Anna Mawgawse (565 - 610)

Born 0565 in Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 0610 at about age 45 in North Wales

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Biography

Disambiguation

There appear to be two women named Mawgawse, or some variation, who lived at different times:

• Space:Morgause, Mawgawse is a figure in the Arthur narratives and would be dated around 475. In the Arthur narratives she is the sister of Morgen ferch Gwyrlys, and in some later narratives is merged with Morgen. In the Arthur narratives, Uther Pendragon was her father.
• Anna Mawgawse figures in early Welsh genealogies as the wife of Gwair ap Dwywg. She was probably born around 565 This Anna is often conflated into the Arthur narratives, but actually lived a century later. For this reason she has been disconnected from [[DeBritain-8|Uther Pendragon as father, whose time period would have been a century earlier.

Birth

Anna Mawgawse, Princess of Britain, was born 565. ^[1]

Other sources suggest her birth in Cornwall.

Marriage

She married Gwair (Cade) ap Dwywg, Prince of Rheged, who also was born 565 ^[1]

Her husband was a descendant of Saint Brychan:

1. Saint Brychan of Wales had an illegitmate daughter by Banhandlwedd of Powys while he was being held hostage in ireland. ^[1]
2. Gwawr verch Brychan, their daughter, Princess of Brycheiniog, was born about 1470 in Brycheiniog, Breconshire, Wales. She married Elidyr "The Stout and Hndsome", King of Rheged, born about 462 ^[1]
3. Llywarch "the Old" ap Elidyr, their son, King of Rheged, was born about 520 and died 634.^[1]
4. Dwywg ap llywarch, his son, of Rheged, was born about 545.^[1]
5. Gwair (Caid) ap Dwywg, Prince of Reghed, his son, was born about 565. He married Anna Mawgawse, Princess of Britain, born about 565.^[1]

610 Death

She died 0610 in North Wales

Issue and Line of Descent to Rhodri the Great

Gwair and Anna had at least one child:

1. Tegid ap Gwair of Rheged, born about 599, son of Gwair and Anna, married Anna of Britain, born about 620.^[1]

Tegid in turn was an ancestor of Rhodri the Great:

1. Alewn (Alcun) ap Tegid of rheged, son of Tegid and Anna, was born about 649^[1]
2. Sandde ap Alcun King of Ynys Manaw b. about 678, married Celemion Verch Tudwal, Princess of Isle of Man, b. about 695^[1]
3. Elidr (Elidyr) ap Sandde, King of Ynys Manaw, b. about 720^[1]
4. Guriat (Byriad) ap Elidyr, King of Isle of Man, born about 740, d 825. married Esyllt Verch Cynan Princess of Gwynedd, b. about 742.^[1]
5. Merfyn "The Freckled" ap Gwriad, King Gwynedd, born about 764, died between 843 and 844.^[1]
6. Rhodri Mawr ("the Great") ap Merfyn, King of Gwynedd, b. about 789, d. 878. Married Angharad verch meurig of Ceredigion, born about 825^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Brian Daniel Starr. Life of Saint Raymond, Privately Published, 2014. page 82, accessed 2014-04-26, amb