Amgolydd ap Anwerydd (abt. 110)

Born about 0110 in Roman Brittania

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

Amgolydd ap Anwerydd, born aqbout the year 110 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

Harleian Genealogies

(O)uen map (H)iguel map Catell map Rotri map Mermin map Etthil merch Cinnan map Rotri map Iutguaul map Catgualart map Catgollaun map Catman map Iacob map Beli map Run map Mailcun map Catgolaun Iauhir map Eniaun girt map Cuneda map Ætern map Patern Pesrut map Tacit map Cein map Guorcein map Doli map Guordoli map Dumn map Gurdumn map Amguoloyt map Anguerit map Oumun map Dubun map Brithguein map Eugein map Aballac 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]

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 chronology is wrong by at least a century. It is further unlikely a lady of Palestine, born c. 35 BC, would have married anyone on the Isle of Britain. Most likely, however, is that the statement was a copyist's 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