Celemion ferch Tudwal (abt. 678 - abt. 730)

Born about 0678 in Ynys Manau, Isle of Man, British Isles [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 0730 at about age 52 in Powys, Cymru [uncertain]

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Biography

678 Birth and Parents

Celemion ferch Tudwal was born about 678 CE on the Isle of Man (Ynys Manau) in the Irish Sea between Ireland and Britain.

Name Variations: Celemion, Celemon, Celenion, Celeinion

Celeinion was the daughter of Tudwal ab Anarawd Gwalch-Crwn ap Merfyn Mawr, who was King of Man and died 682 (681 in Annals of Ulster), reputedly a descendant of Macwen Wledig (Roman Emperor Maximus, who died 388). the line being Merfyn Mawr ap Cyniln ab Anllech ap Tudwal ap Rhun ap Neithon ap Senyllt Hael ap Dingad ap Tudwal ab Ednyfed ab Annum (Dyfed ap Macsen Wledig. ^[1]

Celemon verch Tudwal, heiress of Idwal, born about 695 in Idwal, Strathclyde. ^[2]

"Cair Celemion in the Nennian Catalogue of Cities (see Y Cymmroder, ix, 183) a place which cannot be identified, is likewise so called from a woman's name; for Celemion was the name of the daughter of Tudwal ab Anarod Gwalcherwn (? Gwallterwn), who married Sanddef ab Algwn (or Algun!) and by him was the great-grandmother of Merfyn Frych, who died in 844." ^[3]

Celemion verch Tudwal o Ynys Manau was born circa 720. She was the daughter of Brenin Ynys Manau Tudwal III ab Anarawd o Ynys Manau. ^[4]

Marriage

She married Sande ab Alcwn ap Tegid ap Gwair was born, say, 700. ^[1]

Her husband, Sandde ap Alcun, King of Ynys Manaw, was born about 690 in Reged (now Cumbria and Lancaster) ^[2]

Celemion verch Tudwal o Ynys Manau married Elidyr ap Sandde, Brenin Ynys Manau, son of Sandde ab Alcun, before 750.

Death

About 0730 CE, possibly in Powys, Cymru (Wales)

Issue

Child, mentioned by Bartrum: Elidir. ^[1]

They were the parents of Elidir ap Sandde, King of Ynys Manaw, born about 720 in Wales. ^[2]

Research Notes

Several profiles for related persons have reversed generations. The profile is shown below with the correct parent:

List A

• Dau V. Sandde (Daughter verch Sandde), no dates, is shown as the daughter of Sandde. Disposition: Make her the daughter of Sandde and Celeinion. None. She is now "Unknown ferch Sandde".
• Elidyr ap Celeinion, no dates, is shown as the son of Celeinion. Dispositioni: Merge into [[ap Sandde-6|Elidyr ap Sandde, born 708. Merge proposed.
• Tudwal ab Elidyr, no dates, is shown as the son of Elidyr and spouse of Celeinion ferch Tudwal. Disposition: Detach as husband and make him the son of Elidyr ap Sandde. Done.
• Celeimion ferch Tudwai. Now wife of Elidir ap Sandde. Disposition:L Detach from Elidirand mewrge with Celeimion. Merge proposed.

List B

• [[ferch Tudwal-4|Celeinion ferch Tudwal, born 678, is shown as the wife of [[|ab Elidyr-4|Tudwal ab Elidyr]] but is really the wife of Sandde ab Alcwn.
• Sandde ab Alcwn, born about 678, husband of Celeinion and father of Elidyr ap Sandde, born 0708
• Elidyr ap Sandde, born 0708, son of Sandde and Celeinion.

• See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard , Katherine, [[Allison-1080 | PHLGenepool] and others.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestry of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2003. Sandde is #20 on page 65.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Brian Daniel Starr. Descendants of Gwawr Verch Brychan Brycheiniog. The Life of Saint Brychan: King of Brycheiniog and Family. By the author: 2008. Page 55. Starr's work is not specifically sourced and is considered unreliable; he notes that his sources include "the internet, genealogies from the internet, Encyclopedias of Saints, Dictionaries of Saints, and Books written about the lives of Saints. Many of these sources cannot be documented." He is cited here to provide possible clues for further research
3. ↑ J. E. Lloyd. Welsh Place-names: A Study of some common Name-elements. Y Cymmrodor: The Magazine of the Honourable Society of Commrodorion. Egerton Phillimore, ed. London 1890. Volume XI, Part 1, page 49, Footnote.
4. ↑ Celeinion verch Tudwal profile on Geni.com

• (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SY8J-VZR : accessed 28 April 2019), entry for Celemion /Verch TUDWAL/; file (2:2:2:MM78-KL6), submitted 14 May 2011.

Acknowledgements

1. Thanks to Katherine Wall for creating profile Tudwal-19 through the import of OrmelTree120215.ged on on 10 Sep 13
2. Thanks to Richard Terrass for creating profile Tudwal-1 through the import of Terrass Family Tree.ged on Jul 7, 2011.