Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameSaint Tewdrig AP LLYWARCH King Of Gwent & Glywyssing, 40G Grandfather
FatherLlywarch AP NYNNIAW King Of Gwent & Glywyssing (~564-)
Spouses
1Ennynny VCH CYNFARCH, 40G Grandmother
FatherCynfarch Oer AP MEIRCHION King Of North Rheged (~480-)
MotherNyfain VCH BRYCHAN
ChildrenMeurig (~596-~665)
Web Notes notes for Saint Tewdrig AP LLYWARCH King Of Gwent & Glywyssing
Bartrum's "Welsh Classical Dictionary". His story is told in the Book of Llandaf (BLD 141-2). Teudiric gave up his kingdom to his son Meurig in order to live the life of a hermit among the rocks of Tintern. While he was thus employed the Saxons began to invade his kingdom. When he had been king he had always overcome his enemies, but his son was in danger of being dispossessed by the foreigners. An angel advised Tewdrig to go and face the enemy and prophesied that they would be turned to flight as far as Pwll Brochwel. Afterwards for the space of thirty years they would not dare to invade the country. But he himself would be wounded by a single stroke, and would die peacefully in three days. So he went with his sons's army and stood on the bank of the Wye at Rhyd Tyndyrn. When the enemy saw him they turned in flight, but one of them threw a lance and wounded him.
He expressed a desire to be buried in the isle of Echni [Flatholm]. Stags brought him in a carriage to a meadow near the Severn and there he died. The place where Tewdrig was buried was called Merthyr Tewdrig, now Matharn in Gwent (BLD, WATU, WCO 90) and he is patron of the church (PW 79). His commemoration is given in only one Welsh Calendar, on Jan 3 (LBS I.70).
Following the Life of Teilo in the Book of Llandaf we are told that Teilo received gifts from Teudiric filio Teithpall one of the kings of his time (BLD 118). There are no charters to support this, and indeed Teilo was probably long dead in his time. Teudubric heads the pedigree of the kings of Glywysing and Gwent in HG 28 but his son Meurig is accidentally omitted. The JC 9 version restores his son Meurig but makes Tewdrig son of Llywarch ap Nynnio ap Erb. ABT 15 agrees with the Book of Llandaf in making him the son of Teithfall ap Nynnio ab Yrb. One suspects that the introduction of Teithfall as his father is due to confusion with TEWDRIG AP TEITHFALL OF GARTHMADRUN who occurs in the Brychan documents as grandfather of Brychan. This Tewdrig can hardly be the same person, although in the Life of St. Cadog it seems that the two have been confused because, as the ancestor Cadog, he is called "Teudiric who was martyred in Gwent" son of Teithfall ab Idnerth ab Yrb.
He expressed a desire to be buried in the isle of Echni [Flatholm]. Stags brought him in a carriage to a meadow near the Severn and there he died. The place where Tewdrig was buried was called Merthyr Tewdrig, now Matharn in Gwent (BLD, WATU, WCO 90) and he is patron of the church (PW 79). His commemoration is given in only one Welsh Calendar, on Jan 3 (LBS I.70).
Following the Life of Teilo in the Book of Llandaf we are told that Teilo received gifts from Teudiric filio Teithpall one of the kings of his time (BLD 118). There are no charters to support this, and indeed Teilo was probably long dead in his time. Teudubric heads the pedigree of the kings of Glywysing and Gwent in HG 28 but his son Meurig is accidentally omitted. The JC 9 version restores his son Meurig but makes Tewdrig son of Llywarch ap Nynnio ap Erb. ABT 15 agrees with the Book of Llandaf in making him the son of Teithfall ap Nynnio ab Yrb. One suspects that the introduction of Teithfall as his father is due to confusion with TEWDRIG AP TEITHFALL OF GARTHMADRUN who occurs in the Brychan documents as grandfather of Brychan. This Tewdrig can hardly be the same person, although in the Life of St. Cadog it seems that the two have been confused because, as the ancestor Cadog, he is called "Teudiric who was martyred in Gwent" son of Teithfall ab Idnerth ab Yrb.