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Gwgon ap Bleddyn, Arglwydd of Cas wis



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
  1. Mathew ap Gwalter, b. ABT 1235 in Wiston, Pembroke, Wales    
  2. Gwgan ap Gwgan, b. 1113 in Wales    
  3. Cydifor ap Gwgon, b. ABT 1145 in Glyntawe, Defynnog, Breconshire, Wales    
  4. Trahaearn Gwrgan, b. ABT 1119 in Llan-gors, Breconshire, Wales     d. 1176 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
  5. Cydifor Cadivor Ap Gwrgan, b. 1112 in Glyntawe, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom     d. AFT 1165
Sources:
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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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