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Gruffydd ap Llywelyn King of Wales

d. 1063

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Died
1063

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Gruffydd ap Llywelyn is the only man who ever ruled the whole of Wales, from Anglesey to Gwent, and he held it for eight years until Harold Godwinson broke him and his own men brought Harold his head.

Research notes

GRUFFYDD ap LLYWELYN, KING OF ALL WALES (c.1010-1063); m. Ealdgyth of Mercia; father of Nest (our line). The only king of a united Wales - a sovereign crown. Standard well-documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.

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