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Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055 –1137), sometimes written as Gruffydd ap Cynan, was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137. In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule. As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr, Gruffudd ap Cynan was a senior member of the princely House of Aberffraw.
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Gruffydd ap Cynan (Dublino, 1055 circa – 1137 circa) è stato un sovrano del regno di Gwynedd. Ebbe una vita lunga e piena di eventi e nel corso di essa Gruffydd divenne una delle figure chiave della resistenza gallese contro i Normanni tanto che viene ricordato come il re di tutto il Galles.
GRUFFUDD ap CYNAN (c. 1055 - 1137), king of Gwynedd. Son of Cynan ap Iago, who was an exile in Ireland, and Rhagnell (Ragnhildr), a daughter of the royal house of the Scandinavians of Dublin. After 1039, when Iago was treacherously slain by his own men, Gwynedd was ruled by usurpers who were not of the royal line.
(1054-1137) (Latin: Crufidius; English: Griffith) Gruffudd was the son of the exiled son & heir to a former King of Gwynedd, Cynan ap lago. His mother was Ragnhildr, daughter of Olaf, the Viking King of Dublin, where Cynan had sought refuge after his father, King Iago, had been treacherously slain by his own men in 1039.
5 giu 2016 · Gruffudd ap Cynan (aka, Gruffydd ap Cynan, c.1055–1137) is a remarkable historical figure for a number of reasons: his mixed-ethnicity ancestry, his trans-Celtic life, and his ability to re-establish his family’s authority in Gwynedd to the point of holding off the invasions of Norman lords and Henry I.
Gwynedd, first under Gruffudd ap Cynan (died 1137) and then under his son Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), gained a firm governance that enabled the younger ruler, controlling a kingdom extending from the Dyfi to the Dee, to withstand foreign pressure, which was particularly severe during the reign of…
Gruffydd ap Cynan (c.1055–1137), king of Gwynedd (1081–1137). He was the son of Cynan ab Iago, a descendant of Rhodri Mawr but an exile in Ireland , and Ragnhildr, daughter of the Scandinavian ruler of Dublin .
