Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn () was an 11th-century Welsh King and co-ruler of the kingdoms of

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and

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from 1063 to 1070.Pierce, T. J., (1959). RHIWALLON ap CYNFYN (died 1070), king of Powys. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 23 Aug 2020, from https://biography.wales/article/s-RHIW-APC-1070. The son of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan and brother of

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the ...

Bleddyn of

. Through his mother Angharad, he was half-brother to

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ( 5 August 1063) was King of Wales from 1055 to 1063. He had previously been King of Gwynedd and Powys in 1039. He was the son of King Llywelyn ap Seisyll and Angharad daughter of Maredudd ab Owain, and the great-gre ...

as well. Following the 1063 invasion of Wales by Harold and

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that overthrew Gruffydd, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn jointly received Powys and Gwynedd on condition of faithfully serving Edward the Confessor "everywhere by water and by land". In August 1067, Rhiwallon and Bleddyn joined

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in an attack upon

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as part of the Saxon resistance to the recent Norman Conquest of England. In 1070, the two brothers fought in the

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against Gruffydd's sons Maredudd and Idwal. Though victorious, Rhiwallon was slain in battle and left Bleddyn sole prince of North Wales.

Children

* Gwladys, who married

Rhys ap Tewdwr Rhys ap Tewdwr (c. 1040 – 1093) was a king of Deheubarth in Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great. He was born in the area which is now Carmarthenshire and died at the battle of Brecon in April ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn 11th-century Welsh monarchs 1020 births 1070 deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain

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