Goronwy ap Tudur Hen

Goronwy ap Tudur Hen (d.1338), Lord of Penmynydd was a member of the noble Tudor family of Penmynydd, Anglesey, North Wales and a descendant of Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Rhos, Lord Protector of Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd and the ancestor of Owen Tudor and thereby of the Tudor dynasty.[1] An elegy was written to him by Bleddyn Ddu.[2]

He was the son of Tudur ap Goronwy (d. 1311) also known as Tudur Hen (Tudur the Elder), and Angharad ferch Ithel Fychan.

He served as a soldier in Scotland and may well have fought at Bannockburn in 1314. In 1318 he followed Sir Gruffudd Llwyd as Forester of Snowdon.

He married Gwerfyl ferch Madog, daughter of Madog ap Dafydd, Baron of Hendwr. They had two sons: Hywel, who gained position as a canon of Bangor Cathedral (and later as Archdeacon of Anglesey); the other son was Tudur, who was influential in North Wales and was the grandfather of Owen Tudor.

He was burried at Bangor.

Lineage

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ednyfed Fychan
d. 1246
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goronwy ab Ednyfed
d. 1268
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tudur Hen
(also known as Tudur ap Goronwy)
d. 1311
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goronwy ap Tudur Hen
d. 1331
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elen ferch Tomos
(mother of Owain Glyndwr)
 
 
Marged ferch Tomos
 
 
Tudur ap Goronwy
d. 1367
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maredudd ap Tudur
d.1406
 
Rhys ap Tudur
d. 1409
 
Gwilym ap Tudur
d. 1413
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Owen Tudor
(Owain Tudur)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
d. 1456
 
Jasper Tudor
d.1495
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henry VII of England
d. 1509

References

  1. ^ Bezzant Lowe, Walter (1912). The Heart of Northern Wales. Llanfairfechan. p354.
  2. ^ Beirdd yr Uchelwyr Published by Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru, 1995; ISBN 0947531092.