Llywarch Gam ap Lluddica (abt. 965 - 1048)

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Biography

Name and Parents

Llowarch Gam ap Llydock, Lord of Maelor, Oswestry, and Whittington, ^[1]

Llywarch Gam was the son of Lluddoccaf and grandson of Tudor Trevor, ^[2]

Llywarch Gam ap Lluddica was the son of Lluddica ap Tudur Trefor bornin Dinbych, Cymru and his wife Angharad ferch Iago born in Gwynedd, Cymru ^[3]

965 Birth Year Estimation by Darrell Wolcott

The birth year shown, 965, has been estimated by Darrell Wolcott based on extensive review of the dates needed for genealogies to fit together. Actual documentation of birth years or other dates is rare for Wales in this period. Many popular genealogies show a birth year of 970 without substantiation. ^[4]

Lands

llywarch Gam was Lord of Chick, Nanheudwy, Whittington, Oswestry, Maelor Isaf, and Ellesmere. ^[2]

Marriage

All sources agree that he married a daughter of Gwerystan, however they disagree on her name:

• Llelky, dau of Gwerystan ap Gwaethvoed Vawr, a Lord of Powis. ^[1]
• Lucy, d of Gwerystan ab Gwaithfvoed of Powys. ^[5]
• Letitia, daughter of Gwrystan ab Gwaethfoed, vert, a lion rampant argent, head, feet, and tail imbrued, son of Gwrydyr ab Caradawg ab Lies Llawddeawg, ap Ednyfed ab Gwineu ab Gwinawg Varv Sych, ab Ceidio ab Corv al Cynog Vaur ab Tegonwy ab Teon. ^[2]
• Nest ferch Gwerystan ^[3]

Issue

Llowarch Gam and Llelky had a son, Ednyfed ap Llowarch.^[1] The birth year for Ednyfed has been estimated by Wolcott as 995. ^[4]

Descendants of LLywarch and Lucy: ^[5]

1. Ednyved m. Sionet, d. and coheri of Rhiwallon ab Cynfyn, Prince of Powys. Ednyfed ap Llywarch Gam ^[3]
   1. Rhys Sais, lord of Whittington, etc, m. Efa, o Gruffudd.
      1. Tudor of Whittington m. Sionet, d. of Rhys Vychan
      2. Elidur, lord of Eyton
      3. Iddon, lord of Duddleston
2. Iorwerth Hir ap Llywarch Gam of Maelor ^[3] Llywarch had a younger son, Iorwerth Hir of Maelor and an elder son, Ednyved ab Llywarch. ^[2]

Research Notes

Conflict regarding mother's ancestry

There is a conflict on the ancestry of his mother, Angharad.

• Lluddoca was Lord of Chirk, Whittington, Oswestry and Maelor Saesnaeg and died in 1037, leaving by his wife Angharad vh Iago ap Idwal of north Wales^[6][7] a son Llywarch, who by Lucy his wife, daughter of Gwerystan ap Gwaethfoed, Lord of Cibwyr in Gwent, had a son and heir, Ednyfed, who married Janet, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn and was the father of Rhys Sais.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} J. Bernard Burke, Esq. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland for 1853.(3 Volumes). Volume III, Supplement, Corrigenda, and General Index. London, 1853. https://books.google.com/books?id=S2hHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=%22Ednyfed+Gam%22&source=bl&ots=OIX6qYOHc2&sig=fhY_dA3_DXTPPf2yIH4JvtPXa60&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQ6AEwCGoVChMImfvtiJ_KxwIVRtgeCh0DOwG7#v=onepage&q=%22Ednyfed%20Gam%22&f=false. Accessed August 27, 2015
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Jacob Youde William Lloyd. The history of the princes, the lords marcher, and the ancient nobility of Powys Fadog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd. The Noble Tribe of the Marches of Powys and Fourteenth Noble Tribe of Gwynedd. London: T. Richards,1881. Volume I Page 312 Llywarch Gam appears on page 310. Accessed 6/6/2019 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Sir Arthur E Turner-Thomas V.C., G.C., K.G.(Wales) Celtic Royal Genealogy Llywarch Gam ap Lluddica. Updated 8 Sep 2010. Cites Peter Clement Bartrum. Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400. 8 Vols. Cardiff, 1974, microfiche edition, 1980. Tudur Trefor 1, p. 870. Accessed 6/27/2019 jhd
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Darrell Wolcott, The Clan of Tudor Trevor. http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id55.html Accessed August 26, 2015. Welsh genealogies are long on pedigrees and short on dates. As a result, the dates sometimes attached to individuals conflict with dates attached to their parents or children. Darrell Wolcott, President, Center for the Study of Ancient Wales, has constructed estimated birth years for those coming before and following Tudor Trevor which seek to resolve the conflicts. Born in Jefferson, Texas in 1935 Darrell Wolcott grew up in Ohio. After a career in banking he took early retirement in 1996, and returning to his place of birth he created and endowed the Center for the Study of Ancient Wales (a non-profit foundation with a library of some 3200 volumes) located in Jefferson, Texas. The foundation has constructed a small castle to house its library and offices and acquired copies of thousands of source and secondary works related to the history of Wales, many of which are otherwise unavailable outside Britain. At present he is its sole researcher.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} H. F. J. Vaughn. Oswestry, Ancient and Modern, and Its Local Families, pp. 193-224, in Archaeologia Cambrensis. The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. Vol I, 5th Series, Table, p. 210. London: Pickering and Co, 1884 https://books.google.com/books?id=PtU4AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA211&ots=_0j1QTangt&dq=madoc%20lloyd%20iorwerth&pg=PA212#v=onepage&q=madoc%20lloyd%20&f=false
6. ↑ Angharad vh Iago ap Idwal ap Anarawd ap Rhodri a son Llywarch or Angharad vh Iago, Prince of North Wales from 1021 to 1031, son of Idwal ab Meurig ab Idwal Voel ab Anarawd ap Rhrodri Mawr, king of all Wales, whom he succeeded in 913.
7. ↑ Welsh Journals Online, Archaeologia Cambrensis, Fourth Series No. XXVII July 1876, p. 201; retrieved 2014-06-12, amb
8. ↑ The Clan of Tudor Trevor, by Darrell Wolcott, http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id55.html retrieved 2014-06-13, amb

See also:

• http://www.geni.com/people/Llywarch-Gam-ap-Lluddica/5357250836710124721