Tegwared y Bais Wen ap Llywelyn (English: Tegwared with the White Mantle/Escutcheon, son of Llewelyn), Lord of Trefdraeth was a natural son of

Llywelyn the Great Llywelyn the Great ( cy, Llywelyn Fawr, ; full name Llywelyn mab Iorwerth; c. 117311 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually " Prince of the Welsh" (in 1228) and "Prince of Wales" (in 1240). By a combination of war and d ...

, Prince of Aberffraw, by a woman in some sources given as Crysten. He was born circa 1210. 'The white

mantle A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that. Mantle may refer to: *Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear **Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox ve ...

' refers to his coat of arms (as shown to the right). Tegwared served as a General in his father's army and held the Lordship of Trefdraeth, Anglesey, where his posterity lived for the next 600 years. It is recorded that he was adopted and raised by Ednyfed Vychan, his father's

Seneschal The word ''seneschal'' () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ...

. Tegwared later married his daughter, Gwenlian ferch Ednyfed Vychan. They had the following children: * Howel ap Tegwared * Angharad ap Tegwared * Arddun ap Tegwared * Tegwared Vychan ap Tegwared (b. circa 1250)

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