Gwenllian
"of Gwynedd"
ferch Owain
Born in Caernarvonshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Daughter of Owain ap Gruffydd
and Gwladys ferch Llywarch
Sister of
Cynwrig (Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd, Rotpert ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Rhun (Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd, Rhidrid ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Madoc ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Idwal ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Iago ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Hywel ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Ffilip ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Cadell (Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd, Iefan (ab Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd [half], Iorwerth ab Owain, Maelgwyn ab (Owain) Owain Gwynedd, Angharad ferch Owain [half], Rhodri (ab Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd [half], Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd [half], Margaret ferch (Owain) Owain Gwynedd [half], Einion (ab Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd and Cynan (ab Owain) ab Owain Gwynedd
Wife of
Owain ap Gruffudd
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Hwfa ap Cynwrig
— married
1164 in Caernarvon, Wales
Descendants 
Died
at about age 67
in Wales
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Biography
Name
- Gwenllian (Gwynedd) ferch Owain
- Gwenllian Gwynedd[1]
- Gwenllian I, married Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. [2]
Parents
Boyer reports that Gwenllian was the daughter of Owain ap Grufudd and his wife Gwladws ferch Llywarch. [2]
Marriage to Owain Cyfeiliog
She married Owain ap Gruffudd born 1117 in Montgomeryshire, Wales[3]
She married Owain Cyfeiliog. Owain Cyfeiliog) married Gwenllian, the daughter of Owain, by her he had one son, Gwenwynwyn, who inherited his estates entire, excepting the Cwmmwds of Llannerch hudol and Broniarth, which his father had parcelled off in favor of his natural son, Caswallon.[4]
Gwynwynwyn's father was Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd, born about 1128, of Upper Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales and died in 1197 (Age ~ 69 years) [5]
Gwynwynwyn's mother was Gwenllian vz Owain Gwynedd, b. Abt 1124, of Caernarvonshire, Wales [5]
Disambiguation
Owain ap Gruffydd had children by two women named Gwenllian:
- Gwenllian ferch Owain was his wife.
- Gwenllian ferch Ednywain was his mistress and has been de-linked as a spouse.
Research Notes
Several unsourced entries for this profile raise questions which require resolution:
1130 Birth
She was born about 1130 in Caernarvarshon, Wales [3]
Marriage to Hwfa
She married Hwfa ap Cynwrig, born 1130 in Denbighshire, Wales [3]
1197 Death
She died 1197 in Wales [3]
Issue
- Gwenllian had a daughter Angharad ferch Hwfa, born 1134 in Denbighshire, Wales. [3]
- Gwenllian had a son Gwynwynwyn ab Owain born 1160 in Powys, Wales[3]
Sources
- ↑ Mosley, Burkes Peerage Volume 3, page 4188.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carl Boyer, Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author, Santa Clarita, California, 2004. Pages 292-294
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 WikiTree Data Field entry, no source.
- ↑ The Royal tribes of Wales, pp. 57-58. accessed 2014-04-26, amb
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Penrose
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She is known to have been the wife of Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffydd (Gruffydd-70), and he is given as the father of her son Gwenwynwyn. Also, Owain's profile says she died in 1170, not 1197.
Why is she not linked to her husband?