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Descended to the royal Tudors of England

Pedigree:

1 Ednyfed Vychan ap Kendrig (Cynwrig), Lord of Brynffenigl (a ~1200 d~1246)
  General and Lord Steward to Llewelyn the Great, Prince of Wales (1173-1240),
  representing the Prince in negotiations with Henry III of England.
 +(1)Tangwystsl Goch (dau of Llowarch ap Bran, Lord of Menai) 
  2 nine children incl
  2 Sir Tudor of Nant and Llangynhafal  
   + Adlais (dau of Richard ap Cadwallader and Alice de Clare) [592]
    3 Heilin 
     + Agnes (dau of Bleddyn, Lord of Dinmael) 
      4 Griffith of Cochwillan 
       + Eva (dau of Griffith ap Tudor of Cochwillan)
  2 Llewellyn of Creuthyn 
  2 Kendrig 
  2 Rhys of Garth Garmon 

Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
"Llywelyn Fawr"
Prince of Wales
2 Howel, Bishop of St. Asaph (c 1241) 2 Iowerth, Lord of Abermarlais 2 Angharad + Einion Vychan ap Einion of Plas-yn-nant 2 Gwenllian + Llywelyn 'the Great', Prince of Wales (b.1173, d.1240) He subsequently (1205) married Joan Plantagenet dau of John Plantagenet, King John of England +(2)Gwenllian d.1236 (dau of Rhys ap Griffith, Lord of South Wales) 2 Goronwy (Grong / Gruno) ap Ednyfed, Lord of Tref-Gastel d.1268 + Morfydd (dau of Meuric (Meurig) ap Ithel, Lord of Gwent) 3 Tudor Hen (ap Goronwy) of Penmynedd Forester of Snowdon b.1222 Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey d.1311 Swore allegiance to Edward I of England and his son Edward, the first English Prince of Wales, ensuring continued Tudor influence. + Angharad (dau of Ithel Vychan (Fychan) of Englefield) 4 Goronwy (Grong / Gruno) ap Tudor (d 1331). Captain Of Archers + Gwervyl (Gwerful) (dau of Madoc ap David, Baron of Hendwr) 5 Hywel ap Goronwy, Canon of Bangor Cathedral, Archdeacon of Anglesey 5 Sir Tudor Fychan ap Goronwy of Penmynedd (d 1367) + Margaret (dau of Thomas ap Llwelyn, Lord of South Wales) 6 Goronwy d.1382 (drowned) 6 Ednyfed d.1382 (drowned) 6 Gwilym -accompanied Richard II's Irish campaign but supported Owain Glyndwr's rebellion against Henry IV, who deposed Richard II. Outlawed in 1406 pardoned 1413 6 Rhys -also accompanied Richard II's Irish campaign & outlawed 1406 ?executed 1412 6 Meredith (Maredudd) ap Tudor. Outlawed 1406 + Margaret (Mereditt), (daughter of David Fychan (Vychan) ap David Lloyd (Llwyd) of Anglesey

Owen Tudor arms
7 Sir Owen Tudor a.k.a. Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur (b.1400/2, Executed 1461) squire for Henry V, then the lover of Henry's widow (Catherine of Valois and Dowager Queen of England) Fathered 6+ children with Catherine. + Catherine of France b.1401; m.1429; d.1437, daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabelle of Bavaria and widow of Henry V) 8 Thomas Tudor b.1429 d.1501 (Monk at Westminster) 8 Edmund Tudor [see below] 8 Jasper Tudor b~1431 d.1495 Earl of Pembroke & Duke of Bedford, Knight of the Garter 8 Tacinda Tudor 8 Dau. Tudor (Nun) 8 Margaret (Catherine) Tudor b.1437 d.1437 8 Sir Owen Tudor b.1459 d>1528 (?1542) 8 Edmund Tudor of Hadham b~1430 d.1456 1st Earl of Richmond + Margaret Beaufort (d 1509, dau of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset) 9 Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond, King Henry VII of England b.1455, d.1509) + Elizabeth Plantagenet of York m.1486; d.1503 dau of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IV of England 10 Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales b.1486, dsp.1502 + Katherine of Aragon m.1501; d.1536 dau of Ferdinand V, King of Spain 10 Henry Tudor, King Henry VIII of England b.1491; d.1547 +(1) Katherine of Aragon widow of Arthur m.1509; div.1533 11 Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall b.1509; d.1509 11 Mary Tudor, Queen of England b.1515; dsp.1558 + Philip II, King of Spain m.1554 +(2)Anne Boleyn m.1532; d.1536 (beheaded) dau of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde 11 Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall b/d.1534 11 Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England b.1533, d.unm 1603 +(3)Jane Seymour m.1536; d.1537), d/o Sir John Seymour 11 Edward Tudor, King Edward VI of England b.1537, dsp.1553 +(4)Anne of Cleves b.1515; m.1540; div.1540; dsp.1557 (dau of John III, Duke of Cleves and Julich) +(5)Katharine Howard m.1540; d.1542-beheaded (d/o Lord Edmund Howard) +(6)Catharine Parr m.1543; d.1548, d/o Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal 10 Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (b.1498-9; d.1499) 10 Margaret Tudor (b.1489; d.1541) +(1)m.1503 James Stewart, King James IV of Scots (b.1473, d.1513) +(1)m.1514, div 1527-8 Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus +(1)m<1528 Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven (b.1495, d~1551) 10 Mary Tudor (b.1498; d.1533) +(1)Louis XII, King of France m.1514; d.1515 +(2)Sir Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk b.1485; m.1515; d.1545 2 Griffith of Henglawdd

Bibliography
MAREK, Miroslav "Tudor Family" [623]

EAKINS, Lara E. "The Tudors in North Wales" [624]

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