Ethyllt ferch Cynan, also known as Esyllt ferch Cynan Dindaethwy, was the daughter of King Cynan Dindaethwy ap Rhodri of Gwynedd.[1]
Marriage
In 768 she was married to Gwriad ap Elidyr.[2] It is possible this was a later invention to legitimise the claims to Gwynedd of the descendants of Merfyn Frych; according to some source Merfyn was her son, in others he was her husband and Esyllt was the mother of Rhodri Mawr.[3] After the death of her father in 816, the throne was secured by her uncle Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog.
References
- ^ Maund, K. L. (1996). Gruffudd Ap Cynan: A Collaborative Biography. Boydell & Brewer. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-85115-389-6.
- ^ Brady, Lindy (4 August 2022). The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. pp. 151–152. ISBN 978-1-009-22565-6.
- ^ Thornton, David E. (2003). Kings, Chronologies, and Genealogies: Studies in the Political History of Early Medieval Ireland and Wales. Occasional Publications UPR. pp. 87–98. ISBN 978-1-900934-09-1.
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