Tudur Hen
Tudur Hen or Tudur ap Goronwy (died 1311) was a Welsh aristocrat and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd, Anglesey, North Wales. His father Goronwy ab Ednyfed (d.1268) was seneschal to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Kingdom of Gwynedd between 1246 and 1256. In 1263 he led a military campaign in Gwent.[1][2]
Tudur Hen (Tudur the Elder) took part in the Madog ap Llywelyn uprising, and is named as Madog's steward in the so-called Penmachno Document. He married Angharad ferch Ithel Fychan, had five sons: Goronwy, Ednyfed, Rhys, Gwilym and Maredudd.[3] He was a very wealthy landowner.
He died in 1311 and was buried in the Dominican friary at Bangor.
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 Glyndŵr) | 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
- ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ↑ www.geni.com; accessed 2014
- ↑ http://tudorhistory.org/; accessed 9 September 2014