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Gwalchmai ap Meilir Brydydd

Gwalchmai ap Meilir Brydydd

Male Abt 1130 - Yes, date unknown    Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Gwalchmai ap Meilir Brydydd 
    Birth Abt 1130  Malltraeth commote, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I676082  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2010 

    Family Genilles ferch Gwrgeneu,   b. Abt 1130, Powys gwlad, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Einion ap Gwalchmai,   b. Abt 1170, Trewalchmai, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F297691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2010 

  • Notes 
    • arglwydd of Malltraeth

      One of the most emient poets of the 12th century, and a skilled performer on the harp. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 128 fn. 1)

      1150-1190. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 1)

      Trewalchmai, Malltraeth. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 7 p. 476)

      Lord of Malltraeth. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 1)

      He is said to have accompanied Richard "Coeur de Lion" to the Holy Wars. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 128 fn. 1)

      Twelve of his poems are preserved and printed in 'Myvyrian Archaiology'. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 128 fn. 1)

      In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.



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