ARTHUR'S ANCESTORS
& DESCENDANTS
PART 1: ANCESTORS OF KING ARTHUR
, three ancestral-linesLINE 1A: male-line ancestry
01. [name]
, said to have been of the "Forum Iulii", which descended in the male-line from Julius Caesar's cousin, Sextus [note: one of his ancestors may have been Maximus, Roman Governor of Britain 224-226]= Gordiana, sis of Roman Emperor Gordian [III] 238-244
02. Eutropius (d305), one time governor of what was formerly Yugoslavia, or the Roman province of Illyria
= Claudia, dau of Flavius Crispus, bro of Roman Emperor Claudius II "Gothicus" & Roman Emperor Quintillus
03. Valerius Constantine Dardanus, bro of Roman Emperor Constantius I "Chlorus"
04. Maximianus Constans
05. Eucherius, twice Roman Governor of Britain 355-358 & 370-372, bro of Count Theodosius, the father of Roman Emperor Theodosius I "The Great"
= Flavia, dau of the British Emperor CARAUSIUS [II], usurper 354-8
issue:
(6a) Maximus, Roman Emperor 383-388, below
(6b) Marcellinus, ancestor of the Carolingians of France
(6c) Malvius, father of Roman Emperor Constantius III
06. Maximus, Roman Emperor 383-388, previously Roman Governor of Britain 375-382, then, King of Britain 382-383
=1 Dode, dau of the British prince Llwydrod (Leolinus), nephew of King Cole II
=2 Ceindrech, dau of the British prince Rheidon map Eledi
=3 Elen, dau of the British King Eudaf "Hen" [a.k.a. the British King Octavius "The Old" 328-382, not to be confused with his namesake Eudaf II "Oge", a.k.a, the British King Octavius "The Young[er]" 389-392]
issue of 1st:
(7a) Victor [II], Gallic Emperor 388 [him, his wife, and his son, all mur]
issue of 2nd:
(7b) Eugenius "The Apostate", Roman Emperor 392-394 [previously the Welsh Owain, King of Britain 389]
(7c) Publicius "The Saint" [St. Peblig], a bishop
issue of 3rd:
(7d) Dionotus [II], King of Britain 392-394
(7e) Aldroenus (Androenus) [the Welsh Aldwr], Prefect of Armorica (d407)
(7f) Constantine III "the Tyrant", Roman Emperor 407-411, identified with the British King Custennin (Constantine) II "The Blessed" (below)
(7g) Antonius "Donatus", identified with the Welsh Authun of Galloway (418)
(7h) Strada (dau), wife of Coilus "Votepacus", "Dux Britannorum"
(7i) Gratia (dau), wife of Tudwallus, "Dux Cornovia" [Cornwall]
(7j) Constantina (dau), wife of Nicanor[us], a Gallic prefect
(7k) Magna (dau), wife of Ennodius, Prefect of North Africa
(7l) Severa (dau), wife of Vitalinus, a.k.a. Vortigern, King of Britain 425-456
07. Constantine III "the Tyrant", Roman Emperor 407-411, identified with the British King Custennin (Constantine) II "The Blessed" 406-409, above
= Severa, dau of the imperial prince Honorius, bro of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I "The Great"
issue:
(8a) Julian Constans Caesar (ex 411), who, by wife Martiana, begot an only child, a dau, Marcia, Empress of Britain 418
(8b) Justus (d409), father of Dervacus, father of Xantus "Santus", father of the Welsh St. David, a British bishop (d538)
(8c) Constans "The Monk" (below)
(8d) Magna Major, wife of Agricola, Prefect of Gaul 416-418
(8e) Magna Minor, wife of Peibio "Glafrog", a British prince
08. Constans "The Monk" ["Mynach"], identified with the British King Konstant "Vynarch" 412-417 (above)
=1 Ivoire
=2 Marcia (d417), dau of Roman General Stilicho, and, sis-in-law of the Roman Emperor Honorius
issue of 1st:
(9a) Moynes [Ivoine], heir, mur 417 along with father and step-mother
issue of 2nd:
(9b) Ambrosius (414-473), the Welsh Emreis "Wledic", Roman Governor of Britain 434/437-441, King of Britain 457-473, Roman Emperor 472-473 [3 months]
(9c) Eutherius "Pen Draco" (below)
09. Eutherius "Pen Draco" (417-479), the Welsh Uthyr "Pendragon", "Comes Britanniae" 437-441 & 457-473, King of Britain 473-479 (above), bro of British King/Roman Emperor AMBROSIUS
=1 Arnive
x2 Dyagenne [married mistress]
x3 Ygerne (Igraine), dau of the British King Anblaud "The Great (479), the Welsh Amlawd "Wledic", &, widow of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall [illicit liaison]
issue of 1st:
x. nine daus born of Queen Arnive, who were: (1) Laudine (Alundyne); =1 Cador of Devon; =2 Esclados "The Black Knight"; =3 Owain of Powys; the mother, by # 1, of Constantine III, BK 538, who was Arthur’s successor; by # 2, of Echalain; and, by # 3, of Cuneglassos (Cinglas), BK 538, the successor of Votepore 538; (2) Dioneta; = Mark (Marcus) (d527), brother of Sir Kaye (Caius) [the foster-bros of King Arthur]; the mother of Aurelius (Aurilie; Awrely) "Caninus" [Mark "The Dog"], BK 538, successor of Constantine III; (3) Argante; (4) Achefleur; (5) Alma-Pompa; (6) Logistila; (7) Sangive; (8) Anthonje; & (9) Olimpia
issue of 2nd:
x. Madoc (d479), illegitimate son of his married mistress
issue of 3rd:
x. Arthur, posthumous nat. son (born 479) by a widowed British duchess (below)
10. ARTHUR, King of Britain (above/below)
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LINE 1B: descent of the "title" to the British Throne from the Brutiads, Britain’s national-dynasty, to ARTHUR, by generation is:
01. CASWALLAWN, the British High-King, Brehin, who fought Julius Caesar 54BC, deposed, died 48BC
02. Andocoveros, a regional-king/duke, circa 25BC
03. TASCIOVANUS, sole "King of Britain" from AD 5
04. CUNOBELINUS (CYMBELINE), "Rex Britanniae" AD 9-39
05. ARVIRAGUS, King 62-76, rebelled 69 & 76
06. MARIUS, King 87-95
07. COILUS I ["OLD KING COLE"], King 95-154
= 3 LUCILLE
08. LUCIUS "THE SAINT", posthumous son, King 155-180, became a Christain in AD 176
= Gwladys
09. Gwladys (179-235), heiress
= Cadfan, Lord of Cumbria [related to the rulers of Strathclyde and Galloway], who represented a branch of the Old British Royal House
10. Strada, eventual-heiress
= COILUS II, King of Britain 305, formerly Duke Cole of Colchester, who represented a branch of the Old British Royal House
11. HELENA [SAINT], heiress, then, queen 312-328
= CONSTANTIUS "CHLORUS", British King 305 & Roman Emperor 306, who represented a branch of the Roman Forum "Iulii"
12. CONSTANTINE I "THE GREAT", King of Britain 306-312; Roman Emperor 312-337
= Gwladys of Cumbria, a British princess [his 1st wife; or she was his mistress or concubine]
13. Constance, designated-heiress
= EUDAF I "HEN", identified with OCTAVIUS I "THE OLD", King of Britain, d382, who represented a branch of the Old British Royal House
14. [H]ELEN "LUYDDOG", heiress, then, queen
= MACSEN "WLEDIC", identified with MAGNUS MAXIMUS, Roman Governor of Britain 375-383, King of Britain 382, Roman Emperor 383-388, representing the Roman "Forum Iulii"
15. CONSTANTINE II, King of Britain 406-411 [Roman Emperor as Constantine III 407-411]
= SEVERA, an imperial princess; regent during her husband's absences
16. CONSTANS "THE MONK", King of Britain 412-417
= Marcia, sister-in-law to the Roman Emperor Honorius
17. EUTHER[IUS] "PENDRAGON", "Comes Britanniae" 434/437-441 & 457-473; King of Britain 473-479; brother of AMBROSIUS, Roman Governor of Britain 434/437-441; King of Britain 457-473; Roman Emperor 472-473 (3 months)
= Ygerne, a British princess & heiress
18. ARTHUR, King of Britain (below)
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LINE 1C: ancestry of ARTHUR from the first British Emperor CARAUSIUS, by generation, is:
00. M. Aur. Mausaeus "Caesar", an army-officer
[descended in the male-line from T. Carisius, Quaestor of Rome, whose wife, Julia "Minor", was one of Julius Caesar's sisters]
= a Bataviae princess, for whom the Dutch also claim Carausius as one of their own
01. CARAUSIUS, the Welsh Carawn "Wledic", 1st British Emperor 286-293
= Oriuna, sister of Saint Helena and Aeoifa, co-heiresses and daughters of the British King COILUS II 305
02. GENSERIS, "princeps juventutis", British King 296
03. CARAUSIUS [II], usurper 354-8
04. Flavia (dau)
= Eucherius, an imperial prince, was twice Roman Governor of Britain 355-358 & 370-372
05. MAXIMUS, Roman Governor of Britain 375-383; King of Britain 382; Roman Emperor 363-388
= [H]Elen "Luyddog", Queen, daughter & heiress of the British King Eudaf I "Hen"
06. CONSTANTINE II, King of Britain 406-409 dep; d411; was Roman Emperor as Constantine III 407-411
= Severa, regent 407-409
07. Julian, crown prince (d411)
= Martiana, dau of MARCUS ACTIUS, Roman Governor of Britain 401-406, British Emperor 406
08. MARCIA, British Empress 418; Queen of Britain 424-425
=1 Rivallo, a British king
=2 Gurgust "Barbtruc", King of Lothian [Gododdin], a British king
=3 VITALINUS, British Emperor 417-418; aka VORTIGERN, King of Britain 425-457
09. Scotnoe (426-462), dau of 3rd =; princess
=1 Fedlim, an Irish prince, son of King LOEGAIRE of Ireland
=2 Xuthus "Sanctus", a Roman prince
=3 Amlawd Wledic, id. with ANBLAUD "THE GREAT", King of Britain 479
10. Ygerne (Eiger), dau of 3rd =; princess & heiress
= [via liaison with] King EUTHERIUS "PEN DRACO" of Britain
the mother of
11. ARTHUR , King of Britain (below)
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PART 2: HOUSE OF ARTHUR
, three descent-lines10/18/11. ARTHUR, King of Britain 495/504/507-538 (above)
=1(498) Guinevere (div 513)
=2(513) Winlogoto (div 527)
=3(528) Ganhumara
= several affairs, illicit liaisons, & chance encounters
issue of 1st:
a. Amhar (Anir; Enir) "Fardd" (499-517), below
issue of 2nd:
b. Llacheu (514-523), mur [age nine]
c. Lunete (Lenore) (516-552), mother of Hoel, boy-king (547-552), mur [age five, or six]
issue of 3rd:
d. Gwydre (529-538), mur [age nine]
illegitimate issue:
e. Arawn, Duke of Wales
f. Cerdic, Earl of Wessex, killed in battle in France in 534 during his father's French campaign
g. Maelgwn "Gwynedd", called "Dragon of The Isle", Prince of Gwynedd, King of Britain 538 & 541-547
h. Smerbe (Smerevie; Smeirbhe), Duke of Argyle (d570)
i. Cinnede, reputed ancestor of the Kennedy Family
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LINE 2A: descendants, the main-line
01. Arthur, King of Britain 495/504/507-538
02. Amhar (Anir; Enir) "Fardd", the epithet "Fardd" in "MC" is a copyist’s error, the British Absalom, killed in battle vs. his father 517
= [Aerea], daughter of Cadrod [son of Portho "Gotto"], &, wife, Gwrygon "Goddeu", daughter of Brychan, King of Brecon
03._Cadrod_"Calchvynydd"_(Catraut;_Cadrawd) "Calchvynydd"/"Calchfynydd"/"Calchwynydd" is mentioned by the poet Gwylim Ddu o Arfon: "...Kadrawt Kalchvynydd" ["RBP"]. His epithet "Calchvynydd" doubles as his name in the "Aedd Mawr Pedigree", in which he is listed as a son of Enir, that is, Am[ha]r, Arthur’s eldest son (above), however, due to the politics of the times Arthur's name was omitted from the pedigree. In "Peniarth MS 135", page 300, Cadrod "Calchvynydd" is called Earl of Dunstable and Lord of Hampshire. Here, he is confused with others who bore the same name. His name is dropped and his epithet "Calchvynydd" is corrupted in one pedigree and turned into the name of a fictitious person, namely, Calch Vynydd Hen. Cadrod [of] "Calchvynydd" was killed in battle in 556 fighting Cynric of Wessex, his rival to the throne. He was survived by his wife, Wynyn (Wen), and seven sons and three daughters, who were: (a) Cyndywyn (mur 556) (b) Cyndeyrn "Wledic", anti-king 560-565; (c) Condidan (Cynheiddon), rival-king 571-577 (d) Gwrmyl "Cadgyr-Farch" (d581), whose marriage to a peasant woman caused a royal scandal at the time, which tainted their son, Cynfeddw [rival king 613, killed 614], who was reared by his mother after his father's early death; (e) Llywarch [not to be identified with Llywarch "Hen" of the "Cole Godebog Pedigree"], the father of two sons, Idwal "Valch" [ancestor of the dynasty’s main-line, extinct in the male-line 729] and Dwywg [ancestor of Rhodri "Mawr", the first King of Wales, 872]; (f) Yspwys, Lord of Ercing (Ergyng) (d581) [the ancestor of the Tudors of England and other Welsh families]; (g) Cynferch, rival-king 581-593; and three daughters, (h) Saraide, (i) Rexelle, and (j) Andrive; one of whom was the 2nd wife of Cynwyd "Cynwydion" [of the "Cole Godebog Pedigree"] and the mother of Cadrod (Cadros) of Kelso, that is, the third person with the name Cadrod in three successive generations. [It is no wonder that the three are sometimes confused with each other.]
04. Llywarch [not to be mistaken with Llywarch "Hen" (d610) of the "Cole Godebog Pedigree" or the "Gwyr-y-Gogledd Genealogy"] killed in battle 581.
05. Idwal "Valch" (d593), is to be identified with the Idwal, the brother of Dwywg, son of Llywarch in the "Rhodri Mawr Pedigree", which is evidence that the Llywarch of the "Aedd Mawr Pedigree" is to be identified with the Llywarch in the "Rhodri Mawr Pedigree", which gives Rhodri Mawr, the first King of Wales, an Arthurian Ancestry. The descendants of Idwal "Valch" became the main-line of descent after the failure of the descendants of Gwrmyl "Cadgyr Farch" [the father of Cynfeddw, rival king 613-614, the father of Cadafael "Cadgommed", anti-king 637-654, the father of Cadwaladr I, anti-king 654-657]
06. Run (Rhun), a Welsh regional-king, fell in the Battle of Chester (d613)
07. Bleddyn, a Welsh regional-king, fell in battle versus the Anglo-Saxons (d654)
08. Margan, a Welsh regional-king, fell in the 3rd Battle of Badon Hill (d663)
09. Berwyn, killed in civil wars among Britons (d685)
10. Geraint "Feddw", King of Britain 704-712, killed versus King Ine of Wessex and his allies.
11. Efrawg [called Philippon &/or Philippus in romance], King of Britain 726-729
12. Galaes [called Meliadice in one medieval romance, while called Blenzible in another medieval romance], Queen of Britain 729-735
13. Gwilym, boy-king, mur 735
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LINE 2B: descendants, secondary-line
i.e., ancestry of Rhodri Mawr, 1st King of Wales, & the Welsh Royal House
01. Arthur, King of Britain 495/504/507-538
02. Amhar (Anir; Enir) "Fardd" (d517)
03. Cadrod "Calchvynydd", rival-king of Britain, d556
04. Llywarch [not to be confused with Llywarch "Hen" in the "Gwyr-y-Gogledd Genealogy"], d581
05. Dwywg (d593), the brother of Idwal "Valch"
06. Gwair (Gwyar) (d613), who had a brother whose name was Idwal
07. Tegid (Tegyth) (d654)
08. Algwn (Algyn; Alcwn) (d663)
09. Sandef (Sandde) "Bryd Angel" fled to Isle of Man following the 3rd Battle of Badon Hill (663)
= Celenion, a Manx princess, eventual heiress of the Isle of Man
10. Elidur [his elder brother, Mechydd, who died childless, inherited the Isle of Man from their mother and reigned as its king; and, his younger brother Madawg (Madoc) was the ancestor of a collateral-line]
= Telri of Manaw
11. Gwriad, succeeded his uncle as King of the Isle of Man [his grave near Ramsey on the Isle of Man is marked by a cross inscribed "CRUX GURIAT"]
= Esyllt, eventual heiress of Gwynedd [Maelgwn’s line] & a collateral Arthurian descent-line
12. Merfyn "Frych", King of Gwynedd
[note: Patrick Sims-William concluded in his article "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: A Caveat from Ninth Century Wales", The Welsh History Review, vol. 17 (1994), page 17, that Merfyn "Frych" came from the Isle of Man and that he descended on his father's side from a descent-line of Britons who must had been of some importance, since it had married into the Manx royal house]
= Nest, eventual heiress of Powys
13. Rhodri "Mawr", 1st King of Wales [union of Dyfed, Gwynedd, & Powys], styled "Rex Brittonum" (872), ancestor of the Royal House of Wales
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PART 3: HOUSE OF RHODRI MAWR
LINE 3B1: main-line
13. Rhodri "Mawr",
1st King of Wales [union of Dyfed, Gwynedd, & Powys], styled "Rex Brittonum" (872), ancestor of the Royal House of Wales14. Anarawd, King of Gwynedd 878-916
15. Idwal "Foel", King of Gwynedd 916-942
= Mereddon, dau of Cadwr
16. Meurig, Prince (d986)
17. Idwal, Prince (d996)
18. Iago II, King of Gwynedd 1033-1039
19. Cynan, Prince
= Ragnilt, dau of Olaf of Dublin [son of Sihtric] & Maelcorce [dau of Dunlaing of Leinster]
20. Gruffydd, King of Gwynedd 1081, & 1094-1137
21. Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd 1137-1170
22. Rhodri [III], co-ruler 1170-1195
23. Thomas, Prince
24. Caradoc, Prince
25. Gruffydd, Prince
26. Dafydd, Prince
27. Howel, Prince [Howel ap Dafydd]
28. Maredudd
29. Ievan, his brother Robert was ancestor of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
30. Maredudd
31. John
32. Morris
33. Robert (d1576)
34. Lewis "Anwyl", used epithet as surname; ancestor of the Anwyl Family
35. William (d1642)
36. Ievan (d1666)
37. Maurice (d1692)
38. Evan (d1721/22)
39. Evan (d1812)
40. Evan of Hendre Seifion (d1818)
41. Evan of Hendre Seifion (d1851)
42. Evan of Hendre Seifion (d1897)
43. Evan of Ty-Mawr Farm, Tywyn, Merionethshire (d1955), had a brother [43.] Jonathan, the father of [44.] [another] Jonathan, the father of [45A] Philip & [45B] Roger Anwyl
44. Evan of Ty-Mawr Farm, Tywyn (d1968)
45.Evan Vaughan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr Farm, Tywyn (born 1943), present representative
46. David Anwyl, exactly 45th in descent from King Arthur
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LINE 3B2: secondary-line
13. Rhodri "Mawr", 1st King of Wales 872-878
14. Cadell (d909)
15. Hywel "Dda", King of Wales 942-950
16. Owain (d988)
17. Einion (d984)
18. Cadell
19. Tewdwr "Mawr"
20. Rhys II, King of Deheubarth 1078-1093
21. Gruffydd II, King of Deheubarth 1135-1137
= Gwenllian, dau of Gruffydd II ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd
22. Rhys III ["The Lord Rhys"], King of Deheubarth 1155-1197
= Gwenllian, dau of Madoc III ap Maredudd, King of Powys
23. Rhys [IV] "Gryg" ["The Hoarse"] (d1233/34)
= Ellyn, dau of Thomas ap Gwgan, Lord of Brecknock
24. Rhys "Mechyll" (d1244)
= Matilda, dau of Reginald de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny
25. Rhys "Younger", Lord of Dinefwr (d1271)
= Gwladys, dau of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales
26. Rhys "Wyndod", Lord of Dinefwr (d1273)
= Gwerfyl, dau of Maelgwn ap Maelgwn, Lord of Cardigan, & Angharad, dau of Llywelyn II "The Great", Prince of Wales
27. Madoc "Goch", Lord of Penllech (d1293)
= Tanglwyst, dau of Goronwy ap Einion, descended from the kings of Glamorgan
28. Trahern "Goch", Lord of Penllech (d1298)
= Gwerfyl, dau of Madoc ap Meurig, descended from the kings of Builth
29. Dafydd "Goch", Lord of Penllech (d1352)
= Maud, dau of Dafydd Llwyd ap Cynwrig, descended from Llywelyn II "The Great", Prince of Wales
30. Ieuan "Goch", Lord of Penllech (d1355)
= Eva, dau of Einion ap Celynin, descended from the kings of Powys
31. John Carreg, Abbot of Bardsey (d 1398)
= Lleucu, dau of Gruffydd "Deu"
32. Ieuan Carreg
= Gwenhwyfer, dau of Madoc ap Iolyn
33. John ap Ieuan
= Gwellian, dau of Evan Coetmor ap Hugh Coetmor
34. Ieuan ap John
= Gwen, dau of Morris ap Gruffydd
35. Gruffydd ap Ieuan (d1547)
= Catherine, dau of William de La Woode
36. Morris Griffith (d1592)
= Margaret, dau of Rowland ap Robert & Elizabeth Vaughan
37. Evan Morris (d1634)
= Blanche, dau of Arthur Williams & Anne Owens
38. Griffith Morris (d1669)
= Mary, dau of John Wynn & Elin Rowlands
39. Morris Griffith (d1687)
= Elizabeth, dau of Richard Griffith
40. Griffith Griffith (d1746)
= Catherine, dau of John Lloyd & Elizabeth Wynn
41. Morris Griffith (d1724)
= Mirabilis, dau of John Shears
42. Griffith Griffith (d1757)
= Eleanor, dau of William Jones
43. William Griffith, Sheriff of Caernarvonshire (d1816)
= Anne, dau of William Williams & Jane Lewis
44. William Griffith (d1842)
= Catherine Longueville White
45. David White Griffith (d1876)
= Elizabeth, dau of Lewis Moore Bennett
46. David Glynne Griffith (d1911)
= Emily, dau of John Keily of Strancally Castle & Mary Haigh
47. William Griffith (d1952)
= Elizabeth, dau of Patrick Cassidy & Elizabeth Dempsey
48. David Lewis Griffith (d1982)
= Dorothea, dau of Maurice Jones & Rhoda Carreg, descended from Roland de Vieilleville, illegitimate son of Tudor King Henry VII
49. Arthur David Griffith (d1999)
= Leslie, dau of George Murray Campbell & Mary Louise Smythe
50. Jennifer (born 1986)
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PART 4: descendants, another secondary-line,
i.e., ancestry of the Tudors
01. ARTHUR, King of Britain 495/504/507-538
02.
Amhar [Anir; Enir] (d517)03. Cadrod "Calchvynydd" (d556) [who is not to be confused with Cadros [Cadrod] of Kelso, the son of Cynwyd Cynwydion, of the "Cole Godebog Pedigree", as he sometimes mistakenly is]
04. Yspwys (Esbwys), Lord of Ercing [Ergyng] (d581), one of the sons of Cadrod "Calchvynydd" (Kadrawt “Kalchvynydd), the son of Enir/Anir, i.e., Am[ha]r, the son of King Arthur, is to be identified with the Yspwys who heads the list of the Tudors’ ancestors, which makes a direct male-line descent from King Arthur to the Tudors. Yspwys married the sister of St. Samlet of Gwent and begot Cyngu "Carcludwys".
05. Cyngu "Carcludwys", Lord of Ercing (d624) [his epithet, doubles for his name in some manuscripts]; he married Tegau, the daughter of Tudor "Mawr" of Brittany, the mother, not wife, of Alltu "Redegog".
06.
Alltu "Redegog", Lord of Ercing07.
Yspwys, Lord of Ercing08.
Mwyntyrch, Lord of Ercing09.
Yspwys, Lord of Ercing[misidentified with Yspwys, the son of Cadrod "Calchvynydd", in some manuscripts, hence, omitting five generations, # 3-7]
10.
Manan, a Welsh noble11.
Mor, a Welsh noble12.
Elvyw (Elfyw) (Eiluyw; Aildyw; Elevan), a Welsh noble13.
Kynan (Cynan), Lord of Clwyd [Denbigh]14.
Marchudd, Lord of Rhos, the head of one of the "Eight Noble Tribes" of Wales, resided in Denbighshire15.
Kerwit (Karwedh; Corwedd), Lord of Brnffenigl (Brynffanigl) [Abergele]16.Senylt (Siaset) (Iasedd; Iaseth) (Iassedd) (Jafsedd) (Jafeth), Lord of Brnffenigl
= Nest
17. Nethan (Methan) (Inethan), Lord of Brnffenigl
18. Edred (Edryd; Edryt), a Welsh prince
19. Idnerth, Lord of Brnffenigl
20.Gwgon (Gwgawn), Lord of Brnffenigl
21. Iorwerth, Lord of Brnffenigl
= Gwenllian, dau of Rhirid ap Pasgen
22. Kendrig (Cynwrig; Cynfrig), Lord of Brnffenigl
= Yngharad
23.Edynfed "Fychan", Lord of Abergele [Brynffenigl] & Seneschal of Gwynedd, d1246
=1 Tangwystl
=2 Gwenllian, dau of "The Lord Rhys", Prince of Deheubarth
issue of 1:
(24a) Tudor (d1278)
(24b) Llywelyn "of Creuthyn", father of (25) Rhys, father of (26) Rhys, father of (27) Gruffydd, father of (28) Dafydd "Anwyl", father of (29) Hugh of Faenol, father of (30) Thomas Anwyl, father of (31) David, father of (32) Thomas, father of (33) David, father of (34) Robert, father of (35) Thomas, father of (36) Robert, father of (37) John, father of (38) [name], father of (39) [name], father of (40) [name], father of (41) William Anwyl, father of (42) Thomas Anwyl, father of (43a) Thomas Walter Anwyl & (43b) Graham Robert Anwyl
(24c) Howel, Bp of St. Asaph
issue of 2:
(24d) Goronwy, Lord of Tref-Gastel, d1268 (below)
(24e) Gruffydd, father of (25a) Rhys (d1284), (25b) Llywelyn, & (25c) Hywel (d1282)
(24f) Gwenllian (dau); = Aron ap Rhys, Knight of The Holy Sepulchre
24. Goronwy, Lord of Tref-Gastel, d1268 (above)
= Morfydd, dau of Meuric, Lord of Gwent
25. Tudor "Hen", Lord of Penmynydd, d1311
= Angharad, dau of Ithel "Fychan, Lord of Englefield
26. Goronwy, Lord of Penmynydd, d1331
= Gwervyl, dau of Madoc ap David, Baron of Hendwr
27. Tudor "Frychan", Lord of Penmynydd, d1367
= Margaret, dau of Thomas ap Llywelyn, Lord of South Wales
28. Maredudd, a Welsh noble, d1406
= Meredith, dau of David Fychan [ap David Lloyd], Lord of Anglesey
29. Owain Tudor, a Welsh squire, d1461
= Catherine of France, widow of King Henry V of England, her 2nd =
issue:
(30a) Edmund (below)
(30b) Jaspar, Earl of Pembroke (d1495)
(30c) Margaret
(30d) Tacinda, wife of Reginald de Grey, Lord of Wilton (d1495)
(30e) Catherine
30. Edmund, Earl of Richmond, d1456
= Margaret, the English heiress
31. HENRY VII, King of England, exactly 30th in male-line descent from King Arthur
from whom descends all succeeding English monarchs
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PART 5: House of Tudor
31. HENRY VII
(1457-1509), King of England & Lord of Ireland 1485-1509; titular King of France=1(date) Catherine (d1474), dau. of the Count of Durtal
=2(1486) Elizabeth (1465-1503), dau. of EDWARD IV, King of England
issue of 1 [was bastardized by annulment of marriage]:
(32a) Roland de Vieilleville (1474-1535), Constable of Beaumaris Castle
= Agnes (d. 1542), dau. of William Griffith of Penrhyn
[issue: (33) Jane, wife of Tudur ap Robert Fychan of Berain, mother of (34) Catherine]
issue of 2:
(32b) Arthur (1486-1502), Prince of Wales 1489
=(1501) Catherine (d1536), dau. of King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain [her 1st =]; she =2(1509) HENRY VIII (below)
(32c) Margaret (1489-1541); =1(1503) James IV, King of Scotland (d1513); =2(1514) Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus (d1557)(div. 1527) [his 2nd =]; =3(1528) Henry Stewart, Lord Methven (d1552)
(32d) HENRY VIII, Prince of Wales 1504/1536, King of England 1509; "titular" King of France 1512; Lord 1509, then, King of Ireland 1541/2 (below)
(32e) Mary (1496-1533); =1(1514) Louis XII, King of France (d1515) [his 3rd =]; =2(1515) Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (d1545)
32. HENRY VIII (1491-1547), King of England 1509-1547, King of Ireland 1541/2-1547; "titular" King of France 1512 (above); =1(1509) Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) (div. 1533), his brother’s widow; =2(1533) Anne Boleyn (1501-1536)(div. 1536); =3(1536) Jane Seymour (1505-1537); =4(1540) Anne of Cleves (1515-1557)(div. 1540); =5(1540) Catherine Howard (1521-1542); =6(1543) Catherine Parr (1512-1548) [her 3rd =], widow of John Neville, Lord Latymer (d1542); widow of Edward de Burgh, Baron Borough (d1529) [she =4(1547) Thomas Seymour (d1549)]
issue of 1:
(33a) Henry (1511), lived one month
(33b) MARY I ("BLOODY MARY") (1516-1558), Queen of England & Ireland 1553-1558; titular Queen of France; =(1554) Philip II, King of Spain [his 2nd =], no issue
issue of 2:
(33c) ELIZABETH I "GLORIANA" ("THE VIRGIN QUEEN") (1553-1603), Queen of England & Ireland 1558-1603; titular Queen of France; d. unm.
issue of 3:
(33d) EDWARD VI (below)
illegitimate issue:
(33e) Henry FitzRoy (1519-1536), nat. son of Elizabeth Blount, sister of William Blount, Lord Mountjoy; = Mary (1519-1557), dau. of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, no issue
(33f) Henry Carey, nat. son of Mary Boleyn, wife of William Carey [see article by Anthony Hoskins in "Genealogists' Magazine", vol. 25, # 9, (1997), pp 345-352]
(33g) Catherine Carey, nat. dau. of Mary Boleyn, wife of William Carey; = Francis Knollys, descendants include Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI Albert
33. EDWARD VI (1537-1553), King of England & Ireland 1547-1553; "titular" King of France; d. unm.
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note:
Once secure on the throne, King Henry VII sent a team to Wales which included John Lleiaf, a priest, and Guttyn Owain, a bard, to research the Tudor ancestry from local records. The Lleiaf-Owain Commission deduced Henry VII's descent from Rhodri "Mawr", the first King of Wales, and, from him, via Llywarch "Hen", from the Dark Age British King Cole "Godebog", a descendant of Britain's pre-Saxon & pre-Roman royal house, which is recorded in a series of genealogies in the Jesus College collection [JC # 17-23], however, the earliest annalistic texts to the nature of the ancestry of Rhodri "Mawr" was sometime earlier obscured by medieval clerics, doubtless due to the political climate of the times. The findings of the Lleiaf-Owain Commission contradicted a long-time tradition in the Tudor Family that had been passed down from generation to generation that King Arthur was its ancestor. Henry VII did not promote the findings of the Lleiaf-Owain Commission, but instead promoted his family's tradition that King Arthur was its ancestor. The Arthurian Tradition was maintained by the Tudors despite the findings of the Lleiaf-Owain Commission, and later scholarship has shown that John Lleiaf and/or Guttyn Owain very likely misidentified "Llywarch" in the "Aedd Mawr Pedigree" with "Llywarch "Hen" in the "Cole Godebog Pedigree", which error now corrected authenticates the Arthurian tradition in the Tudor Family. The error by the Lleiaf-Owain Commission was accepted by "academia" until 1710 when the "Aedd Mawr Pedigree" was deciphered by a university student coupled with more documentary evidence and genealogical data surfacing by which the descent-line connecting the Tudor kings to King Arthur could be traced like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. It is now assumed that in all probability the patrilineage of Rhodri "Mawr" to Cole "Godebog" was invented to provide a genealogical justification for his title "Rex Brittonum" [since Cole "Godebog" was sometimes reckoned to have been Britain's first Dark Age King], and the Tudor Family Arthurian tradition was not taken into account since the genealogy of King Arthur had been earlier suppressed by medieval clerics, as in the case of Vortigern for example. For, the King Arthur we know of legend is totally opposite from the King Arthur portrayed in the "Lives of The Saints", whose authors described Arthur as an Anti-Christ figure. The only people who wrote and kept records in Arthur's time were church clerics; and they had no love for Arthur and made every effort to vilify him by their malicious slander in their writings. In fact, the phrase "meibion eillion" ["veibion eillion"], meaning "male hereditary villeins", that is, "serfs" [see "Kings, Chronicles, and Genealogies", by David Thornton, page 91, footnote # 74], was adopted by early medieval clerics to refer to Arthur's Dynasty. The phrase certainly referred to Arthur's illegitimacy and probably had its origin in the slanderous rumor that King Eutherius was not his father, but rather was one of Duchess Igraine's servants ["villeins"].
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