Comte Nocher I de Bar-sur-Aube1

M, #5101, d. circa 1003

Father*Archard de la Ferte-sur-Aube1,2 d. c 950
Mother*Acharda (?)1
Comte Nocher I de Bar-sur-Aube|d. c 1003|p171.htm#i5101|Archard de la Ferte-sur-Aube|d. c 950|p318.htm#i9532|Acharda (?)||p318.htm#i9533|Regenald (?)||p318.htm#i9534||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Adelaide (?)1 
Death*circa 1003 1 

Family

Adelaide (?)
Child

Last Edited27 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Comte Gui de Vermandois1,2

M, #5102, d. after 13 June 989

Father*Count Albert I de Vermandois "the Pious"1 b. c 920, d. 9 Sep 987
Mother*Gerberga of Lorraine (?)1 b. c 935, d. b 7 Sep 978
Comte Gui de Vermandois|d. a 13 Jun 989|p171.htm#i5102|Count Albert I de Vermandois "the Pious"|b. c 920\nd. 9 Sep 987|p166.htm#i4971|Gerberga of Lorraine (?)|b. c 935\nd. b 7 Sep 978|p166.htm#i4972|Herbert I. of Vermandois|b. bt 880 - 890\nd. 23 Feb 943|p60.htm#i1783|Liegarde of France|b. c 887\nd. 931|p60.htm#i1784|Duke Giselbert of Lorraine|b. c 890\nd. 2 Oct 939|p88.htm#i2614|Gerberga of Saxony|b. 914\nd. 5 May 984|p88.htm#i2612|

Marriage* Principal=Adelaide of Soissons1 
Death*after 13 June 989 1 

Family

Adelaide of Soissons d. 1047
Child

Last Edited27 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Adelaide of Soissons1

F, #5103, d. 1047

Father*Count Giselbert of Soissons1
Adelaide of Soissons|d. 1047|p171.htm#i5103|Count Giselbert of Soissons||p279.htm#i8364||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Comte Gui de Vermandois1 
Death*1047 1 

Family

Comte Gui de Vermandois d. a 13 Jun 989
Child

Last Edited12 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Angharat (?)1

F, #5104

Father*Llewelyn ap Mervyn (?)1
Angharat (?)||p171.htm#i5104|Llewelyn ap Mervyn (?)||p172.htm#i5156||||Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 910|p172.htm#i5132||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Owain ap Hywel Dda (?)1 

Family

Owain ap Hywel Dda (?) d. 988
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Meuric ap Idwal1

M, #5105, b. circa 917, d. 986

Father*Idwal Foel "the Bald"2 b. c 883, d. 942
Mother*Avendrig of Powys (?)2
Meuric ap Idwal|b. c 917\nd. 986|p171.htm#i5105|Idwal Foel "the Bald"|b. c 883\nd. 942|p171.htm#i5106|Mereddon ferch Cadwr||p528.htm#i15817|Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 916|p172.htm#i5133||||Cadwr ap Cadwr Wenwyn||p528.htm#i15818||||

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Idwal Foel "the Bald"1,2

M, #5106, b. circa 883, d. 942

Father*Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr1,3 d. 916
Idwal Foel "the Bald"|b. c 883\nd. 942|p171.htm#i5106|Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 916|p172.htm#i5133||||Rhodri M. ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Mereddon ferch Cadwr2 
Birth*circa 883 1 
Marriage* Principal=Avendrig of Powys (?)1 
Death*942 1,2 
DNB* Idwal Foel [Idwal Foel ab Anarawd] (d. 942), king of Gwynedd, was the son of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr (d. 916) of Gwynedd. Idwal ruled the kingdom of Gwynedd in north Wales from the death of his father in 916 until his own demise in 942. Knowledge of his reign is limited almost entirely to his relations with contemporary English rulers. It should not be assumed that Idwal was significantly less powerful than his more famous kinsman Hywel Dda ap Cadell, who ruled Deheubarth in south Wales during the same period and annexed Gwynedd on Idwal's death.

In 918 Idwal Foel (the epithet means ‘the Bald’), along with Hywel and Hywel's brother Clydog, submitted to Edward the Elder at Tamworth, probably late in the summer of that year. Edward reinforced his position in north Wales in 921 with the building of a fortification at the mouth of the River Clwyd, probably the burh (‘fortified settlement’) at Rhuddlan. While this was perhaps primarily a defence against vikings active in the Irish Sea, it no doubt restricted Idwal's actions considerably. However, according to William of Malmesbury, Idwal may not have been totally submissive in his dealings with the English: Malmesbury puts Edward at Chester in 924, a few days before his death at Farndon-on-Dee, in order to put down a rebellion by the men of that city in alliance with the Welsh. Idwal would seem the most likely Welsh ruler to have been implicated in this rebellion, if it did take place.

Relations with Edward's son and successor, Æthelstan, were more peaceful, though this is perhaps on account of the extent of his power rather than any pro-English policy on the part of Idwal and the other Welsh kings. Thus in 926, when Æthelstan annexed Northumbria, he is said to have received the submission of all the kings in the island of Britain. The Welsh kings, no doubt including Idwal, possibly made their submissions not at Eamont Bridge, but at Hereford, where Æthelstan is said to have exacted an annual tribute from them. Again William of Malmesbury states that Æthelstan deprived Idwal ‘king of all the Welsh’ and Constantine, king of Scots, of their thrones at this time, but subsequently re-established them (‘Idwal’ here may of course be an error for Hywel). Æthelstan's dominant position in relations with Idwal Foel and the other Welsh kings is also reflected in their frequent visits to England where they witnessed royal charters. Idwal did so at Exeter in 928, at Worthy, Hampshire, and Luton in 931, ‘Middleton’ in 932, Winchester and Nottingham in 934, and finally Dorchester twice in 935. His relations with Æthelstan probably continued in a similar vein for the remaining four years of the English king's life, and there is no reason to assume Idwal took part in the anti-English coalition at ‘Brunanburh’ in 937. The decline in English fortunes after Æthelstan's death in 939 may have encouraged Idwal to withhold submission to his brother and successor, Edmund, or even to take more offensive action against this English king. Either way, Idwal and his brother Elise are said to have met their deaths at English hands in 942. That Edmund reconquered Mercia in this year is perhaps not coincidental. On Idwal's death, his kingdom did not pass directly to his sons Iago and Ieuaf but was annexed by Hywel Dda. Idwal's other sons included Meurig, Cynan, and Idwal Fychan; a less reliable source would add Anarawd, probably an error for his father.

David E. Thornton
Sources

J. Williams ab Ithel, ed., Annales Cambriae, Rolls Series, 20 (1860) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brenhinedd y Saesson, or, The kings of the Saxons (1971) [another version of Brut y tywysogyon] · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Peniarth MS 20 (1952) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Red Book of Hergest (1955) · P. C. Bartrum, ed., Early Welsh genealogical tracts (1966) · ASC, s.a. 921, 926 [texts A, D] · William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum / The history of the English kings, ed. and trans. R. A. B. Mynors, R. M. Thomson, and M. Winterbottom, 2 vols., OMT (1998–9) · AS chart., S 400, 407, 413, 416, 417, 425, 434, 435 · J. E. Lloyd, A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, 3rd edn, 2 vols. (1939); repr. (1988) · H. R. Loyn, ‘Wales and England in the tenth century: the context of the Athelstan charters’, Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, 10 (1980–81), 283–301 · D. N. Dumville, ‘Brittany and “Armes Prydein Vawr”’, Études Celtiques, 20 (1983), 145–59
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David E. Thornton, ‘Idwal Foel (d. 942)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14355, accessed 24 Sept 2005]

Idwal Foel (d. 942): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/143554 

Family

Mereddon ferch Cadwr
Children

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 127.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 126.
  4. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.

Avendrig of Powys (?)1

F, #5107

Father*Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr1 d. 910
Avendrig of Powys (?)||p171.htm#i5107|Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 910|p172.htm#i5132||||Rhodri M. ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Idwal Foel "the Bald"1 

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Pill ap Cynwrig1

M, #5108

Father*Cynwrig ap Cynddelw Gam1
Pill ap Cynwrig||p171.htm#i5108|Cynwrig ap Cynddelw Gam||p527.htm#i15797||||Cynddelw G. ap Elgudy||p527.htm#i15798||||||||||

Family
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 127.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Olaf Kvaaran King of York and Dublin1

M, #5109, d. 981

Marriage* Principal=Gormflaith of Nass1 
Death*981 Iona, Scotland1,2 

Family

Gormflaith of Nass d. 1030
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 239-3.

Gormflaith of Nass1

F, #5110, d. 1030

Father*King Murchad of Leinster1,2 d. 972
Mother*Bevrona McTeiga1
Gormflaith of Nass|d. 1030|p171.htm#i5110|King Murchad of Leinster|d. 972|p171.htm#i5112|Bevrona McTeiga||p171.htm#i5113|Bran F. (?)|d. 921|p218.htm#i6535|(Miss) O'Sullivan||p218.htm#i6536|Bron O'Mahony||p219.htm#i6543||||

Marriage* Principal=Olaf Kvaaran King of York and Dublin1 
Marriage* Principal=Brian Boru1,2 
Marriage* Principal=Mael Sechnaill (?)1 
Death*1030 1,2 

Family 1

Mael Sechnaill (?) d. 1022
Child

Family 2

Brian Boru b. 926, d. 23 Apr 1014
Children

Family 3

Olaf Kvaaran King of York and Dublin d. 981
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 175-1.

Sithric I 'Caoch' (?)1

M, #5111, d. 927

Father*Sigtryg (?)1 d. 896
Sithric I 'Caoch' (?)|d. 927|p171.htm#i5111|Sigtryg (?)|d. 896|p177.htm#i5281||||Ivar B. (?)||p212.htm#i6347||||||||||

Marriage*30 January 926 Principal=Eadgyth (?)1 
Death*927 1 

Last Edited14 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

King Murchad of Leinster1

M, #5112, d. 972

Father*Bran Fionn (?)1 d. 921
Mother*(Miss) O'Sullivan1
King Murchad of Leinster|d. 972|p171.htm#i5112|Bran Fionn (?)|d. 921|p218.htm#i6535|(Miss) O'Sullivan||p218.htm#i6536|Maolmordha (?)|d. 906|p218.htm#i6538|Joan O'Neill||p218.htm#i6539|Beara O'Sullivan||p218.htm#i6537||||

Marriage* Principal=Bevrona McTeiga1 
Death*972 1,2 

Family

Bevrona McTeiga
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 175-1.

Bevrona McTeiga1

F, #5113

Father*Bron O'Mahony1
Bevrona McTeiga||p171.htm#i5113|Bron O'Mahony||p219.htm#i6543||||Cian (?)|d. 903|p219.htm#i6544||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=King Murchad of Leinster1 

Family

King Murchad of Leinster d. 972
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Cineidi (?)1

M, #5114, d. 951

Father*Lorcan (?)1 d. 942
Cineidi (?)|d. 951|p171.htm#i5114|Lorcan (?)|d. 942|p218.htm#i6527||||Lachtna (?)|d. VERY OLD|p218.htm#i6528||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Mary Babhion O'Flaherty1 
Death*951 1 
Name Variation Kennedy (?)1 

Family

Mary Babhion O'Flaherty
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Mary Babhion O'Flaherty1

F, #5115

Father*Arcadh O'Flaherty1 d. 924
Mary Babhion O'Flaherty||p171.htm#i5115|Arcadh O'Flaherty|d. 924|p218.htm#i6531||||Murrough O'Flaherty|d. 891|p218.htm#i6532||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Cineidi (?)1 

Family

Cineidi (?) d. 951
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Cynan ap Gwaethfoed (?)1

M, #5116

Father*Gwaithvoed (?)1
Cynan ap Gwaethfoed (?)||p171.htm#i5116|Gwaithvoed (?)||p306.htm#i9158||||Eunydd a. C. (?)||p306.htm#i9159|Morfydd o. C. (?)||p306.htm#i9162|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Eva of Glamorgan (?)1 

Family

Eva of Glamorgan (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Eva of Glamorgan (?)1

F, #5117

Father*Gyrgant (?)1 d. 1030
Mother*Angharat verch Gwyn (?)1
Eva of Glamorgan (?)||p171.htm#i5117|Gyrgant (?)|d. 1030|p171.htm#i5118|Angharat verch Gwyn (?)||p171.htm#i5119|Ithel o. G. (?)|d. 994|p221.htm#i6618||||Gwyn (?)||p171.htm#i5120||||

Marriage* Principal=Cynan ap Gwaethfoed (?)1 

Family

Cynan ap Gwaethfoed (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Gyrgant (?)1

M, #5118, d. 1030

Father*Ithel of Glamorgan (?)1 d. 994
Gyrgant (?)|d. 1030|p171.htm#i5118|Ithel of Glamorgan (?)|d. 994|p221.htm#i6618||||Owen o. G. (?)||p221.htm#i6619||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Angharat verch Gwyn (?)1 
Death*1030 1 

Family

Angharat verch Gwyn (?)
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Angharat verch Gwyn (?)1

F, #5119

Father*Gwyn (?)1
Angharat verch Gwyn (?)||p171.htm#i5119|Gwyn (?)||p171.htm#i5120||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Gyrgant (?)1 

Family

Gyrgant (?) d. 1030
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Gwyn (?)1

M, #5120

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Seissyllt ap Ednowain (?)1

M, #5121

Father*Ednowain (?)1
Seissyllt ap Ednowain (?)||p171.htm#i5121|Ednowain (?)||p171.htm#i5123||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Trawst verch Elissau (?)1 

Family

Trawst verch Elissau (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Trawst verch Elissau (?)1

F, #5122

Father*Eliseg ap Anarawd (?)1 d. 941
Trawst verch Elissau (?)||p171.htm#i5122|Eliseg ap Anarawd (?)|d. 941|p171.htm#i5124||||Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 916|p172.htm#i5133||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Seissyllt ap Ednowain (?)1 

Family

Seissyllt ap Ednowain (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Ednowain (?)1

M, #5123

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Eliseg ap Anarawd (?)1

M, #5124, d. 941

Father*Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr1 d. 916
Eliseg ap Anarawd (?)|d. 941|p171.htm#i5124|Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 916|p172.htm#i5133||||Rhodri M. ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135|||||||

Marriage* 1 
Death*941 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Cynelin (?)1

M, #5125

Father*Ivor (?)1
Mother*Isabel verch Tryffyn (?)1
Cynelin (?)||p171.htm#i5125|Ivor (?)||p171.htm#i5128|Isabel verch Tryffyn (?)||p171.htm#i5129|Severus (?)||p171.htm#i5130||||Tryffyn (?)||p172.htm#i5131||||

Marriage* Principal=Gwyn (?)1 

Family

Gwyn (?)
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Gwyn (?)1

F, #5126

Marriage* Principal=Cynelin (?)1 

Family

Cynelin (?)
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Einion ap Hywel (?)1

M, #5127, b. circa 926

Father*Howell Dda 'the Good' (?)1 d. 948
Mother*Eleanor of Dyfed (?)1 d. 928
Einion ap Hywel (?)|b. c 926|p171.htm#i5127|Howell Dda 'the Good' (?)|d. 948|p207.htm#i6195|Eleanor of Dyfed (?)|d. 928|p207.htm#i6196|Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 907|p207.htm#i6197|Rheingar o. E. S. (?)||p207.htm#i6198|Llywarch a. H. (?)|d. 903|p207.htm#i6199||||

Birth*circa 926 Wales1 

Family
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Ivor (?)1

M, #5128

Father*Severus (?)1
Ivor (?)||p171.htm#i5128|Severus (?)||p171.htm#i5130||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Isabel verch Tryffyn (?)1 

Family

Isabel verch Tryffyn (?)
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Isabel verch Tryffyn (?)1

F, #5129

Father*Tryffyn (?)1
Isabel verch Tryffyn (?)||p171.htm#i5129|Tryffyn (?)||p172.htm#i5131||||Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 910|p172.htm#i5132||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Ivor (?)1 

Family

Ivor (?)
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Severus (?)1

M, #5130

Family
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
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