Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameIorwerth Drwyndwn AP OWAIN GWYNEDD Prince Of North Wales, 25G Grandfather
FatherOwain Fawr AP GRUFFYDD Prince Of Gwynedd (~1100-1169)
MotherGwladys VCH LLYWARCH
Spouses
1Margaret VCH MADOG, 25G Grandmother
FatherMadog AP MAREDUDD Prince Of Powys (1091-1160)
ChildrenLlywelyn Fawr (1173-1240)
Web Notes notes for Iorwerth Drwyndwn AP OWAIN GWYNEDD Prince Of North Wales
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (176:6). Bartrum's "Welsh Genealogies".
. Iorwerth Drwyndwn [flatnose], son by the first 'wife' Gwladus f. Llywarch, was father of LLYWELYN ap Iorwerth [both the _Handbook of British Chronology_ and Lloyd's _History of Wales_ state that Llywelyn was born in 1173] and Adda ap Iorwerth. He married the daughter of Madog ap Meredydd, Prince of Powys. One account states that Iorwerth was excluded from his share in the succession because of his deformity, and was driven out of Gwynedd, meeting an untimely demise in Powys. But an elegy upon him by Seisyll Brffwrch calls him ruler of Arfon, and his grave is said to be in the church of Llandudclud [now Penmachno] at the head of the Conway Valley. Lloyd also thinks there is good reason to believe he held the commote of Nanconwy with the castle of Dolwyddelan. Wynne says Iorwerth received the hundreds of Nanconwy and Ardydwy as his inheritance, and that he dwelled at the castle of Dolwyddelan, where it is though his son Llywelyn might have been born.
Iowerth was his father's heir, but his nickname seems to suggest that he suffered from some disability which apparently disqualified him, at least in the eyes of some, for the kingship. As a result when his father died in 1170, Gwynedd was divided between several of his descendants.
King HENRY II of England recognized Iowerth's half brother, Dafydd as king. By about 1194, however, division was so rife in all of Wales, including Gwynedd, that Dafydd was actually able to exercise control only over an area known as the Perfeddwlad. This set the scene for the arrival on the scene of the man who again unite the Welsh - LLYWELYN THE GREAT, Iowerth's son.
Iorwerth was killed in battle at Pennant Melangell in Powys, during the wars deciding the succession following the death of his father.
. Iorwerth Drwyndwn [flatnose], son by the first 'wife' Gwladus f. Llywarch, was father of LLYWELYN ap Iorwerth [both the _Handbook of British Chronology_ and Lloyd's _History of Wales_ state that Llywelyn was born in 1173] and Adda ap Iorwerth. He married the daughter of Madog ap Meredydd, Prince of Powys. One account states that Iorwerth was excluded from his share in the succession because of his deformity, and was driven out of Gwynedd, meeting an untimely demise in Powys. But an elegy upon him by Seisyll Brffwrch calls him ruler of Arfon, and his grave is said to be in the church of Llandudclud [now Penmachno] at the head of the Conway Valley. Lloyd also thinks there is good reason to believe he held the commote of Nanconwy with the castle of Dolwyddelan. Wynne says Iorwerth received the hundreds of Nanconwy and Ardydwy as his inheritance, and that he dwelled at the castle of Dolwyddelan, where it is though his son Llywelyn might have been born.
Iowerth was his father's heir, but his nickname seems to suggest that he suffered from some disability which apparently disqualified him, at least in the eyes of some, for the kingship. As a result when his father died in 1170, Gwynedd was divided between several of his descendants.
King HENRY II of England recognized Iowerth's half brother, Dafydd as king. By about 1194, however, division was so rife in all of Wales, including Gwynedd, that Dafydd was actually able to exercise control only over an area known as the Perfeddwlad. This set the scene for the arrival on the scene of the man who again unite the Welsh - LLYWELYN THE GREAT, Iowerth's son.
Iorwerth was killed in battle at Pennant Melangell in Powys, during the wars deciding the succession following the death of his father.