Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn () was an 11th-century Welsh King and co-ruler of the kingdoms of
Gwynedd and
Powys
Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain.
Geog ...
from 1063 to 1070.
[Pierce, T. J., (1959). RHIWALLON ap CYNFYN (died 1070), king of Powys. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 23 Aug 2020, from https://biography.wales/article/s-RHIW-APC-1070.] The son of
Cynfyn ap Gwerstan and brother of
King
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Bleddyn of
Powys
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. Through his mother
Angharad, he was half-brother to
King
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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 ...
as well. Following the 1063 invasion of Wales by
Harold
Harold may refer to:
People
* Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Harold (surname), surname in the English language
* András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold"
Arts a ...
and
Tostig Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson ( 102925 September 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson. After being exiled by his brother, Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England, and was killed ...
that overthrew Gruffydd, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn jointly received Powys and Gwynedd on condition of faithfully serving
Edward the Confessor "everywhere by water and by land".
In August 1067, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn joined
Eadric the Wild
Eadric ''the Wild'' (or Eadric ''Silvaticus''), also known as Wild Edric, Eadric ''Cild'' (or ''Child'') and Edric ''the Forester'', was an Anglo-Saxon magnate of Shropshire and Herefordshire who led English resistance to the Norman Conquest, acti ...
in an attack upon
Herefordshire
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as part of the Saxon resistance to the recent
Norman Conquest of England. In 1070, the two brothers fought in the
Battle of Mechain against Gruffydd's sons
Maredudd and
Idwal. Though victorious, Rhiwallon was slain in battle and left Bleddyn sole prince of North Wales.
Children
* Gwladys, who married
Rhys ap Tewdwr
See also
*
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 ...
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Kingdom of Powys
The Kingdom of Powys ( cy, Teyrnas Powys; la, Regnum Poysiae) was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. It very roughly covered the northern t ...
*
Kings of Wales family trees
Family trees of the kings of Gwynedd, Deheubarth and
Powys and some of their more prominent relatives and heirs. The early generations of these genealogies are traditional and their historical accuracy is debated by scholars.
...
Notes
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11th-century Welsh monarchs
1020 births
1070 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain