ap Llywelyn, Gruffydd
1007 - 1063 (56 years)-
Name ap Llywelyn, Gruffydd [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
Map of Wales Four Map of Wales Map of Wales Medieval Cantrefi Map of Wales Three Map of Wales Two Map of Wales Medieval Cantrefs Birth 1007 Flynn on-Fair, St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales 
[1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Gender Male Appointments / Titles King of Gwynedd, Deheubarth, and Powys [4, 6, 7, 8, 9] Appointments / Titles Between 1055 and 1063 Wales [6, 7, 8, 9] High King of Wales FSID M1W5-BFF [4, 6, 7, 8, 9] Death 5 Aug 1063 Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Burial Aft 5 Aug 1063 Abbey-Cwmhir, Radnorshire, Wales [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Abbey-Cwmhir, Radnorshire Person ID I33446 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father ap Seisyll, King Llewelyn, b. 980, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 23 Oct 1023, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Mother verch Maredudd, Queen Angharad, b. 980, Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 8 May 1058, Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Marriage 994 Family ID F13005 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family of Mercia, Lady Ealdgyth, b. 1040, Kingdom of Mercia, England d. 1066, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 26 years) Marriage 1054 Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales [4, 6, 9] Children 1. verch Griffith, Guenta, b. 1050, Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d. 1084, Wales (Age 34 years) [natural]Family ID F12993 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1007 - Flynn on-Fair, St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales 
Marriage - 1054 - Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales 
Appointments / Titles - High King of Wales - Between 1055 and 1063 - Wales 
Death - 5 Aug 1063 - Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland 
Burial - Aft 5 Aug 1063 - Abbey-Cwmhir, Radnorshire, Wales = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Gruffydd ap Llewellyn, King of the Britons
Birth: circa 1007, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Immediate Family: son of Llewellyn ap Seisyll and Angharad verch Maredudd, husband of Guerta o Deheubarth and Ealdgyth, father of Nest ferch Gruffydd; Idwal ap Gruffydd; Maredudd ap Gruffydd and Owain Gruffudd, brother of Rhiwallon ap Llewelyn, half brother of Gwenwyn verch Cynfyn; Bleddyn Ap Cynfyn, King of Powys; Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys; Angharad verch Cynfyn and Llewelyn ap Cynfyn
Update May 18 2018:
1039-Takes Powys and Gwynedd, kills Iago ap Idwal.
1045-Deheubarth is seized from him by Gruffydd ap Rhydderch who reigns over it for the next ten years.
1055-Gruffydd ap Llywelyn kills Gruffydd ap Rhydderch and regains Deheubarth.
1057-He becomes the first and last prince to unite and rule over all of Wales.
5 Aug 1063-Killed by his own men after his defeat in battle to Harold Godwinson
Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruffydd_ap_Llywelyn His head was sent to Harold, the one who had defeated him. Then Harold married Gruffydd's widow, Ealdgyth, but Harold died 3 years later.
While many different leaders in Wales claimed the title of 'King of Wales', the country was only truly united once: under the rule of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn from 1055 to 1063.
His 1st wife's name in not known, his 2nd wife was Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia; the 2 women should not be confused OR MERGED!
- Gruffydd ap Llewellyn, King of the Britons
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