Anarawd ap Rhodri King of Gwynedd and Powys
Husband Anarawd ap Rhodri King of Gwynedd and Powys 1 2 3 4
Born: Abt 857 - <Gwynedd>, Wales Christened: Died: 916 - <Wales> 5 Buried:
Father: Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn King of Gwynedd & Powys & Seisyllwg (0789-0878) 1 2 6 7 Mother: Angharad ferch Gwgon ap Meurig (Abt 0811- ) 2 8
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1 M Elise ap Anarawd 1
Born: Abt 885 - <Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey>, Wales Christened: Died: 942 - Wales Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Anarawd ap Rhodri King of Gwynedd and Powys
From A History of Wales, p. 83:
"According to Asser, the rulers of Dyfed and Brycheiniog feared the pwer of the sons of Rhodri, while the rulers of Gwent and Glywysing were threated by Aethelred, earl of Mercia. When Alfred came to the throne in 871, the whole of England, apart from the southern rim of Wessex, was in the hands of the Danes but, as a result of his successes against them, Alfred came to enjoy great power and renown. Asser states that the smaller rulers of Wales asked him for his patronage and that Anarawd ap Rhodri, king of Gwynedd and Poweys, followed their example, abandoning his alliance with the Danish kingdom of York. It is likely that his brother Cade3ll, ruler of Seisyllwg, did the same, and thus the king of Wessex became overlord of the whole of Wales. .. The recognition by Welsh rulers that the king of England had claims upon them would be a central fact in the subsequent political history of Wales."
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From Wikipedia - Anarawd ap Rhodri :
Anarawd ap Rhodri (died 916) was a King of Gwynedd , also referred to as "King of the Britons " by the Annals of Wales .
Anarawd's father Rhodri the Great had eventually become ruler of most of Wales , but on his death in 878 his kingdom was shared out between his sons, with Anarawd inheriting the throne of Gwynedd. Anarawd and his brothers Cadell and Merfyn are recorded as cooperating closely against the rulers of the remaining lesser kingdoms of Wales. Earl Aethelred of Mercia invaded Gwynedd in 881, but Anarawd was able to defeat him with much slaughter in a battle at the mouth of the River Conwy , hailed in the annals as "God's vengeance for Rhodri", Rhodri having been killed in battle against the Mercians .
Anarawd then made an alliance with the Danish king of York in an attempt to guard himself against further Mercian attacks. When this alliance proved unsatisfactory, he came to an agreement with Alfred the Great of Wessex , visiting Alfred at his court. In exchange for Alfred's protection Anarawd recognised the supremacy of Alfred. This was the first time a ruler of Gwynedd had accepted the supremacy of an English king, and formed the basis for the homage which was demanded by the English crown from then on.
In 894 Anarawd was able to repel a raid by a Danish host on North Wales, and the following year raided Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi in southern Wales. He is reported as having some English troops under his command for these raids. In 902 an attack on Ynys Môn (Anglesey ) by some of the Danes of Dublin under Ingimund was repulsed. Anarawd died in 916 and was succeeded by his son Idwal Foel (Idwal the Bald).
Anarawd would establish the princely house of Aberffraw , taking the name from his principal seat of government on Ynys Môn. His descendants would rule Gwynedd until the Edwardian conquest of the late 13th century.
Merfyn ap Rhodri King of Powys
Husband Merfyn ap Rhodri King of Powys 2 9
Born: Christened: Died: Abt 904 10 Buried:
Father: Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn King of Gwynedd & Powys & Seisyllwg (0789-0878) 1 2 6 7 Mother: Angharad ferch Gwgon ap Meurig (Abt 0811- ) 2 8
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1 M Llywelyn ap Merfyn King of Powys 11
Born: Christened: Died: 942 Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Merfyn ap Rhodri King of Powys
From Wikipedia - Merfyn ap Rhodri :
Merfyn ap Rhodri was a late 9th century King of Powys , (died 900).
Upon the death of his father, Rhodri the Great in 878, Merfyn inherited the Kingdom of Powys . Merfyn's 2 brothers Anarawd ap Rhodri , and Cadell ap Rhodri received the Kingdoms of Gwynedd and Seisyllwg .
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1 M Private (details suppressed for this person)
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Research Notes: Husband - Sawyl ap Rhydderch King of Britain [Legendary]
From Wikipedia - Sawyl Penuchel :
Sawyl Penuchel or Ben Uchel ("high-head", "arrogant"), also known as Samuil Penisel ("low-head", "humble"), was a Brythonic king of the sub-Roman period, who appears in old Welsh genealogies and the Welsh Triads .
The genealogies[1], in which he appears under both epithets, make him the son of Pabo Post Prydain , a descendant of Coel Hen , the presumed king of the Old North . John Morris locates Sawyl in the south Pennines area (the modern Peak District , a name which may date from its settlement by the Anglian Pecset ).[2] He is listed as one of the 'Three Arrogant Men of the Island of Britain' in the Welsh Triads.[3]
Other genealogies say he was the father of St. Asaph . Elis Gruffydd's Chronicle says that his daughter married Maelgwn Gwynedd .[4] An Irish genealogy says that a "Samuel Chendisel"[5] married Deichter, daughter of Muiredach Muinderg, the king of Ulster , and they had two sons: Sanctan, who became bishop of Cil-dá-les and founded Kilnasantan in County Dublin, and Matóc Ailithir. The Irish Liber Hymnorum confirms that both Sanctan and Matóc came to Ireland from Britain.[6]
According to the Welsh Life of Saint Cadoc , a king named Sawyl Penuchel held court at Allt Cunedda near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire . Cadoc pursued Sawyl's warband after they stole food from Llancarfan Abbey . He found them sleeping under a tree and cut off their hair, before fleeing to a nearby bog. When Sawyl and his men gave chase, they all drowned in the bog.[7]. Whether this is the same king, having fled to Wales after his northern kingdom was overrun by the Saxons, a different man of the same name, or simply an error by the composer of the Life, is unclear. This Sawyl was supposedly buried in nearby mound known as Banc Benuchel. A body was excavated there in 1850, covered with a hexagonal stone imitating a battle-shield.[citation needed ]
Geoffrey of Monmouth , in his History of the Kings of Britain (1136), uses the name Samuil Penessil for a legendary pre-Roman king of Britain, preceded by Redechius and succeeded by Pir .[8]
Maelgwn ap Rhys
Husband Maelgwn ap Rhys
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Father: Rhys ap Gruffudd ap Rhys Tewdwr Justice of South Wales ( - ) Mother:
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1 M Maelgwn Fychan ap Maelgwn ap Rhys Lord of Cardigan Is Ayron
Born: Christened: Died: 1257 Buried:Spouse: Angharad ferch Llywelyn Fawr ( - ) 12 13
Research Notes: Husband - Maelgwn ap Rhys
From: A History of Wales by John Davies, London, 2007, pp. 130-131:
"In Deheubarth [about 1194], Rhys ap Gruffudd was troubled by the waywardness of his sons, and the agreement between Rhys and the king of England came to an end when Henry II was succeeded by his son, Richard I, in 1189. Rhys died in 1197. His heir was his eldest son, Gruffudd, whom Chronica de Wallia referred to in 1200 as prince, the last of the rulers of Deheubarth to be given that title. Gruffudd was challenged by his brothers, Maelgwn and Rhys Gryg in particular, and following his death in 1201 the authority of his son, Rhys Ieuanc, was restricted to Cantref Mawr, the region between the rivers Tywi and Teifi. In the struggles in Deheubarth, Maelgwn received the support of John who became king of England on the death of his brother, Richard, in 1199. John had direct interests in Wals, for, through his marriage with the heiress of Glamorgan, he was lord of the greatest of the Marcher Lordships. In 1199, John bestowed Ceredigion and Emlyn on Maelgwn through royal grant.."
Gerald de Windsor and Nest verch Rhys
Husband Gerald de Windsor 14
AKA: Gerald FitzWalter, Gerald de Wyndesore Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1136 15 Buried:
Father: Walter FitzOther of Stanwell (Abt 1045-1100) 16 17 Mother: Gwladys verch Ryall ( - ) 14
Marriage: Abt 1095Events
• Constable: of Pembroke Castle, 1102.
• Granted: the manor of Moulsford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) by the King.
• Built: a motte and bailey castle at Carew in Pembrokeshire.
Wife Nest verch Rhys 18 19 20
AKA: Nest of Deheubarth, Nest of Wales Born: Christened: Died: After 1136 Buried:
Father: Rhys ap Tudor Mawr Prince of South Wales ( -1093) Mother: Gwladus verch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys ( - )
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• Mistress: of Henry I, 1093-1095.
• Abducted: by Owain ap Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Dec 1109.
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1 M Maurice FitzGerald Lord of Lanstephan, Wales 21 22
Born: Abt 1100 - <Windsor, England> Christened: Died: 1 Sep 1176 - <Wexford, England> Buried:Spouse: Alice de Montgomery ( - ) 23
2 M William FitzGerald 24
Born: Christened: Died: 1173 Buried:
3 M David FitzGerald Bishop of St. David's 25
Born: Christened: Died: Abt 1176 Buried:
4 F Angharad de Windsor 20
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Research Notes: Husband - Gerald de Windsor
From Wikipedia - Gerald de Windsor :
Gerald de Windsor, also known as Gerald FitzWalter, was the nobleman in charge of the Norman forces in Wales in the late 11th century.
Gerald was the son of Walter FitzOtho and Gwladys ferch Ryall , married Nest of Deheubarth , daughter of Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon , around c. 1095.
Gerald held the office of Constable of Pembroke Castle from 1102 , was granted the manor of Moulsford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire ) by the King and built a motte and bailey castle at Carew in Pembrokeshire .
He had five children with Nesta:William (died 1173), Father of Raymond Fitzgerald Maurice FitzGerald (born c. 1100, died 1 September 1176 ) andDavid FitzGerald , Bishop of St David's (died c. 1176)[1],Angharad possibly Gwladys
Research Notes: Wife - Nest verch Rhys
From Wikipedia - Nest ferch Rhys :
Nest ferch Rhys (died after 1136 ) was a Welsh princess of Deheubarth who was renowned for her beauty. Nest was the daughter of Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr by his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon . After her father's death in 1093 , Deheubarth was conquered by the Normans and King Henry I of England appointed himself her protector. Nest is thought to have borne him a son, Henry FitzRoy (1103-1158).[1]
Around 1095 King Henry decided to marry Nest to one of his followers, Gerald de Windsor , whom he appointed Constable of Pembroke .
Nest and Gerald had five children:
William FitzGerald (died 1173 )
Maurice FitzGerald , Lord of Llansteffan (died 1 September 1177 )
David FitzGerald , Archdeacon of Cardigan and Bishop of St David's
Angharad de Windsor , who married William de Barry
A daughter (possibly Gwladys), the mother of Milo de Cogan
During Christmas 1109 , Nest and her husband were visited by her cousin, Owain ap Cadwgan , son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn , Prince of Powys . The story goes that Owain was so taken with Nest's beauty that he and fifteen companions attacked the castle of Cenarth Bychan (possibly Cilgerran Castle or Carew Castle , both in Pembrokeshire ), seized Nest, and carried her and her children off.
Tradition also states that Gerald escaped by jumping down the garderobe (i.e. the lavatory chute) to get away. The children were later returned to Gerald. Nest is said to have borne Owain two sons, Llywelyn and Einion, before finally being returned to her husband.
This abduction earned Nest the nickname "Helen of Wales " because it led to civil war on a small scale. Owain ap Cadwgan left the country to avoid retribution, whilst Owain's father, Cadwgan ap Bleddyn , lost his own lands. Gerald waited for Owain to return to Wales, then ambushed and killed him. After Gerald's death, Nest became the lover of Stephen, Constable of Cardigan , by whom she had another son, Robert Fitz-Stephen who died in 1182 .
Nest's daughter, Angharad, married William de Barry and had by him four sons: Robert; Philip, the founder of Ballybeg Abbey at Buttevant in Ireland; Walter; the historian Gerald of Wales . Her sons Philip and Robert campaigned in Ireland with Strongbow ; Robert died there in 1182 .
Robert and Philip were the founders of the family Walsh /Welsh of Kilkenny where they built a Castle known as Castle hale of Kilkenny, Ireland Castle Hale of the Walsh Mountains Kilkenny They conquered Kilkenny. They had become known as the "Welshies" rather than "Hywel" and thus named,they remain to this day; the name Hale being derived from Howell.
Therefore the Welsh and Walsh family of Kilkenny Ireland are also descended from Hywel Dda .
Robert ap Rhys of Plâs yn Rhiwlas
Husband Robert ap Rhys of Plâs yn Rhiwlas
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1 M Cadwaladr ap Robert ap Rhys
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Research Notes: Husband - Robert ap Rhys of Plâs yn Rhiwlas
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115 (Google Books)
Einion ab Rhys ab David of Garth Garmon
Husband Einion ab Rhys ab David of Garth Garmon
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Father: Rhys ab David ab Rhys Vychan ( - ) Mother:
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1 M Gruffydd ab Einion ab Rhys ab David
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Research Notes: Husband - Einion ab Rhys ab David of Garth Garmon
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 124
Rhys Vychan ab Rhys ab Ednyved Vychan
Husband Rhys Vychan ab Rhys ab Ednyved Vychan
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Father: Rhys ap Ednyfed Vychan of Garth Garmon ( - ) Mother:
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1 M David ab Rhys Vychan ab Rhys of Garth Garmon
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Research Notes: Husband - Rhys Vychan ab Rhys ab Ednyved Vychan
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 124
Llywarch ap Rhys ap Aeddan Lord of Grismwnt
Husband Llywarch ap Rhys ap Aeddan Lord of Grismwnt 26
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Father: Rhys ap Aeddan Lord of Grismwnt ( - ) 26 Mother:
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1 M Einion ap Llywarch ap Rhys 26
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David ap Rhys ap David of Bradenheath
Husband David ap Rhys ap David of Bradenheath
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1 F Ellen verch David ap Rhys of Bradenheath
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Philip Puleston ( - )
Research Notes: Husband - David ap Rhys ap David of Bradenheath
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
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2. Website:, http://www.varrall.net/pafg58.htm#1160.
3. Davies, John, A History of Wales. (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.), p. 83.
4. Wikipedia.org, Anarawd ap Rhodri; Rhodri the Great. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2009.
5. Ingram, James, translator, The Annales Cambriae 447-954 (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Everyman Press, 1912.).
6. Davies, John, A History of Wales. (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.), pp. 78-79.
7. Wikipedia.org, Rhodri the Great.
8. Davies, John, A History of Wales. (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.), pp. 80-81.
9. Wikipedia.org, Merfyn ap Rhodri. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2009.
10. Ingram, James, translator, The Annales Cambriae 447-954 (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Everyman Press, 1912.), 903 Merfyn son of Rhodri died and Llywarch son of Hyfaidd dies.
11. Wikipedia.org, Llywelyn ap Merfyn. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2009.
12. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 254-29 (Angharad).
13. Wikipedia.org, Llywelyn the Great.
14. Wikipedia.org, Gerald de Windsor.
15. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 178-2 (Nest).
16. Wikipedia.org, Gerald de Windsor; Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle; Carew Baronets. Cit. Date: 17 Oct 2009.
17. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 12A-21.
18. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), 178-2.
19. Davies, John, A History of Wales. (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.).
20. Wikipedia.org, Nest ferch Rhys. Cit. Date: 17 Oct 2009.
21. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 178-3.
22. Wikipedia.org, Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan.
23. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 178-3 (Maurice FitzGerald).
24. Wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_de_Windsor.
25. Wikipedia.org, Gerald de Windsor. Cit. Date: 17 Oct 2009.
26. Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd. (Vol. 5. London: Whiting & Co., 1885.), p. 102.
1 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Cit. Date: 17 Jul 2009.
2 Website:, http://www.varrall.net/pafg58.htm#1160.
3 Davies, John, <i>A History of Wales.</i> (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.), p. 83.
4 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Anarawd ap Rhodri; Rhodri the Great. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2009.
5 Ingram, James, translator, <i>The Annales Cambriae 447-954</i> (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Everyman Press, 1912.).
6 Davies, John, <i>A History of Wales.</i> (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.), pp. 78-79.
7 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Rhodri the Great.
8 Davies, John, <i>A History of Wales.</i> (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.), pp. 80-81.
9 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Merfyn ap Rhodri. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2009.
10 Ingram, James, translator, <i>The Annales Cambriae 447-954</i> (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Everyman Press, 1912.), 903 Merfyn son of Rhodri died and Llywarch son of Hyfaidd dies.
11 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Llywelyn ap Merfyn. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2009.
12 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 254-29 (Angharad).
13 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Llywelyn the Great.
14 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Gerald de Windsor.
15 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 178-2 (Nest).
16 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Gerald de Windsor; Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle; Carew Baronets. Cit. Date: 17 Oct 2009.
17 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 12A-21.
18 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), 178-2.
19 Davies, John, <i>A History of Wales.</i> (Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.).
20 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Nest ferch Rhys. Cit. Date: 17 Oct 2009.
21 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 178-3.
22 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan.
23 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 178-3 (Maurice FitzGerald).
24 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_de_Windsor.
25 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Gerald de Windsor. Cit. Date: 17 Oct 2009.
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Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, <i>The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd.</i> (Vol. 5. London: Whiting & Co., 1885.), p. 102.
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