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This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. Many of them were also acclaimed "King of the Britons" or "Prince of Wales".

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Traditional arms of the House of Aberffraw, rulers of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, attributed to Llywelyn the Great (d. 1240).List

List of Kings or Princes of Gwynedd

House of Cunedda

With Hywel's death, all male descendants of Maelgwn Gwynedd have expired. Merfyn the Freckled succeeds through his mother Esyllt, eldest daughter of Cynan Dindaethwy and niece of Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog.

House of Manaw

  • Merfyn Frych (Merfyn the Freckled) ap Gwriad (825–844).
  • Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great) ap Merfyn (844–878).

House of Aberffraw

The warfare among the sons of Rhodri meant that the descendants of Anarawd became considered a separate house – called the House of Aberffraw from their principal seat – from the junior branches in Deheubarth and elsewhere.

  • Anarawd ap Rhodri (878–916) (establishes the Aberffraw dynasty, the senior branch of descendants from Rhodri Mawr).
  • Idwal Foel ab Anarawd (Idwal the Bald) (916–942).
  • Hywel Dda ap Cadell (Howell the Good) (942–950) (Dinefwr dynasty, descended from the second son of Rhodri Mawr who ruled in Deheubarth, usurps Gwynedd from the Aberffraw line).
  • Iago ab Idwal (950–979) (returns to the Aberffraw branch).
  • Ieuaf ab Idwal (950–969).
  • Hywel ab Ieuaf (974–985).
  • Cadwallon ab Ieuaf (985–986).

House of Dinefwr

House of Aberffraw

  • Cynan ap Hywel (999–1005) Returns to the Aberffraw dynasty briefly.

Usurper

  • Aeddan ap Blegywryd (1005–1018) (minor commote lord usurps Gwynedd from the Aberffraw dynasty).

House of Rhuddlan

  • Llywelyn ap Seisyll (1018–1023) (Rhuddlan dynasty in lower Gwynedd usurps from Aeddan ap Blegywryd).

House of Aberffraw

  • Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig (1023–1039) (Aberffraw dynasty returns).
Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig
r. 1023–1039
Cynan ab Iago
d. 1060
Gruffydd ap Cynan
1055-1081-1137
Owain Gwynedd
1100-1137-1170
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd
r. 1170
Iorwerth Drwyndwn
1145–1174
Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd
Prince 1170–1195
Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd
Prince 1170–1173
Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd
Prince 1170–1195
Llywelyn the Great
1173-1195-1240

House of Rhuddlan

House of Mathrafal

House of Aberffraw

  • Gruffydd ap Cynan (1081–1137) (Aberffraw dynasty returns).
  • Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd (1137–1170).
  • Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd r. 1170; killed by his younger brother Dafydd ab Owain in a conspiracy hatched by his stepmother Cristen, dowager princess of Gwynedd, and her sons Dafydd and Rhodri ab Owain.
  • Dafydd I the Usurper (1170–1195), displaced elder brother Hywel ap Owain Gwynedd, but was himself displaced from Upper Gwynedd c.1173 ruling only lower Gwynedd until displaced by Llywelyn Fawr in 1198. England recognized Dafydd as Prince of Gwynedd, though Welsh jurists did not.
    • Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd (1175–1194, 1194-1195) Ruling upper Gwynedd and Ynys Mon until 1194 and then Ynys Mon solely from 1194-1195 until he was ousted by the sons of his brother Cynan.
    • Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd (1170–1173), ruling Ynys Mon and supporter of his elder brother Hywel ap Owain's claim as Prince. After Hywel's death, Maelgwn was able to retain Ynys Mon from Dafydd the Usurper.

Princes of Wales

Llywelyn the Great
1173-1195-1240
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr
1200–1244
Dafydd ap Llywelyn
1215-1240-1246
Owain Goch ap Gruffydd
d. 1282
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
1223-1246-1282
Dafydd ap Gruffydd
1238-1282-1283
Rhodri ap Gruffudd
1230–1315
Gwenllian of Wales
1282–1337
Llywelyn ap Dafydd
1267-1283-1287
Owain ap Dafydd
1265-1287-1325
Tomas ap Rhodri
1300-1325-1363
Owain Lawgoch
1330–1378

Pretenders

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