LLEWELYN Gruffydd Ap

Abt 1011 - 1063  (~ 52 years)

• Name	LLEWELYN Gruffydd Ap
  Birth	Abt 1011	Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Aug 1063
  Notes	As a youth he was slow and listless but grew into a courageous and ambitious leader who won Gwynedd and Powyss by battle in 1039 and defeated the Mercians. He contested with Gruffydd, son of Rhydderch ab Iestyn, over Deheubarth; but by 1055 he was the king of all Wales. About 1056 he married Ealdgyth, daughter of Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia, and they became the parents of three children. There was a lengthy struggle with Harold Godwinson and, when Harold attacked his court at Rhuddlan through the treachery of his own men, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was killed in 1063. His widow then married Harold Godwinson who, as King Harold II of England, in turn was killed in 1066 in the Battle of Hastings.
  Person ID	I5754	Royal Family of Europe
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2002

  
  

  Family	ENGLAND Ealdgyth Queen Of,   b. Abt 1034, Of Mercia, England d. Aft 1086 (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt. 1058
  Children	1. GRUFFUDD Maredudd Ap,   b. Abt 1055, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 1070 (Age ~ 14 years)   2. GRUFFUDD Idwal Ap,   b. Abt 1057, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 1070 (Age ~ 12 years) + 3. GRUFFYDD Nest Verch,   b. Abt 1059, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales + 4. GRUFFUDD Nest Verch,   b. Abt 1061, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
  Family ID	F968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart