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Susanna verch Gruffydd

Also Known As: "Sisana ferch Griffith", "Siwsanna ferch Ruvydd", "Susan ferch Gruffydd", "verch Gruffudd"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Caernarvonshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Death: 1165 (50-59)
Wales (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan and Angharad verch Owain
Wife of Madog ap Maredudd, Brenin Powys
Mother of Gruffudd Maelor ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield; Llewelyn ap Madog; Elisedd ap Madog; Owain Fychan ap Madog; Gwenllian verch Madog and 4 others
Sister of Merinedd verch Gruffydd; Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd; Rhanallt verch Gruffudd; Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd, King of Gwynedd; Cadwallon ap Gruffydd and 4 others

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About Susanna verch Gruffydd

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - The Children of Gruffudd, Nephew of Iago; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id80.html. (Steven Ferry, December 13, 2019.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Owain Brogyntyn and His Family; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id224.html. (Steven Ferry, July 28, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Kingship of Gwynedd - 1170 to 1175: http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id301.html (Steven Ferry, September 8, 2022.)

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Susanna verch Gruffydd b abt 1110, Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales, daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan and Angharad verch Owain. She md Madog ap Maredudd abt 1130, prob Wales, son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys, and Hunydd verch Einudd.

Children of Madog ap Maredudd and Susanna verch Gruffydd were:

1) Gruffydd-Maelor ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, b abt 1146.

2) Marared verch Madog b abt 1150, Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales. She md Iorwerth-Drwyndwn ap Owain abt 1168, son of Owain-Gwynedd ap Gruffydd and Gwladys verch Llywarch.

or, according http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Maredudd#Children :

1. Llywelyn ap Madog

2. Gruffydd Maelor

3. Owain Brogyntyn

4. Gwenllian ferch Madog, married Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth

5. Marared ferch Madog, married Iorwerth Drwyndwn and was the mother of Llywelyn the Great

6. Efa ferch Madog, married Cadwallon ap Madog



Courtesy of fantastically full family tree cf.:

Hughes of Gwerclas 1/2/3/4:

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughes...

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughes...

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughes...

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughes...


  1. 12694-Welsh Medieval Database

Susanna was the 2nd wife of Madog ab Maredudd, Brenin of Povys. Source- Griffith-Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvan,Page 331


  • Daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan
  • Wife of Madoc (Madog, Madwg) ap Maredudd

Welsh wives *did not* take their husbands' patronymics. It was not until the Welsh started using regular surnames (c. 16th century with isolated earlier examples) that women started taking their husbands' last names.


https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Susanna_Gruffydd_(1)

Name Susanna verch Gruffydd Alt Name[2] Susanna Gender Female Birth? abt 1095 Gwynedd, Wales Alt Birth? ABT 1098 Caernarvonshire, Wales Alt Birth? 1105 Caernarvonshire, Wales Marriage 1120 Aberffraw Castle,Aberffraw,Anglesey,Walesto Madog ap Maredudd , King of Powys Other Marriage Ending Status Divorce with Madog ap Maredudd , King of Powys Death? 1165 Burke,,,

Parents and Siblings (edit)

  ''' F.  Gruffydd ap Cynan'''
   '''M.  Angharad verch Owain'''

m. 1082

  *  Rhanullt verch Gruffydd

* Elen verch Gruffydd
* Merinedd Verch Gruffydd
* Margred verch Gruffudd
* Susanna verch Gruffydd
* Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd
* Cadwallon ap Gruffydd
* Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd , King of Gwynedd
* Membyr Ap Gruffudd
* Rhael Verch Gruffudd
* Annes verch Gruffudd
* Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd
* Margred verch Gruffudd
* Tudwal Ap Gruffudd
Spouse and Children (edit)

 '''  H.  Madog ap Maredudd , King of Powys'''
   * W.  Susanna verch Gruffydd

m. 1120

  *  Gruffydd ap Madog

* Llewelyn ap Madog
* Owain ap Madog
* Elise ap Madog
* Margaret ferch Madog
* Gwenllian verch Madog
* Efa verch Madog
* Iorwerth ap Madog
* Owain ap Madog
* Miss Verch Madog
References :

     SUSANN, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

↑ Gruffudd ap Cynan 1, in Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement). Welsh genealogies, AD 300-1400. (Wales: University of Wales Press, c1980).

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Susanna verch Gruffydd's Timeline

1110
1110
Caernarvonshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1121
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Montgomeryshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
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Montgomeryshire, Wales
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Montgomeryshire, Wales
1130
Mechoin, Montgomeryshire, Wales
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Montgomeryshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
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Montgomeryshire, Wales
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