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Birth:          ABT 1014 of Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
Death:          ABT 1063 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynan_ab_Iago
Cynan ab Iago (c. 1014[citation needed] – c. 1063) was a Welsh prince of the House 
of Aberffraw sometimes credited with briefly reigning as King of Gwynedd. His father, 
Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, had been king before him and his son, Gruffudd, was king 
after him.

Iago was King of Gwynedd from 1023 to 1039 but was killed (possibly by his own men) 
while Cynan was still young. The throne was seized by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, a 
member of a cadet branch of the royal dynasty. Cynan fled to Ireland and took refuge 
in the Viking settlement at Dublin. He married Ragnhilda, the daughter of its King Olaf 
Sigtryggsson and granddaughter of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard. Ragnhilda appeared on 
the list of the "Fair Women of Ireland" in the Book of Leinster and was also 
descended from Brian Boru.

Cynan may have died fairly soon after the birth of their son Gruffudd, as the 13th-
century History of Gruffydd ap Cynan details Cynan's ancestry but omits him from its 
account of Gruffudd's youth. Instead, Gruffudd's mother tells him about his father and 
the patrimony he should claim across the sea.[1] Following two major Saxon invasions 
under Harold and Tostig Godwinson, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was killed in 1063: the later 
Welsh Brut y Tywysogion reported he was done in by his own men, while the Ulster 
Chronicle stated he was killed by Cynan ab Iago. This may account for later records in 
Gwynedd calling Cynan a king or, alternatively, it may simply have been an honorary 
title on account of his family. If Cynan ruled, it was very briefly, for Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 
was installed by the Saxons the same year.

Children[edit]

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Gruffudd

Parents
AP IDWAL Iago (ABT  974 - 1039)
VERCH GWAIR Afandreg (ABT  974 - )

Siblings
AP IAGO Cynan (ABT 1014 - ABT 1063)

Marriage To ____ Ragnhilda (ABT 1031 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
SIGTRYGGSSON Olaf (ABT 1000 - 1034)
OF LEINSTER Maelcorcre (ABT 1000 - )

Children by ____ Ragnhilda ABT 1031 - 
AP CYNAN Gruffydd (1055 - 1137)

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