RHIWALLON ap CYNFYN
(d.
1070
),
king of Powys
;
second son of
Cynfyn ap Gwerstan
(q.v.)
[Ni chafwyd erthygl]
by
Angharad
, daughter of
Maredudd ap Owen
(q.v.)
, and brother of
Bleddyn
(q.v.)
.
Co-ruler of Powys
from
1063
, he was
killed
at the
battle of Mechain
. His son
Meilyr
d. in
1081
, and his daughter,
Gwladus
, m.
Rhys ap Tewdwr
(q.v.)
.
Bibliography:
-
A History of Wales
;
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
Author:
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964),
Aberystwyth
