Gruffudd ap Cynan

Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055 – 1137) is King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137.

In the course of a long and eventful life, he becomes a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule, and is remembered as King of all Wales.

As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr, Gruffudd ap Cynan is a senior member of the princely house of Aberffraw.

Through his mother, Gruffudd hads close family connections with the Norse settlement around Dublin and he frequently uses Ireland as a refuge and as a source of troops.

He three times gains the throne of Gwynedd and then loses it again before regaining it once more in 1099 and this time keeping power until his death.

Gruffudd lays the foundations that will be built upon by his son Owain Gwynedd and his great-grandson Llywelyn the Great.

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