Dyddgu (Duddgu) ferch Robert
coheir of Meredith.
Also known as Jane ferch Robert, born Cedewain, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
In about 1197 she married Meilir "Gryg" ap Gruffudd.
She was the great grandaughter of Owen Gwynedd Fawr [=The Great], Prince of Gwynedd r.1137-70], who was the younger brother of Cadwaladr (Cadwalader). Hughes states she was the great grandaughter of Llywarch ap Trahaern [570], who I show as the father of Gwladys, 1st wife of Owain with Dyddgu descending from an unknown mistress of Owain
This fits with the comment by Rowley-Morris that a Blayney married an heiress "of the house of Owen Gwynedd" pg68 [35], and with the fact that John Blayney of Gregynog included the arms of Owen Gwynedd in his 1636 panelling [50] & [55].
There is a claim that the descent of the "noble" family of Blayney "Is from the ancient kings of Britain, in a direct line from Cadwallader, a younger son of the Prince of Wales" [326]. This Cadwaladr married Alice de Clare (dau of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare descended from Norman Lords). Unfortunately no-one seems to have documented the direct chain to support this claim [50] and it is not supported by any evidence I have seen. The good news is that this Cadwalader/Cadwaladr doesn't appear to be an ancestor one could be proud of. See Cad
Viking Pedigree: 1 Halfdan "White shirt", King of Dublin d.877 [son of Ragnar Lodbrock/Lodbrok (Hairy-Britches) the famous Viking b~765; d.845, the son of Sigurd Hring King of Denmark, Sweden & Norway B~730 d.812.] + unknown 2 Sitric I (Sigtryggr) Halfdansson (King of Dublin); b~860; r.888-893/4; d.896 Many genealogies have Sitric I the son of Halfdon's brother Ivar the Boneless which would still have him descended from Ragnar, but why is he Halfdansson? [perhaps Halfdan helped his "boneless" brother sire a son!!] + unknown 3 Sitric (Sihtric) II "Caech" (Caoch/Gale), Viking King of York and Dublin b~890; d.927 +(1)unknown +(2)Edith Beatrice b~897 d.946 m.926 at Tamworth, to seal a treaty with the Vikings. She was the sister of Athelstan (Ethelstan), the Glorious, King of England. A year after their marriage, Sigtrygg Gale died and his son Olaf inherited his position. Olaf was the son of Sigtrygg by a previous marriage, but the Northumbrians accepted him, and his uncle Guthfrith served as regent." 4 Olaf "Cuaran" (Kvaaran) King of York and Dublin. Converted to Christianity, abdicated 980, d.981 (Iona) + Gormflaeth (Gormflath) d.1030, daughter of Morough (Murchad) MacFinn, King of Leinster 5 Sitric (Sihtric) III Olafsson "Silkbeard" King of Dublin b~930 r.989-1036 (deposed). d.1042. First ruler in Ireland to issue coins (known as Sitric coins). A devout Christian, went on pilgrimage to Rome 1028, founded Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin 1030 + Slani O'Brien b.980 the daughter of Brian Boru (Bruma), King of Munster and subsequently High King of Ireland. m.999 6 Olaf, King of Dublin b~1000 d.1034 + Mael Corcre (Maelcorcoe) O'Toole b~990 d.1034), daughter of Dunlaing II MacTuathal, King of Leinster 7 Ragnhildr (Ragnaillt) of Dublin b~1031 (1024/8); d~1076 + Cynan (Conan [713]) ab Iago, Prince of Gwynedd while in exile b.~1020 d.1063 in battle8 Gruffydd (Griffith) ap Cynan (Conan [713]), King of Gwynedd the longest ruling Welsh Prince of Wales b.1055 (Dublin); r.1075 (Angelsea) and from 1081 all Gwynedd (after killing Trahaearn ap Caradog) till 1137; d.1137 + Angharad (Angharat) of Tegaingl / Flint, b~1065; m.1085(95); d.1162) daughter of Owain ab Edwin, Lord Tegaingl (of the Tudor line) and Morwyl ferch Cynfyn b~1048. name="Gronwy"> Angharad's brother was Gronw (Goronwy) ab Owen who married Genilles ferch Hoedlyw and had Cristin(a), 2nd wife of Owain GWYNEDD, her cousin. 9 Rainillt (Rhanullt) b~1083 (Caernarvonshire) [593] + Madog ab Idnerth b~1056 d.1140 9 Cadwallon (Fawr) ap Gruffudd b~1097 (Caernarvonshire); d.1132 Killed by cousins Cadwgan ap Goronwy and Einion ab Owain [727] 9 Annest (Annes) b~1118 9 Marared (Margaret) b~1120 (Caernarvonshire) + Ieuaf ab Owain 10 Hywel ab Ieuaf
Arms of
Gryffydd ap Cynan9
Gwenllian
ferch GryffyddGwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan b~1085, sister of Owain Gwynedd; The only Welsh woman known to have led an army in battle. Killed at Cydwell (Kidwelly) in 1136 along with son Morgan fighting the Norman forces of Maurice de Londres + Gruffydd ap Rhys, Lord of South Wales d.1160 10 Rhys ap Gruffydd Ancestor of King Henry VII of England and Wales 9 Susanna ferch Gruffydd b~1095 (Caernarvonshire) [593] [4th dau] + Madog ap Mareddud, Prince of Powys b~1091; d.1160 10 Gruffydd Maelor I, Prince of Northern Powys, Lord of Bromfield d.1191 + Angharad ferch Owain (dau of Prince of Gwynedd) 10 Llywelyn d.1160 10 Gwenllian ferch Madog
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Rhys ap GruffyddRhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth [The Lord Rhys] b.1132; d.1197 11 Rhys Gryg ap Rhys (Rhys the Hoarse) d.1233 [a client prince of Deheubarth under Llywelyn the Great] 4th son of Rhys ap Gruffydd + Joan de Clare dau of Richard de Clare Earl of Hartford 12 Gwenllian ferch Rhys + Ednyfed Fychan Seneschal of Gwynedd d.1246 13 Goronwy, Lord of Tref-gastell d.1268 + Morfydd ferch Meurig of Gwent 14 Tudur Hen, Lord of Penmynydd d.1311 + Angharad ferch Ithel Fychan 15 Goronwy ap Tudor, Lord of Penmynydd d.1331 + Gwerfyl ferch Madog Dafydd of Hendwr 16 Tudur Fychan, Lord of Penmynydd d.1367 + Margaret ferch Thomas ap Llewelyn Iscoed, South Wales 17 Maredudd (Meredith) ap Tudor + Margaret ferch Dafydd Fychan of Anglesey 18 Owain ap Maredudd (Meredith) ap Tewdwr (=Owen Tudor) founder of England's Tudor dynasty and ancestor of Oliver Cromwell 12 Maredudd 12 Janet ferch Rhys + Gruffydd ap Cadwgan 13 Cadwgan ap Gruffydd b~1270 + Catherine ferch Aaron 14 Gruffydd Dwnn ap Cadwgan b~1300; d>1364
(first to use Dwnn=dark or dusky, also given as Dwn, Dwyn, Dun and Don) Suspected involvement in the dissappearance of half of Edward II's missing treasure in 1331 [620] +(1)Agnes ferch Cadwgan Ieuan (probably the mother of Henry) +(2)Meddefus ferch Gruffudd 15 Henry Dwn (Don) ap Gruffydd of Kidwelly b~1340; d.1416 + Agnes ferch Ieuan 16 Maredydd DWNN ap Henry (Maredudd or Meredith or Mredydd) of Kidwelly b~1370; d>1401 + Mallt ferch Gruffudd ap Cadwgan Fychan b~1360(70) 17 Gruffydd (Griffith/s) DWNN + Joan SCUDAMORE, grandchild of Prince Owain Glyndwr who was the last independent Prince of Wales. 18 Sir John DONNE b~1420+; d.1503 Welsh courtier, diplomat and soldier (Yorkist) + Elizabeth HASTINGS sister of Lord William HASTINGS 17 Owain DWNN 17 David DWNN of Kidwelly, Carmarthernshire 3rd & youngest son of Mredydd Dwnn"; had to flee to Montgomeryshire after he killed the Mayor of Kidwelly. + Anghared ferch Dackws LLOYD or Cefn y Gwestyd 18 David DWNN vachan. + Elen ferch David ab Ieuan vachan 19 Ieuan DWNN of Gwestyd + Annes ferch Ieuan goch 20 Rhys goch DWNN of Gwestyd + Gwenllian ferch Ieuan ap David 21 Ieuan DWNN 21 Katrin DWNN (5th dau) + Rhys ab Owain 22 Lewys (Lewis) DWNN b~1545(50); d.1616 eminent C16 Welsh poet, genealogist and and herald. Lewys assumed the surname of his mother's family [621]
Kidwelly Castle20 Gruffydd DWNN (?=Griffith Dwnn, High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire 1547, 56 & 60) 17 Mabel (Mabli) DWN ferch Maredydd b~1399 + Gruffydd ap Nicholas FitzUryan Esq 18 Rhys ap Gruffydd 18 Owain ap Gruffydd 18 Thomas "Hynaf" ap Gruffydd ap Nicholas d~1474 (sir Sir Thomas Griffith NICHOLAS) + Elizabeth ap Gruffydd 19 Margaret NICHOLAS +(1)Sir Richard HERBERT 20 Sir Richard Herbert + Margaret ferch Griffith ap Rhys 22 Sir Edward Herbert + Elizabeth PRYCE 23 Richard HERBERT of Llyssyn + Magdalen NEWPORT Friend and sponsor of Dr John Donne 24 Sir Edward HERBERT, 1st Lord HERBERT of Chirbury. +(2)John HERLE 20 Thomas HERLE b.1503 + Jane PERROT 21 Gwenthien HERLE + Thomas ap Evan Lloyd BLAYNEY 22 David Lloyd Blayney 17 Gwladys DWNN + Gwilim ap Fylip ap Sir Elidir DDU 17 Alison DWNN d.unm 10 Marared ferch Madog + Iowerth Drwyndwn, a Prince of Gwynedd 11 Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales b~1173; d.11Apr1240 Ancestor of David Lloyd BLAYNEY 10 Efa ferch Madog + Cadwallon ap Madog 9 Gwladdys + Walter FitzOther, Constable of Windsor Castle, Keeper of the Forest in Berkshire b<1087 d>1100 (his second marriage, the first to Beatrice) 9 Jane + Llowden, Lord of Uchaeron 9 ?? also Yslani b~1104; ?Membyr "Ddu" b~1114; ?Tudwal b~1122 ?Elen b~1089, Hywel and ? Merinedd b~1091 [593] 9 Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd (Cadwalader) of Caerdigan b.1096 (1083) d.29Feb1172 (?killed by his English escort). ?Third son of Gruffydd ap Cynan. Invaded Ceredigion With brother Owain capturing 5 castles in 1136 then in 1137 inflicted a heavy defeat on the Normans at the Battle of Crug Mawr outside Cardigan. Captured Carmarthen. Helped brother Owain rule until he was exiled in 1144 for "misconduct". In 1143 his men killed Anarawd ap Gruffudd, Prince of Deheubarth (and betrothed of Owain's daughter) in a land dispute. Owain sent his son Hywel to attack Cadwaladr's castle of Aberystwyth, but Cadwaladr escaped to Ireland. He subsequently fought both for and against Owain and spent 5 years in exile in Cheshire with his 2nd wife's family, being supported by Henry II with "honourable maintenance" see [50], [595] Eventually reconciled with Owen and even buried in a double tomb with him at Bangor Cathedral. Claimed ancestor of the Blayneys [326] +(1)Gwerful b.1103 (1097) [dau of Gwrgan (Gwrgeneu) ap Hywel]. 1st wife of Cadwaladr [She subsequently married Gruffydd ap Maredudd, Lord Of Mawddwy and they had Owain Cyfeilioc ap Gruffydd, Prince Of Powys] 10 Cadfan (Cadogan), inherited Ceredigion in 1149 (presumably because Cadwaladr didn't want it leaving his family because of his falling out with his brother Owain). + Gwenllian ferch Owain b.1146 (daughter of Owain Cyfeilioc ap Gruffydd, Prince Of Powys) See Gwenllian 11 Tangwystl ferch Cadfan b~1212 + Moriddig ap Sandde +(2)Alice (Alicia/Adles/Adeliza) de CLARE (Tunbridge) 2nd wife of Cadwaladr b.1121 [591] [50] (1102) d.~1163 (dau of Richard FitzGilbert de CLARE, 1st Earl of Hertford) a direct descendant (male line) from Richard I of Normanby g-grandfather of William the Conquerer and maternally from Lady Godiva and the Queen of Edmund Ironside (Alice's mother was Adeliza De Meschines) See Alice de CLARE's genealogy 10 Cunneda ap Cadwaladr 1142 10 Ralph ap Cadwaladr Ralph and brother Richard have been identified with the origin of the 'le Waley' surname "(an early form of Walsh, Wallis, Wallace, etc.) found in Somerset, Devon, Dorset, and Sussex in the 1200's, where the names indicate descent from Richard and Ralph, sons of Cadwalader and Alicia de CLARE, and where the families were mainly on de Clare lands." [600] 10 Richard (Rhicert) ap Cadwaladr b.1140(50) (Caernavonshire) The descendants of Ralph and Richard (ap Cadwalader) can be traced in several families of Waleys in England. [600] +(1)Agnes (Annes) (dau of Rarwedd ap Gwyn) [592] 11 Adlais (Alice/Adles) ferch Richard b.1199 +(1)Ithel Fychan ab Ithel LLOYS 12 Angharad ferch Ithel +(1)Tudor Hên ap Goronwy b~1222 d.1311 son of Ednyfed Vychan and Gwenllian ferch Rhys (dau of Rhys ap Gruffydd, King of Deheubarth) 13 Goronwy ap Tudor +(2)Cadwgon ap Llywarch b~1151 13 Ieuan 'y Dean Bychan' +(2)Sir Tudor (Tudur) ab Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig of Nant and Llangynhafal b.1195 d1278 [592] [598] [599] see Tudor. Son of Ednyfed Vychan ap Kendrig, Lord of Brynffenigl who was the ancestor of the handsome Welshman Owen Tudor
John DonneJohn DONNE b.1572; d.1631 (poet) claimed ancestry with Dwn family of Kidwelly
with their arms on a 1591 portrait namely a coat of arms of "azure, a wolf salient", with a crest of a quiver full of snakes. On taking holy Orders he stated "A sheaf of snakes used heretofore to be my seal, the crest of my poor family". His new seal was "The cross (my seal at baptism) spread below, Does by that form into an anchor grow." [625]
Other evidence points to John Donne being a companion and probably a close cousin to Lewis Dwn [145]
(Owain Tewdwr), who became a squire for Henry V, then the lover of Henry's widow (Catherine of Valois), and thus King Henry VII's grandfather (& great grandfather of King Henry VIII, father of Queen Queen Elizabeth I. [601] 12 Sir Heilin (Heilwyn/Heilyn/Hellin) ap Tudor b~1222(35) d.1298 + Agnes (Annes) ferch Bleddyn (dau of Lord of Dinmael) 13 Gruffydd (Griffith) ap Heilin of Cochwillan 13 Grono ap Heilin 13 Angharad ferch Heilin + Daffydd Penmachno Goch ap Daffydd 11 Meredith (Maredudd ap Rhicert ap Cadwaladr) + ___
Owen Tudor arms
12 Dyddgu/Dyddo [94] + Meilir "Gryg" ap Gruffudd According to "Oscar Mitchell [50], although most genealogies have Dyddgu as dau of Meredith ap Robert ap Owen Gwynedd [337].
+(3)Anne ferch Gwyn 3rd wife of Cadwaladr 10 Cadwgan (Cadogan) ap Cadwaladr 11 Philip ap Cadwgan 10 Meredith (Maredudd) ap Cadwaladr Lord of Cedewain and founder of the Cistercian nunnery (before 1188) [597] 11 Gwellian 11 Adles 10 Cadwallon ap Cadwaladr 10 Alicia ferch Cadwaladr9 Owain Gwynedd, Fawr (=The Great) Prince of Gwynedd King of Wales 1137-1163 then as concession to Henry II, Prince of Wales b~~1100 (1087, 1137 [727]) (Caernarvonshire); d.Dec1169 in Henry II's reign. Together with his brother Cadwaladr, Owain led three expeditions (1136-37) against the English stronghold of Ceredigion to the south. On Owain's death, Gwynedd was divided amoung his sons (many who were illegetimate) which lead to civil war 1170-4 which Dafydd & Rhodri won. +(a)Pyfog of Ireland (Ffynnod Wyddeles) (mistress1) 10 Hywel Gwynedd, Elected Prince Of Gwynedd 1167 (killed 1170 in war against half-brothers). A lyric poet as well as a warrior-prince who wrote on love of country and produced the only love poems found in the works of the early Welsh court poets. 11 Caswallon ap Howel d>1167 +(1)Gwladys b~1092(8) m.1125 d.1169; dau of Llywarch [Lord of Pembroke] ap Trahearn (Traherne) ap Caradoc. Gwladys claims descent from King Aethelred the Unready through her great-grandmother Nest (wife of Prince Caradoc of South Wales). Nest was the dau of Gruffyd and Ealdgyth (who was later the second Queen of King Harold II), Ealdgyth was the dau of Ælfgar Earl of Mercia and Princess Ælfgifu, daughter of King Æthelred II the Unready [145]. It is claimed Gwladys & King Owain were ancestors though the female line of the Blayneys of Gregynog, Wales and of Castleblayney, Ireland. [326] (follow bold lines) 10 Iorwerth Drwyndwn (the Broken-nosed) ap Owain Gwynedd; b.1145 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberffraw, Anglesey d~1184 (1174), Pennant Mehangell + Margaret (Marared) ferch Madog, dau of Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys or possibly dau of Walter CORBET [729] 11 Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales + Joan PLANTAGENET (Legitimated) dau of King Henry I 10 Maelgwyn (Maelgwn) b~1126, inherited Anglesey, r.1170-3, lost it to his brother Dafydd. d.1174 10 Gwenllian I b~1124 Caernarvonshire +(1)Cadwgon ap Madog b~1138 Nannau, Wales 11 Madog ap Cadwgon b~1150 Nannau, Wales +b>Efa ferch Madog b~1178 Montgomeryshire 12 Nest ferch Madog b~1200 + Einion ap Seisyll b~1168 Meirionydd 13 Gronwy ab Einion b~1185 Cyfeiliog + Meddefus ferch Owain b~1163 of Cyfeiliog [half siblings twice removed, see 6 lines below] +(2)Owain Cyfeiliog b~1125; d.1197 (Strata Marcella) Welsh warrior-prince of Powys and poet 1117-97. Founder of the Cistercian abbey of Ystrad Marchell. Son of Gruffydd ap Mredudd (d.1128) Subsequently married the daughter of his sworn enemy Rhy ap Gruffydd. Refused to support Baldwin's crusade so was excommunicated. Abdicated in 1195, retiring to the monastery he built. 11 Gwenwynwyn ab Owain b~1151 r.1195 - d.1216 The last great ruler of (Southern) Powys contending with Llywelyn ap Iorweth for overall control of Wales. + Margaret (Margred) ferch Rhys b~1089 (dau of King of Deheubarth) 11 Owain 'the Baron' ab Owain + Joan de CLARE 12 Gruffydd ab Owain 12 Sir Gilbert Poole Knight 11 Gwenllian ferch Owain + Cadfan ap Cadwaladr b>1149 12 Tangwystl ferch Cadfan b~1212 11 Meddefus ferch Owain b~1163 (85), Cyfeiliog, Montgomeryshire, Wales + Gronwy ab Einion b~1185 Cyfeiliog 12 Iorwerth ap Gronwy of Cyfeiliog d>1278 + Morfudd ferch Madog of Arwystli 13 Nest ferch Iorwerth b~1260 Cyfeiliog + Iorwerth ap Rhirid b~1242 Tegeingl 14 Robert ap Iorwerth b~1282 of Tegeingl. d>1339 + Alice ferch Ithel b~1286 of Tegeingl, Wales 15 Angharad ferch Robert b~1306 at Tegeingl + ??Llywelyn ab Einion g-grandfather of Evan (Ieuan) Blayney [He actually married Angharad ferch Adda (Adam) ap Madoc(h) of Kerry!] +(2)Cristina ferch Gronw, [2nd wife of Owain GWYNEDD] dau of Gronwy ap Owain and Genilles ferch Hoedlyw [593], and so his cousin (Common ancester = Owain ab Edwin, Lord Tegeing), much to the disapproval of the church. 10 Dafydd (David) b~1135 r. East Gwynedd 1170-94/5; r. all Gwynedd 1174-75. d.1203 (Aberconwy, Caernarvonshire). + Emma Plantagenet b~1138 (Normandy); m.1174; d.1214 illegitimate dau of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou & Maine and Adelaide d'ANGERS (concubine) 11 Gwenllian (Angharad) ferch Dafydd b.1143 (Caernarvonshire) + Gruffydd ap Cadwgan Lord Of Nannau b.1111 d.1192 12 Hunydd ferch Gruffydd b.1158 + Sandde Hardd ao Caradoc b.1107 13 Moriddig ap Sandde + Tangwystl 11 Owain ap Dafydd 10 Rhodri (?twin of Dafydd) r. West Gwynedd 1170 - 90, r. Anglesey 1193, after driving out Dafydd! d.1195 +(1)Gwenllian ferch Rhys +(2)? 11 Thomas ap Rhodri 10 Angharad b>1170 + Gruffudd Maelor I b>1160, d. 1191 10 Margaret ferch Owain + Bradwen ab Idnerth 10 Iefan (Ievan) ab Owain Gwynedd + __ 11 Gwenllian + Hwfa ap Kendrig Lord Of Christionydol 12 Angharad ferch Hwfa + Cynwrig ap Iorwerth, Lord Of Brynffenigl +(b) (Mistress2) 10 Rhun (son) d.1146 10 Cynan b~1140 d.1173/4 (held Merioneth briefly) + __ 11 Gruffydd ap Cynan 11 Maredudd ap Cynan 10 Rhirid b~1132 (said to have accompanied Madog -see below) 10 Madog b~1142 (left for America!) [09e] with 300 persons in ten ships [310] (pg18) seven years after his first exploration in 1170 when he had left Afon Ganol on the small ship Gwennan Gorn, collecting Riryd at Lundy Island, landing at Mobile Bay, Alabama. [304] 10 Einion b~1144 10 Cynwrig I (son) b.1145 d>1165 10 Cynwrig II (son) b.1147 d>1165 10 Gwenllian II b~1130 +(c)Mofudd ferch Elfan (?Mistress3, ?wife3) 10 Iago ab Owain Gwynedd 10 Philip ab Owain Gwynedd +(d)Unkown (?Mistress4) 10 Cadell b~1143 10 Rotpert (Robert) ab Owain Possibly "Rotpert alias Cadwaladr" (nicknamed after his uncle) [639] Robert ap-Owen Gwyn ap-Griffyth ap-Conan, according to LODGE [707] + ??Dyddgu ferch Madog [728] 11 Meredith ap Rotpert This generation missed by LODGE [707] or called "Robert ap Robert" by Allen [728] + __ 12 Dyddgu ferch Robert [337]. (Jane) [40] [728] It would appear that Blayney claims for descent from Owain Gwynedd through Dyddgu have avoided being specific as Robert (Rotpert) ab Owain Gwynedd was illegitimate! + Meilir "Gryg" ap Gruffudd 10 Idwal +(e)Nesta. Ledgend has the prolific Owain having a child with the beautiful Princess of Deheubarth (dau of Rhys ap Tewdwr) who had children also to: -Henry I (King of England), who "seduced her" while she was a hostage (for her father), Henry then "gave her" to -Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor who married her ~1100
Owain Gwynedd"In Christmas 1108 Owain ap Cadwgan of Cardigan came to visit Gerald and Nesta. He so lusted after her that he, that night, attacked the castle and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war." [600]-Hait, Sheriff of Pembroke (?after Owain tired of her) -Stephen de Ceredigion (had the last dance)
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