Bleddyn Prince of Powys

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bleddyn Prince of Powys (son of Cynfyn, Prince of N.Wales of Powys and Ankaret, Queen of Powys II); died in 1075.

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    "A wise and gentle ruler" {re: "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons,"
    Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, p. 94}. {Bleddyn's wife, Haer, is dau.
    of Cilin (son of the Lord of Gest).}

    married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Meredith Prince of Powys died in 1132.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cynfyn, Prince of N.Wales of Powys (son of Gweristan, of Powys).

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    Prince of Cadwgan and Powys.

    of married Ankaret, Queen of Powys II in 998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ankaret, Queen of Powys II (daughter of Maredudd Prince of South Wales).

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    Anharet m. (2) Cynfyn of Powys and they had Bleddyn, who reigned as
    sovereign prince of South Wales 1063-1075.

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    Married:
    her second

    Children:
    1. 1. Bleddyn Prince of Powys died in 1075.
    2. Everydd
    3. Arwystli, Caradoc of


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gweristan, of Powys (son of Gwaithvoed Lord of Powys).
    Children:
    1. 2. Cynfyn, Prince of N.Wales of Powys
    2. Eleanor, of Powys

  2. 6.  Maredudd Prince of South Wales (son of Dha, Owen ap Hywel).

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    "A History of Wales," John Davies (1993), p. 98: "From 986 to 999 Maredudd,
    the grandson of Hywel, succeeded in recreating the kingdom of his grandfather,
    but the years of his supremacy were troubled ones. The attacks of the
    Northmen recommenced...."

    Children:
    1. 3. Ankaret, Queen of Powys II


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Gwaithvoed Lord of Powys (son of Gweryd).
    Children:
    1. 4. Gweristan, of Powys

  2. 12.  Dha, Owen ap Hywel (son of Hywel Dha Prince and Eleanor Heiress of Dyfed); died in 988.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Prince of South Wales

    Children:
    1. 6. Maredudd Prince of South Wales
    2. Eneon Prince of South Wales died in 984.