Gruffudd ap Llywelyn

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11th-century ruler Welsh king monarch

Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was an 11th-century Welsh king who, uniquely, succeeded in uniting much of Wales under his rule before being overthrown and killed in 1063.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth (Gruffudd ap Llywelyn) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century ruler ⓘ
Welsh king ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith House of Gwynedd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Welsh unification ⓘ
causeOfDeath overthrown and killed in revolt ⓘ
conflict raids into England ⓘ
wars against the English kingdom ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1063 ⓘ
deathPlace Snowdonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
north Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
expandedTerritory Deheubarth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glamorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gwynedd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Powys NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Llywelyn ap Seisyll NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion medieval Wales ⓘ
language Welsh ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed ⓘ
mentionedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brut y Tywysogion NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Angharad ferch Maredudd NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being the only ruler to unite most of Wales before the Norman conquest ⓘ
uniting much of Wales under his rule ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
opponent Edward the Confessor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harold Godwinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld King of Gwynedd NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of Powys ⓘ
overlord of much of Wales ⓘ
ruler of Deheubarth ⓘ
precededBy Hywel ab Edwin in Deheubarth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig in Gwynedd NERFINISHED ⓘ
reign c. 1055–1063 as ruler of most of Wales ⓘ
reignEnd 1063 ⓘ
reignStart c. 1039 in Gwynedd ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Ealdgyth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ealdgyth of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
stepFather Rhys ap Tewdwr NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Bleddyn ap Cynfyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
title King of all Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Welsh principalities → notableRuler → Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ⓘ
Ealdgyth of Mercia → spouse → Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ⓘ
Ealdgyth of Mercia → spouseTitle → Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth (Gruffudd ap Llywelyn)