Wales and its History

 Maybe I should have started with this guy, but anyway, here he is. What a life.  Gruffudd ap Cynan  1055 – 1137 His father was  Prince, Cynan ap Iago Gruffudd's mother was Ragnailt ingen Amlaíb, a granddaughter of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard and a member of the Hiberno-Norse Uí Ímair dynasty. (Had a number of children, one went onto be a very successful. King Owain Gwynedd (c. 1100 – 1170) and the other Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1100 – 1136) who married Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth who was the son of her fathers ally Rhys ap Tewdwr .)  He took the throne of Gwynedd three times, lost it again, and then regained it in 1099, holding onto it until his death. born in the Hiberno-Norse Kingdom of Dublin and reared near Swords, County Dublin in Ireland. Since Gruffudd was also descended from Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, through his mother, he received a great deal of assistance from Ireland, including from the Hiberno-Norse in Dublin, the Isles, and Wexford...

  Welsh people like you and me that should be remembered part 1 Wales has a history to match any nation, but most people have little knowledge of this, and those who think they do are often misinformed. This means fascinating people like Gruffudd below get little recognition from the people of Wales, and to me that's such a shame. I'm doing posts that summarise events in the lives of people who I believe, if they were of different nationalities, would be household names. Btw What a tv show or documentary these would make! :) Gruffydd ap Rhys 1090 – 1137 Son of rhys ap Twdwr and  Brother of nest . husband of Gruffudd Cynans daughter Gwenllian . parents of the lord rhys Gruffydd was born in Llandeilo.  Exile in Ireland Following the death of his father, Rhys ap Tewdwr in 1093, Deheubarth was taken over by the Normans, and Gruffydd spent much of his early years in exile in Ireland. His sister nest was taken to the court of the king of England where she had relations with the...