Cristin verch Goronwy or Christian verch Goronwy or Christiana ferch Goronwy was the second wife of
Owain Gwynedd
Owain ap Gruffudd ( 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called Owain the Great ( cy, Owain Fawr) and the first to be ...
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Childhood history
She was born around 1105 AD in
Tegaingl, Flint, Clwyd, Cymrumap. She was the daughter of Gronwy (ap Owain) Owain and Genilles V. (Hoedlyw) Owain. She was the sister to Rymel verch (Goronwy) Gronwy.
[ Owain ap Edwin, Lord of Tegeinel, was her grandfather.
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Adult history
She was married to Owain Gwynedd about 1145, a cousin. The church did not honor this as a true marriage.Dafydd Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include:
Given name Medieval era
:''Ordered chronologically''
* Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd
* Dafydd ap Gruffydd (123 ...
and Rhodri Rhodri is a male first name of Welsh origin. It is derived from the elements ''rhod'' "wheel" and ''rhi'' "king".
It may refer to the following people:
*Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal (690–754), Welsh king of Gwynedd (720—754)
* Rhodri Mawr ap ...
in their murder of their half-brother Hywel Hywel (), sometimes anglicised as Howel or Howell, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to:
* Saint Hywel, a sixth-century disciple of Saint Teilo and the king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend.
*Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, 9th-century ki ...
in 1170 to get control of Owain's estate and the inheritance.The age of Owain Gwynedd. An attempt at a connected account of the history of Wales from December, 1135, to November, 1170
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Other children of hers are Margaret ferch Owain Gwynedd, Iefan ab Owain Gwynedd, Angharad ferch Owain Gwynedd, and Angharad ferch Owain Gwynedd.
Death
It is unknown exactly where or when she died, assumed to be someplace in the Kingdom of Gwynedd
The Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: ; Middle Welsh: ) was a Welsh kingdom and a Roman Empire successor state that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.
Based in northwest Wales, th ...
in Wales.
Notes
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12th-century births
12th-century deaths
Welsh people of Irish descent