Ednyfed Fychan (died 1246), full name Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig, was seneschal to the Kingdom of Gwynedd in northern Wales, serving Llywelyn the Great and his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. He was the ancestor of Owen Tudor and thereby of the Tudor dynasty. Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan. ... A seneschal was an officer in the houses of important nobles in the Middle Ages. ... Gwynedd was one of the kingdoms or principalities of medieval Wales. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ( 1173–April 11, 1240) was a Prince of Gwynedd and eventually ruler of much of Wales. ... Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c. ... Owen (or Owain) Tudor (c. ... The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603. ...

Ednyfed is said to have first come to notice in battle, fighting against Ranulf, Earl of Chester and cutting off the heads of three Englishmen. He displayed three heads on his coat of arms in memory of the feat. The Earldom of Chester is one of the few palatine earldoms in England. ...

In 1215 he succeeded Gwyn ab Ednywain as seneschal ("distain" in Welsh) of Gwynedd. He was involved in the negotiations leading to the Peace of Worcester in 1218 and represented Llywelyn in a meeting with the king of England in 1232. He had estates at Rhos Fyneich, near Colwyn Bay and a residence at Bryn Euryn in Rhos-on-Sea. He also held lands in South Wales and presumably on Anglesey where the family later had their headquarters. He was married twice, first to Tangwystl Goch the daughter of Llywarch ap Bran then to Gwenllian, daughter of Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth. // Events A certified copy of the Magna Carta June 15 - King John of England forced to put his seal to the Magna Carta, outlining the rights of landowning men (nobles and knights) and restricting the kings power. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... // Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade. ... // Events Canonization of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of lost items Pope Gregory IX driven from Rome by a revolt, taking refuge at Anagni First edition of Tripitaka Koreana destroyed by Mongol invaders Battle of Agridi 15 June 1232 Births Arnolfo di Cambio, Florentine architect (died 1310) Manfred of Sicily... Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town in Conwy county borough, in the traditional county of Denbighshire, North Wales. ... Rhos-on-Sea is a seaside resort in north Wales. ... Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn, pronounced (IPA), roughly unniss mawn), is an island and county at the north western extremity of north Wales. ... Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth (South Wales) from 1155 until his death. ... Deheubarth was a south-western kingdom or principality of medieval Wales. ...

Ednyfed is said to have made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1235, and the following year the death of his wife Gwenllian is recorded. On Llywelyn the Great's death in 1240 he continued as seneschal in the service of Llywelyn's son, Dafydd ap Llywelyn, until his death in 1246. One of his sons was captured and killed by the English in the war of 1245. Events Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht St. ... Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile... Events Rebellion against king Sancho II of Portugal in favor of his brother Alphonso. ...

Two other sons were successively seneschals of Gwynedd under Llywelyn the Last. After Llywelyn's death in 1282 the family made its peace with the English crown. Ednyfed's son Goronwy gave rise to the Penmynydd branch of the family, from whom Owen Tudor and later Henry VII were descended. Arms used by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Gruffudd (c. ... For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ... Penmynydd (Welsh = top of the mountain) is a village on Anglesey siutuated on a slight hill on the B5420 road between Menai Bridge and Llangefni, at grid reference SH510743. ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder of the Tudor dynasty. ...

References

John Edward Lloyd (1911) A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest (Longmans, Green & Co.) Sir John Edward Lloyd (who wrote as J E Lloyd) (1861-1947) was Wales greatest historian, the author of the first serious history of the countrys formative years, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest (1911). ...