Tudors of Penmynydd

This is an article on the lineage of the Tudor Family of Penmynydd, Anglesey (or The House of Tudor). The coronation and lives of the Tudor family members in England is a separate article: the Tudor dynasty.

The Tudors of Penmynydd was a noble and aristocratic family, connected with the village of Penmynydd in Anglesey, North Wales who were very influential in Welsh (and later English) politics.

The family descended from Ednyfed Fychan (d. in 1246), the Welsh warrior who became seneschal to the Kingdom of Gwynedd in North Wales, serving Llywelyn the Great and later his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. He was a descendant (9th in descent) 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] The house of Tudors came to an end in the 17th century.^[2]

The present house was built in 1576 on the site of a much older building which was the seat of the Tudor Family. Iolo Goch visited the property between 1367-82 and wrote a famous ode to the family and the old mansion house.

Contents 1 The Owain Glyndŵr Era 2 The Tudor dynasty 3 Post Tudor dynasty 4 Lineage 5 References

The Owain Glyndŵr Era

In the 15th century, three of the Tudor brothers gave their allegiance to Owain Glyndwr, their first cousin: Rhys ap Tudur, Gwilym ap Tudur and Maredudd ap Tudur (grandfather of Henry VII). Following Glyndwr's demise, much of the Tudor's lands were taken by the English crown.

The Tudor dynasty

The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a European royal house of Welsh origin that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms from 1485 until 1603. Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond was the son of Welsh courtier Owain Tudur (anglicised to "Owen Tudor") and Katherine of Valois, widowed Queen Consort of the Lancastrian King Henry V. His son Henry Tudor, born in Pembroke, grew up in south Wales and in exile in Brittany. Henry proclaimed himself the Lancastrian heir. His mother was able to forge an alliance with discontented Yorkists in support of her son, who landed in England and defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, proclaiming himself King Henry VII.

In total, five Tudor monarchs ruled their domains for just over a century. Henry VIII of England was the only male-line male heir of Henry VII to live to the age of majority. Issues around the Royal succession (including marriage, divorce, and the succession rights of women) became major political themes during the Tudor era.

The Tudor line failed in 1603 with the death of Elizabeth I of England, who died without any children to succeed her.

Post Tudor dynasty

The descendants of Tudur ab Ednyfed Fychan later evolved into the Griffiths family of Penrhyn as well as Sir Gruffudd Llwyd and Sir Rhys ap Gruffudd (d.1356).

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