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Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales, -1063

LC control no.n 78040215
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Personal name headingGruffudd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales, -1063
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Variant(s)Griffith ap Llywelyn, King of Wales, -1063
Gruffydd ab Llewelyn, King of Wales, d. 1063
Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, King of Wales, -1063
Biography/History noteGruffydd ap Llywelyn was the ruler of all Wales from 1055 until his death in 1063.
Associated countryWales
Death date1063
Profession or occupationKings and rulers
Found inLlywelyn, M. The wind from Hastings, 1978 (subj.) CIP p. 34 (Griffith ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, King of Gwynedd, Powys, Deheubarth, and Morgannwg)
Ency. Brit., 1972 (Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, d. 1063)
New ency. Brit. (macropaedia) 1974 (Gruffudd ap Llywelyn; brought Gwynedd, then Deheubarth, and finally the whole of Wales under his dominion)
DNB, 1937 (Gruffydd ab Llewelyn, king of the Welsh; d. 1063)
Oxford dictionary of national biography online, Mar. 31, 2014: (Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), king of Gwynedd and of Deheubarth, was an aggressive and powerful ruler of Gwynedd from 1039 to 1063 and, after a series of attempts to secure the south, he ruled Deheubarth from 1055 until his death; With the deaths of Rhys ap Rhydderch in 1053 and of Gruffudd ap Rhydderch in 1055, the southern kingdom could not produce a strong candidate, and Gruffudd ap Llywelyn could establish himself as ruler of Wales)
Welsh biography online, Mar. 31, 2014: (GRUFFUDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1063 ), king of Gwynedd and Powys, and after 1055 king of all Wales)
   <http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-GRUF-APL-1063.html>
Wikipedia, Mar. 31, 2014: (Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1007-1063 or 1064) was the ruler of all Wales from 1055 until his death; In 1056, he won another victory over an English army near Glasbury. Now a true King of Wales, he claimed sovereignty over the whole of Wales)
Not found inBM, 1956-70; NUC, pre-1956-67.