Gruffydd ap Llewelyn

1030 - 1063  (~ 52 years)

• Name	Gruffydd ap Llewelyn
  Born	Between 1011 and 1030	Rhuddlan, Deheubarth, Flintshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Aug 1063
  Person ID	I9009	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Llywelyn ap Seisyll,   b. Abt 980, Rhuddlan, Deheubarth, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. Between 1021 and 1023  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Angharad verch Maredydd,   b. Abt 982, Rhuddlan, Deheubarth, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ealdgyth of Mercia,   b. Abt 1034, Kingdom of Mercia (England) ,   d. Aft 1086  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Children	1. Nest verch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1055, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F2479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gruffydd (pronounced: "Griffith") was a formidable ruler, who succeeded for some time in bringing most of Wales under his control, but pushed too hard. On his father's death, he did not succeed to his father's kingdom of Deheubarth, but he did manage to take Powys and Gwynedd. It was not until 1055 that, by conquest, he succeeded in regaining his father's kingdom. His three kingdoms made him a powerful opponent and for some time he terrorized the border of the Kingdom of Mercia Eventually Gruffydd was forced to do homage to King Edward "the Confessor".