Hywel ap Trahaearn

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  • Name Hywel ap Trahaearn 
    Birth 1170  Llan-Gors, Breconshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I50838  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2018 

    Father Trahaearn ap Gwgon,   b. 1131, Llan-Gors, Breconshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1176 (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Jane verch Avon,   b. 1140 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Family ID F18899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nest Gruffydd,   b. 1178 
    Marriage 1190  Llan-Gors, Breconshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Rhys ap Hywel,   b. ~1260, Aberllefenni, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1328 (Age ~ 67 years)
    Family ID F18900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Hywel "Howel, Holl, Hoell" ap Trahaearn
      Born 1170 in Llan-Gors, Breconshire, Wales
      HIDE ANCESTORS
      Son of Trahaearn (Ap Gwgon) Gwgon and Jane verch Aron
      [sibling(s) unknown]
      Husband of Nest (Gruffudd) ferch Gruffydd — married 1190 in Llan Gors, Breconshire, Wales
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Father of Gwenllian (Howel) Hywel and Rhys ap Hywel
      Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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      Biography

      Different Sources give Different Mother

      Philip Gwys of Wiston had a daughter, Gwenllian, she married Gwgan ap Bleddynn. Their children were:

      Walter Wgan (Wogan), Lord of Wiston. Ancestor of the Wogans of Wiston and Picton Castle
      Sir Matthew Wogan[1]
      Trahaearn (Trahairn) ap Gwgon, m. Jane, dau. of Sir Aron ap Rhys ap Bledri, Lord of Blaen Cych and Kilsant (Cil-sant) in Pembrokeshire.[2] Jane is called Joan, daughter of Bleddyn, Lord of Cilsant by Thomas Nicholas in Annals and Antiquities, p. 90, Volume 1
      Hywel[3] married Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffyd ab Ivor.
      Rhys ab Hywel, married daughter of Gruffydd Gwyn, Esq.[4]
      Alternate Line - some sources cited
      Bleddyn ap Maenyrch b: 1020 in Wales. Married Elen ferch Tewdr Mawr b: 1030 in Wales. Their son:

      Gwgon ap Bleddyn b: 1060 in Wales. Married Gwenllian Gwys b: 1070 in Wales. Their son:
      Trahaern Ap Gwgon b: 1095 in Wales. Married Gwenllian Ferch Rhys b: 1100 in Wales (suspect data: no source given for marriage to Gwenllian) Their son:
      Hywel Ap Trahaern b: 1130 in Wales. Married Gwenllian Ferch Gruffudd b: 1140 in Wales.[5][6]
      Hywel was born about 1170, the son of Trahaearn ap Gwgon, arglwydd of Brecon, and was of, Llan-gors, Breconshire, Wales.[7] He married Nest ferch Gruffudd, probably the daughter of Gruffudd ab Ifor Bach. They had at least four children:[8]

      Rhys ap Hywel, b. Abt 1200, of, Aberllynfi, Breconshire; m. Catrin ferch Gruffudd "Gwyr"
      Hywel "Fychan" ap Hywel, b. Abt 1200, of, Llan-gors, Breconshire; m. Unknown ferch Hywel "Fychan"
      Gwenllian ferch Hywel, b. Abt 1200, of, Llan-gors, Breconshire; m. Gruffudd ab Ednyfed "Fychan"
      Catrin ferch Hywel, b. Abt 1200, of, Llan-gors, Breconshire; m. John Burchill

      Sources

      ? Dwnn, p. 55
      ? Lloyd, p. 417
      ? Nichols, p. 90, added 2014-07-12, amb
      ? Lloyd, p. 417
      ? Gaines Family, rootsweb page
      ? Gwynedd Meeting Friends of History — Evans Ancestry lists this person as his step-mother
      ? FamilySearch database
      ? FamilySearch Welsh database

      See also:

      Jacob Youde William Lloyd, The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog: And the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, Jacob Youde William Lloyd. Publisher T. Richards, 1887. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Nov 15, 2006.
      Thomas Nicholas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families, Volume 1 (Google eBook). Longmans, Green, Reader, 1872 .
      Lewys Dwnn & Samuel Rush Meyrick, Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, between the years ...
      This person was created through the import of My Family File.ged on 19 May 2010.
      This person was created on 12 September 2010 through the import of 104-B.ged.
      This person was created through the import of David Rentschler Family Tree_2010-09-30.ged on 01 October 2010.

      end of biography [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S12297] "Hywel (Hywel) Hywel ap Einion Fychan (1314 - 1372)", Biography, Pedigree & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/H.

    2. [S12298] "Hywel "Howel, Holl, Hoell" ap Trahaearn", Biography, Pedigree & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ap_Trahaearn.