Cynan ab Iago (c. 1014[citation needed] – c. 1063) was a Welsh prince of the House of Aberffraw sometimes credited with briefly reigning as King of Gwynedd. His father, Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, had been king before him and his son, Gruffudd, was king after him.
Iago was King of Gwynedd from 1023 to 1039 but was killed (possibly by his own men) while Cynan was still young. The throne was seized by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, a member of a cadet branch of the royal dynasty. Cynan fled to Ireland and took refuge in the Viking settlement at Dublin. He married Ragnailt, the daughter of its King Olaf Sigtryggsson and granddaughter of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard. Ragnailt appeared on the list of the "Fair Women of Ireland" in the Book of Leinster and was also descended from Brian Boru.
Cynan may have died fairly soon after the birth of their son Gruffudd, as the 13th-century History of Gruffydd ap Cynan details Cynan's ancestry but omits him from its account of Gruffudd's youth. Instead, Gruffudd's mother tells him about his father and the patrimony he should claim across the sea.[1] Following two major Saxon invasions under Harold and Tostig Godwinson, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was killed in 1063: the later Welsh Brut y Tywysogion reported he was done in by his own men, while the Ulster Chronicle stated he was killed by Cynan ab Iago. This may account for later records in Gwynedd calling Cynan a king or, alternatively, it may simply have been an honorary title on account of his family. If Cynan ruled, it was very briefly, for Bleddyn ap Cynfyn was installed by the Saxons the same year.
^History of Gruffydd ap Cynan, 13th c. Accessed 6 Feb 2013.
CynanabIago (c. 1014[citation needed] – c. 1063) was a Welsh prince of the House of Aberffraw sometimes credited with briefly reigning as King of Gwynedd...
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Iago's grandson Gruffudd ap Cynan later won the throne of Gwynedd, and because his father, CynanabIago, was little known in Wales...
as "grandson of Iago" rather than the more usual "son of Cynan", indicating that his father was little known in Wales. Cynan ap Iago seems to have died...
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ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth. Gwenllian was the daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan (1055–1137), Prince of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain, and a member of...
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August - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, ruler of Wales (assassinated) probable - CynanabIago, Prince of Gwynedd 1070 probable - Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, Prince and co-ruler...
and the house of Aberffraw through the marriage of Gruffudd ap Cynan's father CynanabIago to the daughter of a Norseman after he took refuge in the Kingdom...
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on Anglesey about the year 1100, he was Gruffudd ap Cynan's second child, grandchild of Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl via his mother Angharad ferch Owain...
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seized the throne but was soon challenged by Gruffudd ap Cynan, the exiled grandson of Iagoab Idwal ap Meurig who had been living in the Norse–Gael stronghold...
Harold. The Ulster Chronicle states that he was killed in 1064 by Cynan, whose father Iago had been put to death by Gruffydd in 1039. Gruffydd had probably...
the 1050s and 1060s. Diarmait also appears to have previously backed CynanabIago, a man who was a bitter rival and seemingly the eventual slayer of Ælfgar's...
pedigree is given as ... Cynan tintaeth6y. M. Rodri mol6yna6c. M. Idwal I6rch. M. Kadwaladyr vendigeit. M. Katwalla6n. M. Kad6ga6n. M. Iago. M. Beli. M. Run hir...
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king of Essex (approximate date) Secundus of Non, Lombard abbot Selyf ap Cynan, king of Powys Yeon Taejo, prime minister of Goguryeo (approximate date)...
Powys and Cadwal Crysban of Rhôs. Circumstantial evidence suggests that King Iago of Gwynedd may have also been killed. Other sources state the battle may...
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