IAGO ab IDWAL ap MEURIG
(d.
1039
),
king of Gwynedd
;
a great grandson of
Idwal Foel
(q.v.)
. After successive usurpations of legitimate authority in
Gwynedd
between 986 and 1033
(see
Maredudd ap Owain
,
Llywelyn ap Seisyll
,
Rhydderch ap Iestyn
) the old line was restored in the person of
Iago
. A brief rule of six years ended in his
murder
and replacement by
Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Seisyll
. His son,
Cynan
, was the father of
Gruffudd ap Cynan
(q.v.)
who finally re-established the house of
Rhodri the Great
as the senior dynasty in
North Wales
.
Author:
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964),
Aberystwyth
