Llywelyn Aurdorchog (Welsh: "of the Golden

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Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

noble who served as the '' penteulu'' ("War-chief") and Prime Minister of the King of Wales,

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ( 5 August 1063) was King of Wales from 1055 to 1063. He had previously been King of Gwynedd and Powys in 1039. He was the son of King Llywelyn ap Seisyll and Angharad daughter of Maredudd ab Owain, and the great-gre ...

, and was rewarded with the Lordship of Ial (English: "Yale") and Ystrad Alud, two

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s in northeast

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. His arms were ''azure, a lion rampant guardant or''.Yorke, Philip & al.
The royal tribes of Wales
'. Accessed 4 Feb 2013. Llywelyn traced his ancestry to Sandde, a different son of

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from that claimed by the

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and

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. His eldest son

Llywelyn Fychan Llywelyn Fychan, meaning "Llywelyn the Lesser" or "Llywelyn the Younger", is a name that was applied to a number of minor Welsh lords and princes during the medieval period: *The son of Llywelyn Aurdorchog ( fl. 1065) *The younger son of Maredudd a ...

inherited his domain around the year AD 1065. His other sons were

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, Dolfyn, and Ednywain.Pughe, Wm. Owen.
The Cambridge Biography
'. E. Williams, 1803. Accessed 4 Feb 2013. His daughter Agnes wed Uchdryd ap

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, who was lord of Cyfeiliog and Meirion.

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