Tudwal Gloff ( en, Tudwal the Lame or cy, Tudwal ap Rhodri; born c. 860) was the youngest of the four sons of
Rhodri the Great
Rhodri ap Merfyn ( 820 – 873/877/878), popularly known as Rhodri the Great ( cy, Rhodri Mawr), succeeded his father, Merfyn Frych, as King of Gwynedd in 844. Rhodri annexed Powys c. 856 and Seisyllwg c. 871. He is called "King of the Britons" ...
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Life
He earned his epithet 'the Lame' after being wounded in his knee at the
Battle of the Conwy in 881 AD fighting alongside his brothers against the invading
Mercians
la, Merciorum regnum
, conventional_long_name=Kingdom of Mercia
, common_name=Mercia
, status=Kingdom
, status_text=Independent kingdom (527–879)Client state of Wessex ()
, life_span=527–918
, era=Heptarchy
, event_start=
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Because he had become lame, his brothers gave him the territory of Uchelogoed Gwynedd and the chief churches of
Gwynedd
Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...
. The arms borne by Tudwal Gloff were azure, a wolf saliant argent, langued armed gules. He held the title Lord of Uchel Gwenydd. He married Helen, daughter of Aleth, ruler of Dyfed.
References
860s births
Year of death unknown
9th-century Welsh people
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