Anwerydd ap Onwedd (abt. 80)

Born about 0080 in Roman Brittania

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

Anwerydd ap Onwedd, born about the year 80 of the Common Era) is known only through the genealogies passed down by Welsh bards and ultimately recorded by Bartrum and harmonized by Wolcott. The line of descent of which this person is a part appears below:^[1]

1. Beli Mawr (130 BCE) ^[2]
2. Afleth (100 BCE) ap Beli Mawr
3. Afallach (70 BCE) ap Affleth ^[3]
4. Owain (40 BCE) ap Afallach
5. Bryddgwyn (10BCE) ap Owain
6. Dubun (20) ap Bryddgwyn
7. Onwedd (50) ap Durbun
8. Anwerydd (80) ap Onwedd
9. Amgolydd (110) ap Anwerydd
10. Dwfyn (140) ap Amgolydd
11. Doli (170) ap Dwfyn
12. Cein (205) ap Doli
13. Gwyndog (235) ap Cein
14. Iago (265) ap Gwyndog
15. Tegid (295) ap Iago)
16. Padern Beisrudd (325) ap Tegid
17. Edern (355) ap Padern Beisrudd
18. Cunedda Wledig (385) ap Edern
19. Einion Yrth (415) ap Cunedda Wledig
20. Cadwallon Lawhir (450) ap Einion Yrth
21. Maelgwyn Gwynedd (480) ap Cadwallon Lawhir
22. Rhun (505) ap Maelgwyn Gwynedd
23. Beli (540) ap Rhun

Wolcott notes that "it would appear the purpose of this pedigree was to show that Owain ap Hywel, at whose direction the entire manuscript was drafted, was descended from the anciewnt Royal Family of Gwynedd.

Research Notes

Ancestor Table from Harleian Genealogies

An ancestor table pedigree from the Harleian Genealogies showing names in ascending order and without suggested dates appears below:

1. (O)uen
2. map (H)iguel
3. map Catell
4. map Rotri
5. map Mermin
6. map Etthil
7. merch Cinnan
8. map Rotri
9. map Iutguaul
10. map Catgualart
11. map Catgollaun
12. map Catman
13. map Iacob
14. map Beli
15. map Run
16. map Mailcun
17. map Catgolaun Iauhir
18. map Eniaun girt
19. map Cuneda
20. map Ætern
21. map Patern Pesrut
22. map Tacit
23. map Cein
24. map Guorcein
25. map Doli map Guordoli
26. map Dumn
27. map Gurdumn
28. map Amguoloyt
29. map Anguerit
30. map Oumun
31. map Dubun
32. map Brithguein
33. map Eugein
34. map Aballac
35. map Amalach, qui fuit Beli magni filius et Anna mater eius quam dicunt esse consobrina mariæ uirginis matris d’ni n’ri ih’u xp’i.^[4]

Pedigree from Annales Cambriae

Pedigree from Annales Cambriae for the House of Cuneda (a lot of these profiles are linked to an image of this in the Yales and Wales Ancient Pedigrees of early British Kings and Princes):

• Amalech
• Aballac
• Eugein
• Brithguein
• Dubun - frequently Dwfwn in online trees
• Oumun
• Anguerit
• Amguiloyt
• Gurdumn - not in the tree above
• Dumn - Dwfyn above
• Guordoli - not in the tree above
• Doli
• Guorcein - not in the tree above
• Cein - missing Gwyndog and Iago compared with tree above
• Tacit
• Patern Pefrut
• Ætern
• Cuneda

http://www.wondersofbritain.org/wonder13/genealogy/kunedda.html has the same lineage as the Annales Cambriae above, and refers to the Harleian Manuscript 3859 genealogies.

It also has this:

Alternative spellings can be found in the 12th C. Life of St. Cadog* (English Translation):

Of the genealogy of the mother of king Gwynllyw, father of the venerable Cadog, repeated from the above-mentioned woman. Anna bare Beli, Beli begat Aballach, Aballach begat Baallad, Baallad bare Euguein, Euguein begat Brithguein, Brithguein begat Dubunn, Dubunn begat Oumiud, Oumiud begat Anguerit, Anguerit begat Amgoloit, Amgoloit begat Guordubn, Guordubn begat Dubn, Dubn begat Guordoli, Guordoli begat Doli, Doli begat Guorceng, Guorceng begat Ceint, Ceint begat Tacit, Tacit begat Patern Peis Rudauc, Patern begat Etern, Etern begat Cuneda, Cuneda begat Credic, Credic begat Guaul, mother of Gwynllyw. Now Gwynllyw begat the most holy Cadog.

Montgomeryshire Pedigrees

Lewys Dwnn. "Montgomeryshire Pedigrees: Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches Pughe, of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, to Adam page 205:

• Beli Mawr (and ancestors all the way down)
• Aphlath
• y Vallach
• Owen - Euigein in Harleian
• Brychwyn
• Diwg - Dubun in Harleian
• Anwedd
• Anwerydd
• Gwrddyfn - skips Amgolydd, both otherwise follows Harleian so far
• Dyfn
• Gwrddoli
• Doli
• Gwrgain
• Cain
• Gwyddawg - Gwyndog who is missing in Harleian
• Iago - missing in Harleian
• Tegid
• Padarn Beisrydd
• Ederyn
• Cynedda Wledig

Of the genealogy of the mother of king Gwynllyw, father of the venerable Cadog, repeated from the above-mentioned woman. Anna bare Beli, Beli begat Aballach, Aballach begat Baallad, Baallad bare Euguein, Euguein begat Brithguein, Brithguein begat Dubunn, Dubunn begat Oumiud, Oumiud begat Anguerit, Anguerit begat Amgoloit, Amgoloit begat Guordubn, Guordubn begat Dubn, Dubn begat Guordoli, Guordoli begat Doli, Doli begat Guorceng, Guorceng begat Ceint, Ceint begat Tacit, Tacit begat Patern Peis Rudauc, Patern begat Etern, Etern begat Cuneda, Cuneda begat Credic, Credic begat Guaul, mother of Gwynllyw. Now Gwynllyw begat the most holy Cadog.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Darrell Wolcott. Ancient Wales Studies. accessed 4 Apr 2021Harleian MS 3859 Bartrum has recorded these genealogies with a stated purpose of reporting them intact, and not attempting to harmonize them. Darrell Wolcott in his report on Harleian MS 3859 has attempted a harmonization of these genealogies which not only corrects inconsistencies in names, but assigns an estimated birth year. While Wolcott's work is not adequate for establishing existence these ancient rulers as real people, it is superior to anything that might be found on popular genealogies. Accessed 25 February 2023 jhd
2. ↑ Wolcott notes, "We did not include the final part of the pedigree which claims the wife of Beli Mawr was Anna, mother of the Virgin Mary. While such a claim may have been a part of tenth century lore and served to show theancient ancestors were "civilized Christians", the cronology is wrong by at least a century. It is further unlikely a lady of Palestilne, born c. 35 BC, wouyld have married anyone on the Isle of Britain. Most likely, however, is that the statemewnt was a copyist' gloss added long after the pedigree was first composed.
3. ↑ Wolcott notes, "both the chronology and the name "Afflewth" (the spelling is Amalech in other manuswcripts) suggest this was Lludd, the brother of Cassivellaunus and father of Tasclovanus mentioned by Roman historians in Julius Caesar's invasrion of Britain in 55 BCE.
4. ↑ Harleian Genealogies 1: Gwynedd part 1, amb
5. ↑ Kunedda: Wonders of Britain, retrieved 2014-08-01, amb