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Gwenllian ferch Ednyfed "Fychan"

Female Abt 1200 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Gwenllian ferch Ednyfed "Fychan"   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Nickname Fychan 
    Born Abt 1200  of, Tregarnedd, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Marchudd} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I100014363  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2007 

    Father Ednyfed "Fychan" ap Cynwrig,   b. Abt 1170, of, Tregarnedd, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1246  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Gwenllian ferch Rhys,   b. Abt 1170, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1236  (Age 66 years) 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    • STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366)
      STATUS: Husband's 2nd marriage. Footnote one which referes to Harlaian MSS. 1969 states she was the second marriage and relict of Cynan ap Rhodri. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366 fn. 1)

      REMARKS: "His first wife was Gwenllian, daughter of the Lord Rhys; but he must have divorced her (then not unusual in Wales), as Tudur was born in her lifetime". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b fn. 13)
    • STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366)
      STATUS: Husband's 2nd marriage. Footnote one which referes to Harlaian MSS. 1969 states she was the second marriage and relict of Cynan ap Rhodri. (Lloyd, Powys Fadog, vol. 5 p. 366 fn. 1)

      REMARKS: "His first wife was Gwenllian, daughter of the Lord Rhys; but he must have divorced her (then not unusual in Wales), as Tudur was born in her lifetime". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b fn. 13)
    Family ID F100004250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tegwared "y Baiswen" ap Llywelyn "Mawr",   b. Abt 1200, of, , Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2005 
    Family ID F100006534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KINSHIP: Eldest daughter.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 184 shows her twice. First as the daughter of Gwenllian ferch Rhys, and then as Angharad, daughter of Angharad ferch Llywarch, and married to Tegward "y Baiswen".
      (Research) MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 162 gives her husband as Hywel ap Mareudd.
      (Research) MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 389 gives her a second married to Einion ap Gwalachmai, but it was her half sister who married him.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 1, 11, 55, 85, 106*, 121*, 145, 162*, 184*, 267, 389, 397.

    2. [S100002149] #665 The Genealogist (1877-1922), (Old Series, 7 volumes, 1877-1883. New Series, 38 volumes, 1884-1922. London: George Bell, 1877-1922), FHL book 942 B2gqm; see FHL catalog for list of vo., Spring 1980, vol. 1 no. 1 p. 81.

    3. [S100002411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 3 p. C93*; book 8 p. H44*.

    4. [S100002434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 2 p. 101*, 260, 271.

    5. [S100002437] #4568 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (1980), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (25 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. [Wales]: University of Wales Press, 1980), FHL book 942.9 D2bp; FHL microfiche 6025561., vol. 7 p. 451; vol. 9 p. 671.