Geoffrey de Neufmarche [Parents] was born about 1025. He died WFT Est. 1072-1117. Geoffrey married Ada de Hugleville on WFT Est. 1044-1074.
Ada de Hugleville was born about 1030. She died WFT Est. 1072-1125. Ada married Geoffrey de Neufmarche on WFT Est. 1044-1074.
They had the following children:
M i Bernard de Neufmarche of Brecnoch
Osbern Fitch Richard [Parents] was born about 1055. He died WFT Est. 1083-1146. Osbern married Nest Verch Gruffydd on WFT Est. 1074-1104.
Nest Verch Gruffydd [Parents] was born about 1059. She died WFT Est. 1083-1153. Nest married Osbern Fitch Richard on WFT Est. 1074-1104.
They had the following children:
F i Nest Fitch Richard
Thureyitel Neufmarche was born WFT Est. 974-1003. He died WFT Est. 1026-1066. Thureyitel was married was married WFT Est. 998-1045.
He had the following children:
M i Geoffrey de Neufmarche
Richard FitzScrob was born WFT Est. 1004-1033. He died WFT Est. 1056-1096. Richard was married was married WFT Est. 1028-1075.
He had the following children:
M i Osbern Fitch Richard
Gruffydd ap Llewelyn [Parents] was born about 1011 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales. He died WFT Est. 1061-1103 in Wales. Gruffydd married Ealdgyth of Mercia on WFT Est. 1047-1078.
Gruffyd Ap Llewelyn (1007-63) was King of all Wales only from 1055-63,
yet he was the only Welsh ruler to unite the ancient kingdoms of the
whold of Wales. Gwynfor Evans points out that thought for five
centuries the people of Wales had shared a common language and for the
most part a common law, it was only under Gruffyd ap Llywelyn that it had
a single sovereign and thus a measure of political unity. Gruffudd was a
grandson of Maredudd ab Owain, King of Deheubarth adn son of Llywelyn ap
Seisyllt, ruler of Gwynedd. By force of arms, he seized Gwynedd and
Powys and overthrew Deheubarth, Gwent and Morgannwg. Walter Map, in "De
Nugis Curalium" (cira 1180) recorded the Kings account of his military
campaigns against fellow Welsh: "Speak not of killing. I do but blunt
the horns of the offspring of Wales, lest they should wound their dam."Gruffudd was even successful in reclaiming lands east of Offa's Dyke from
the English settlers. He established his court at Rhuddlan, in the heart
of an area settled by Mercians, and his conquests of areas of Northeast
Wales formerly part of the earldom of Chester ment that they woruld
remain Welsh as parts of the later counties of Flintshire and
Denbighshire. His very successes, however led to the invasion of Wales
by Harlod, Earl of Wessex. During the fighting Gruffudd was assassinated
by a fellow Welshman. Wales was never again wholly united under a single
sovereign though Llywelyn ap Iorweth's successes overa century later
surpassed tohose of his predecessor.from Royal Families of Wales, Britannia.com
Ealdgyth of Mercia was born 1034 in Mercia, England. She died WFT Est. 1063-1128 in Wales. married Gruffydd ap Llewelyn on WFT Est. 1047-1078.
They had the following children:
F i Nest Verch Gruffydd
Llwelyn ap Seisyll [Parents] was born about 980 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales. He died about 1021 in Wales. Llwelyn married Angharad Verch Maredudd on WFT Est. 998-1016.
Angharad Verch Maredudd [Parents] was born about 982 in Deheubarth, Wales. She died WFT Est. 1014-1076. Angharad married Llwelyn ap Seisyll on WFT Est. 998-1016.
They had the following children:
M i Gruffydd ap Llewelyn
Seisyll ap Ednywain was born about 938 in Wales. He died WFT Est. 982-1030. Seisyll married Prawst Verch Elise on WFT Est. 956-986.
Prawst Verch Elise [Parents] was born about 940 in G. Wales. She died WFT Est. 982-1035. Prawst married Seisyll ap Ednywain on WFT Est. 956-986.
They had the following children:
M i Llwelyn ap Seisyll
Elise ap Anarawd [Parents] was born about 885 in Aberffro, M., Wales. He died 942 in Wales. Elise was married was married WFT Est. 904-930.
He had the following children:
F i Prawst Verch Elise
Anarawd Rhodri [Parents] was born about 857 in Gwynedd, Wales. He died 916. Anarawd was married was married WFT Est. 876-903.
He had the following children:
M i Elise ap Anarawd
Rhodri "Mawr" ap Merfyn King of Wales [Parents] was born about 789 in Caer Seiont, C., Wales. He died 878 in Anglesey, Wales. Rhodri married Angharad Verch Meurig on WFT Est. 840-864.
Just as Egbert, King of the West Saxons and later of Kent is the first
ruler to be styled King of the Angles or English people in 829-30, so
Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great 820-878) is remembered as the first to
claim the title of king of the Welsh. He was the first to unite most o
Wales under his rule, 844-78. Professor Davies points out that the title
"great" was bestowed upon only two other rulers in the same century:
Charlemagne (Charles the Great) and Alfred the Great. All threee
contributed greatly to the growth of statehood among their respective
nations. Rhodri, son of Merfyn Frych became King of Gwynedd in 844,
following the death of his father, of Poways following the death of his
uncle in 855 and of Seisyllwg (including eredigion and Ystrad Tywi)
following the death of his brother-in-law in 872. He was most successful
in keeping out the danes and the english from settling his territories.By uniting the three principal kingdoms of Wales under his rule, Rhodri
showed that an independent Wales could exist that need not be subservient
ot the rule of English monarchs. Gwynfor Evans cites Nora Chadwick,
Calling Rhodri "the greatest of all the kings of Wales." His success was
mainly due to his creation of a consciousness in the Welsh-speaking
people of Britan that they could act together as one. Gwynfor Evans also
laments the fact that this great king had no biographer to properly
record his achievements, unlike Alfred of Wessex, who had a biographer
Asser, a Welshman from St. David's Rhodri was killed in 878 fighting
against the English of Mercia.
Angharad Verch Meurig was born about 825. She died WFT Est. 860-920. Angharad married Rhodri "Mawr" ap Merfyn King of Wales on WFT Est. 840-864.
They had the following children:
M i Anarawd Rhodri