones, pub. in London, England, in 1805. LDS FHC microfilm #0990114, p. 249.
!#4568-v3-p85*; v4-p187; v8-p615; !#249-55-v5-p183; !Arch Rec: Birth 1060; Monm 1 v1-pt2-p338; v3-pt2-p338; !ORD: TIB: *1) SGEOR: Bap>, End> 6973-V-263; 2) ARCH REC: Bap> (1 Sep 1966), End> (10 Dec 1966); FN #PZ7XZ9;
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"WELSH GENEALOGIES AD300-1400," by Peter C. Bartrum, published by The University of Wales Press, 1980.
G T Clark: The Genealogies of Glamorgan P. 131
=== G T Clark: The Genealogies of Glamorgan ===
G T Clark: The Genealogies of Glamorgan P. 131
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=== BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"WELSH GENEALOGIES AD300- ===
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"WELSH GENEALOGIES AD300-1400," by Peter C. Bartrum, published by The University of Wales Press, 1980.
=== BIRTH:"WELSH GENEALOGIES AD300-1400," by ===
BIRTH:"WELSH GENEALOGIES AD300-1400," by Peter C. Bartrum, published by The University of Wales Press, 1980.
=== Still Living. ===
Still Living.
=== !#4568-v3-p85,119*; FN #Q9RN31; ===
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=== !#4568-v3-p85*; v4-p187; v8-p615; !#249- ===
!#4568-v3-p85*; v4-p187; v8-p615; !#249-55-v5-p183; !Arch Rec: Birth 1060; Monm 1 v1-pt2-p338; v3-pt2-p338; !ORD: TIB: *1) SGEOR: Bap>, End> 6973-V-263; 2) ARCH REC: Bap> (1 Sep 1966), End> (10 Dec 1966); FN #PZ7XZ9;
=== BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"WELSH GENEALOGIES, AD300 ===
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"WELSH GENEALOGIES, AD300-1400," by Peter C. Bartrum, published by The University of Wales Press, 1980. LDS FHC microfiche #6025561. BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK", by Theophilus Jones, pub. in London, England, in 1805. LDS FHC microfilm #0990114, p. 249.
=== !#4568-v9-p669; ===
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Bleddyn ap Maenyrch King of Brecon, b. 1044 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales d. 1093 in Wales
Mother: Elen ferch Tewdwr Mawr, b. ABT 1045 in Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 1093 in Brecon, Brecon, Wales
Family 2: Gwenllian verch Philip, b. ABT 1095 in Cas-wis, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. ABT 1185 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
- m. 1110 in Breconshire, Wales
- Mathew ap Gwalter, b. ABT 1235 in Wiston, Pembroke, Wales
- Gwgan ap Gwgan, b. 1113 in Wales
- Cydifor ap Gwgon, b. ABT 1145 in Glyntawe, Defynnog, Breconshire, Wales
- Trahaearn Gwrgan, b. ABT 1119 in Llan-gors, Breconshire, Wales d. 1176 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Cydifor Cadivor Ap Gwrgan, b. 1112 in Glyntawe, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom d. AFT 1165
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn - birth-name: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn
Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
Note: birth-name: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn
birth-name: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn
birth-name: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn
birth-name: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn
aka-name: Cydifor Ap Gwgon
aka-name: Gwrgan Ap Bleddyn
aka-name: Gwgon Ap Bleddyn
aka-name: Gwgon Ap Bleddyn
aka-name: Cadwgon ApBleddyn
aka-name: Caradog Ap Bleddyn
birth: 1086; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth: 1086; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth: 1086; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
death: 1165; Wales
death: 1165; Wales
death: 1165; Wales
death: 1165; Wales
birth: 1065; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth: 1065; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth: 1065; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth: 1065; Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth: 1065;
birth: 1065;
birth: 1160;
birth: 1160;
birth: 1160;
birth: 1160;
birth: 1086;
birth: ;
birth: about 1048; ,Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
birth:
death: 1165; Wales
death: 1165; Wales
death: 1165; Wales
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247285388
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gwgon ap Bleddyn -
Author: Ancestors of Evelyn Wood Keeler; Josephine C Frost {1939}, Page number: 440
Note: Cites as references for Welsh lineages: Royal Families of England, Scotland, Wales: Volume I & 2; Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World; Maunder's Biographical Treasures; Universial Biography; etc.
Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742589
- Title: Medieval Welsh ancestors
Author: Exlibris Rosetta
Publication: Name: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE523019;
Note: Has relationship with family and on page 37 shows Mother and Father for Gwrgan ap Bleddyn
- Title: Medieval Welsh ancestors of certain Americans : a comprehensive genealogy Bleddyn Tribe
Author: Book that has years and relationship to family
Publication: Name: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE523019;
Note: Page 37 of the actual book has the lineage of the Bleddyn ap Maenarch tribe
Page: page 37 shows lineage and family relationship
- Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient
Author: Ancestry.com
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/annalsantiquitie02nichuoft#page/566/mode/2up/search/Wogan;
Note: Page 84,85 shows that Cadifor was the third son of Gwrgan and gwellian
Page: Page 867 shows how the Wogan name came and Gwgan Bleddyn
- Title: A History fo the County of Brecknock Vol 2
Author: Google Books
Publication: Name: https://www.library.wales/digital-exhibitions-space/digital-exhibitions/europeana-rise-of-literacy/history-books/a-history-of-the-county-of-brecknock#?c=&m=&s=&cv=203&xywh=496%2C2827%2C2466%2C2097;
Note: Vol 2 page204 bottom of page gives a pedigree chart show relationship of Gwellian Gwys and Gwrgan and shows two of their sons Walter and Trahaern Wogan.
Page: shows relationship to spouse and father
- Title: The Beauties of England and Wales (Actual book)
Author: Google search for book
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/beautiesofenglan18brew#page/808/mode/2up;
Note: Page 808 shows relationship to father and how they came to Winston
This is the actual book. a previous source attached has a page out of the book.
This book was attached so as if anyone needed to further explore it they could.
Page: Shows relationship to father
- Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families Williams
Author: Google search for ebooks online
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/annalsantiquitie01nich#page/362/mode/2up/search/Vaynol;
Note: This book has lineage and history of families in Wales and surrounding areas
Page: page 90 has relationship of the family of Gwrgan (wogan) family and who they married and spouses family and the heir.
- Title: The History of the County of Brecknock
Author: Google search from Wikipedia sources
Publication: Name: https://www.library.wales/digital-exhibitions-space/digital-exhibitions/europeana-rise-of-literacy/history-books/a-history-of-the-county-of-brecknock#?c=&m=&s=&cv=214&xywh=617%2C549%2C2849%2C2426;
Note: Mentions marriage to William ap Thomas but does not mention children.
Page: Vol 2 page 204 on scroll bar page 164 in actual book shows a pedigree chart at the bottom shows that a Gwgan married a Gwenllian verch Gwys daughter of Philip Gwys and they had a son Sir Walter Wogan where the Wogans of wiston came from.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gwgon ap Bleddyn -
Author: Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania; Thomas Allen Glenn {1913}, Page number: II:67
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742593
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gwgon Apbleddyn -
Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancest, Ancestry.com, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247747314
- Title: p808 from The Beauties of England and Wales by Thomas Rees Vol 18 London 1815
Author: Ancestry.com
Publication: Name: http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/ae998e9a-12e2-4f01-96ba-a19873c1f7bd/46611894/25564387574;
Note: Shows relationship to Father Bleddyn ab Maenarch Lord of Brecknock
Page: Shows relationship to father and spouse daughter of sir phillips Gwys
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gwgon ap Bleddyn -
Author: The Slack Family; Rev William Samuel Slack {1930}, Page number: chart 16a, taken from Pedigree for Griffith Bowen from Vol 8 of Prothrroes Collections
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742956
- Title: Gruffudd Gwyr - Griffith of Gower
Author: search for information on Lord of Cas wis
Publication: Name: http://www.gwlad-nini.co.uk/gruffudd-gwyr;
Note: This record gives a history and lineage at the bottom which matches what is known as of now.
Page: gives relationship
- Title: Wogan Surname
Author: Ancestry.com
Publication: Name: http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/aee28ddd-d7d2-4d79-99fd-ed5c9ceec135/75094028/46316879933;
Note: Gives origin of the Wogan name also some History
Page: Gives origin of the name and how it changed
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gwrgan ap (Gwgon) Bleddyn - aka-name: Gwgon Ap Bleddyn
Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, null, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
Note: aka-name: Gwgon Ap Bleddyn
This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree
files. This source citation points you to a current version of those
files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or
changed information since this source citation was created.
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247285382
- Title: textsAnnals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families by Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879
Author: Google Books
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/annalsantiquitie01nich/page/362/mode/2up?q=Vaynol;
Note: entering family name of Wogan in search engine brings information on this old family name page 90 gives information on the lineage of this family Bleddyn ap Maenarch and Elinor his wife their son Gwrgan and his wife Gwellian and their son Walter or in some sources Gwalter.
Page: Shows relationships and gives information on the family Wogans in Wales, https://archive.org/details/annalsantiquitie02nichuoft/page/866/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Wogan This link on page 867 shows another passage showing referance of gwellian Gwys marry into the wogan family.
- Title: A History of the County of Brecknock: In Two Volumes
Author: Google Books, By Theophilus Jones,Deputy Registrar of Breckon
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=QZDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=HIstory+of+breckonshire&source=bl&ots=02J6OERjMC&sig=s_sxU9g6BewCcAtnUEeoRj1Bg7c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ-P_3n77MAhVRwmMKHS8fDhUQ6AEITDAH#v=onepage&q=Wogan&f=false;
Note: Page341 shows pedigre of John Wogan and Anne Vaughan,
Page 412 shows Eldest son of Gwrgan is walter (Gwalter)
Page: Page 412 shows relationship to son Walter (Gwalter)
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