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     William le Gros Count of Aumale bore arms: gules, a cross patee vair. He was born. Son of Stephen, son of Odo - Earl of Blois & Matilda half sister to William the Conqueror, who gave him Holderness. He was the son of Stephen of Blois and Hawise de Mortimer.
He commanded the Royal troops at the Battle of the Standard at Northallerton in 1138 and in reward was made Earl of Yorkshire; founded several religious orders (Meaux Abbey in 1150, Thornton Abbey & Newton Hospital in Holderness) and Castle of Scarborough. Count of Aumale, Lord of Holderness.
Cecily de Romelli or FitzDuncan married secondly William le Gros Count of Aumale.
     William died in 1179 in Yorkshire. He was buried in 1179 in Meaux Abbey, Yorkshire.

     Mary Ann Grose was born before March 1859 in Oxfordshire.
Mary Ann Grose married Charles William Bullett, son of Robert Bullett and Elizabeth Humphrey, between July 1878 and September 1878 in Daventry RD, Northamptonshire.
     Mary Ann Grose and Charles William Bullett were recorded on the 1881 census in 18 Laurence Rd, Peckham, Camberwell. Charles W Bullett, 27, Manager, fancy goods warehouse, born Weedon; his wife Mary A 23 and children Violet I, aged 1, Ellen & Ernest, both 3 months old, born Peckham Surrey, and his mother in law Emma Grose aged 48.
     Mary Ann Grose and Charles William Bullett were recorded on the 1891 census in 13 Parkhurst Rd, Wood Green, Tottenham, Middlesex. Charles W Bullett, 37, a Commission Merchant's clerk, born Weedon; his wife Mary Ann, 32 born Wardington? Oxon; and children Violet I 11, born Weedon Nth; Ellen E, 10, born Peckham, Surrey; May E 9 born Walthamstow, Essex; Robert F, 7, born Walthamstow; Ernest was not listed.
     Mary Ann Grose and Charles William Bullett were recorded on the 1901 census in 14 Palace Terrace, Wood Green, Tottenham. Chas W bULLETT, 47, accountant, born Weedon, Northants; Mary A his wife, aged 42, born Weedington, Oxon; children Violet I, 21, school teacher, born Weedon; Ellen E, 20, born Peckham; Ernest C, 20, private in the 7th Royal Dragoon Guards, born Peckham; May E, 19, typist, born Walthastow, Dorothy G, 7, born Wood Green; Robert F, 17, railway clerk, born Walthamstow.

     Elise Annie Grosholtz was born circa 1877.
     Rev George Brereton Hooper married Elise Annie Grosholtz as his second wife, on 14 April 1915 in St Andrew, Fulham, London. He was aged 64, widower, of Camborne, clerk in Holy Orders, she was aged 28, a spinster of 23 Palliser Rd, daughter of Matthias August Edward Grosholtz, architect.
     Elise's death was registered in the quarter ending in September 1963 in Fulham RD.

     Mary Sars Christie Groth was buried in Clare. She was commonly known as Chrissie. She was born circa 1893.
Mary Sars Christie Groth married James Thomas Colbert, son of James Colbert, on 1 May 1918 in St Cyprian's church, North Adelaide, South Australia.
     Mary died on 8 November 1967 in Adelaide, South Australia. Memorial inscription at Clare: with husband James Thomas & mentions daughters, aged 74.

     Alfred Arthur Grounds was born in 1876.
Alfred Arthur Grounds married Fanny Grimwood, daughter of Hezekiah Grimwood and Eliza Maria Thorpe, in 1900 in Yorkshire.
     Alfred died in 1951.

     John Groute married Bennett Trull, daughter of Jeremy Trull and Ann or Hannah Unknown (Trull), on 10 March 1650 in St Stephen, Norwich, Norfolk.

     John Grove was born say 1470 in Greenhythe, Swanscombe, Kent.
In 1503 John Grove, late of Greenhithe in Kent, quitclaimed the manor of SOUTH WHADDON, of about 300 acres, to Thomas Woodmancy and his heirs. (fn. 34) Woodmancy died in 1505 seised of this manor, which he held of the Abbess of Barking as of her manor of Slapton; he left a son Thomas as heir, (fn. 35) but there is no further trace of the property..
     John Grove was the subject of an Inquisition Post Mortem held between 1504 and 1509. John Grove of Grenehith, Kent ... being seized in fee of the undermentioned manor of Southwadddon & the lands etc mentioned therewith, demised them by charter to John Verney kt., Richard Hatton, clerk, Edward Raweley & Thomas Woodmance, gentlemen & Richard Blakehed, their heirs and assigns, to the use of the afsd Thomas Woodmancey, the elder and his heirs ... Thomas Woodmance named in the writ died 20 Dec 20 Henryt VII, Thomas Woodmane aged 16 years & more is elder son and heir etc..
     His will was proved in 1506 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Will of John Grove, Gentleman of Stone next Dartford, Kent.
     John died circa 1506.

     Unknown Grove was the daughter of John Grove.
Unknown Grove married George Ryther, son of Thomas Ryther and Margaret Appledorefield, circa 1515. George Ryther married the daughter and coheir of John Grove, of Green Hythe, Kent..

     Sarah Grover was born before February 1718 She may be the Sarah Grover baptised 17 Jun 1718 at Sutton, daughter of William & Sarah mentioned in the College of Arms papers (v 730 p. 35, printed parish register), but seems too is old to be having children. A Sarah, daughterof Steven was baptised in 1736 at Ash..
Sarah Grover married Robert Osborn, son of Robert Osborn and Elizabeth Dunn, on 15 March 1758 in Thames Ditton, Surrey. Robert Osborn of the parish of Croydon in Surrrey & Sarah Grover of this parish were married by licence.
     Sarah died before 12 February 1783 in Croydon, Surrey. She was buried on 12 February 1783 in Croydon.

     Edith Mary Groves married William Ellis Stanser, son of William Bingham Stanser and Mary Ellis, in March 1913 in Gainsborough RD.
     Edith died on 14 July 1955 in Grantham, Yorkshire.
     The administration of her estate was granted to Richard Groves Stanser on 10 July 1956.

     Eve Muriel Groves was commonly known as Muriel. She was born on 12 December 1885. She was the eldest daughter of James Grimble? Groves of Oldfield Hall, Cheshire.
Eve Muriel Groves married Air Vice Marshall Frederick Crosby Halahan, son of Capt Samuel Handy Halahan and Hannah Croucher Engeham, on 14 October 1905 in London, St George Hanover Square RD. She was the daughter of the late James Grible Groves, of Oldfield Hall, Cheshire.
     Eve Muriel Groves travelled in March 1929 per the "Duchess of Richmond". Guy and his mother Eve made a round trip cruise from Liverpool.
     Eve Muriel Groves and Air Vice Marshall Frederick Crosby Halahan travelled to Quebec, Canada, in May 1930 per the "Duchess of Atholl". They arrived 17 May from Liverpool.
     Eve Muriel Groves travelled to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in February 1934 per the "Niagara".
     Eve Muriel Groves travelled to Southampton, Hampshire, England, in September 1939 per the "Empress of Austrlaia". Guy (22) and his mother Eve (52) returned to England from Quebec.
     Administration of the estate of Ft Lt Michael Frederick Crosby Halahan was granted to Eve Muriel Halahan, on 14 July 1941 Of the Manor House, Rauceby, Lincolnshire.
     Eve died on 26 July 1967 aged 81.

     Frederica Jane Groves was born circa 1804?. She was the second daughter of Frederick Groves.
Frederica Jane Groves married Rev Charles Hume? Murray, son of Lt Gen John Murray Lt Governor and Elilzabeth Hume, on 4 October 1824 in London. At London, Charles Murray esq. of St Peter’s College, Cambridge, third son of Major General John Murray to Frederica Jane, second daughter of the late Frederick Groves, esq.
     Frederica Jane Groves and Rev Charles Hume? Murray were recorded on the 1841 census in Ashe, Hampshire. Charles Murray 35, clergyman, Frederica Murray 35, Euphemia Murray 15, Jane Murray 10, Eliza Groves 70, Independent - none born in the county; plus servants Elizabeth Edwards 70 William Nathy 30, Victoria Nathy 25, Martha Milbourne 30, John Smith 25, Lucy Taylor 15.
     Frederica Jane Groves and Euphemia Eliza Murray were recorded on the 1851 census in 13 Marine Pde, Dover, Kent. Elizabeth Groves, head, unmarried, 80, fundholder, born London, Mdx; with Frederica Murray, niece, widow, 47, fundholder, born Westminster, Eupemia Murray, unmarried, 25, fundholder, born Cambridgeshie, and a servant.

      "A History of the County Dublin" states: She was a native of Sweden, of which country her first husband was a noble, and is said to have been possessed of a large fortune and to have been of very high birth. She married, in addition to Baron Hamilton and Captain Shore, two other husbands, an ancestor of the Archdalls of Fermanagh, and Montgomerys of Tyrone, and an ancestor of the Summerville family, now ennobled under the title of Athlumney. Captain Shore's death occurred about 1668, and ten years later there were legal proceedings between his representatives and Thomas Radcliffe, the only son of Sir George Radcliffe, with regard to the lands of Rathmines.
The Ulster journal of Archaeology v. 4 quotes: Lady Hamilton's father, Lars Grubbe Stjernfelt, was Swedish Resident in Hamburg in 1635 > Deputy-Governor in Stockholm, 1637 ; Commissary-General of the Swedish army in Germany, 1640; at the same time colonel of a regiment of soldiers, and District Judge in Sjahundse and Trihundsee counties in Upland. He was shot to death in the battle of Leipsic, 1642. He left a large fortune to his daughters, Anna Catherina and Ingebord. The latter was married to Landrath Stackelberg of Liffland. Their grandfather, Peter Mattson, had twenty children, six by his first and fourteen by his second wife. Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt was born in 1635? In Sweden. She was the daughter of Lars Pedersson Grubbe (born 21 Jan 1601, Lord of Ry Nabben, Sweden. He was killed in the Batte of Leipzieg 23 Oct 1642. Her grandfather was first cousin to King Gustav Adolphus of Sweden. See her Swedish relationships in PRONI document T/1089/6l; also www.adesvapen.com/genealogi/seller_Grubbe_nr_171 also http://www.gammalkilshembygdsforening.se/databas/dis_html/090/02/322.htm for more on her father.
Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt married Lewis Hamilton Baron of Deserf, son of Malcolm Hamilton Archbishop of Cashel and Jane Crawford, on 30 July 1651 in Sweden.
Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt married Richard Dunbar as her second husband, before 1666. He was described as an English knight and Scottish Captain of Horse.
     Anna Catherina Hamilton married Capt William Shore as her third husband, before 1667 in Ireland. He was a widower having been married to Ann Dockwra who died 22 Dec 1657. T1089/50 states that Capt William Shore married Anna Catherina, widow and relict of Lodowick Hamimlton, late Lord Baron of Leng in Sweden, dec'd .... they had a son Gabriel still living in 1677. William Shore being since dead, Anna Catherina is now married to James Somerwell of Tullykelter, gent.
He was called Magnus Schor in the Swedish pedigree.
Ball states: Captain Shore was connected with the County Fermanagh. His first wife was a daughter of Henry, Baron Dockwra, of Culmore; and Sir Henry Brooke, ancestor of the baronets of that name, who had married another daughter of Baron Dockwra, had also an interest in the house and demesne of Rathmines. On the death of his first wife, Captain Shore married the widow of Baron Lewis Hamilton, the brother of the first Lord Glenawley, and father of the distinguished defender of Enniskillen in the time of James II.
     Administration of the estate of Capt William Shore was granted to Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt, on 19 May 1670 in the Prerogative Court of Armagh, Ireland.
     Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt married James Somerville as his fourth wife, on 14 December 1670 in Ireland. He was her fourth husband. The marriage licence was dated 14 December 1670. He was of Tullykelter but then staying at Tallaght. He was a Captain of Horse and they had one son and one daughter.
     Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt and Richard Dunbar, Sir John Dunbar and Catherine Dunbar were mentioned in a court case on 24 May 1671. Chancery bill, between Irwin pltf & Callwell & Somerville defts: Christopher Irwin of Edinburgh, Doctor of Physic, sheweth that William Cathcart of Bardonagh, co. Fermanagh, was about 1614 possessed of Dromcroe, Drumborony, Courtloone and Turnagowan in the proportion of Dromcroe, together with the barrs of the mountains in the barony of Magheraboy by lease of 61 years to him made by John Dunbar kt, at £10 per acre. About 1639 William Cathcart did sell the said lands, together with the barrs of the mountains thereto belonging for the remainder of the term for the sum of £300, paid to him by Christopher Irwin of Lowtherstown, dec. father of your orator. He further sheweth that Geo Dunbar of Braugh in the said county, gent. brother of the sd John Dunbar, being seized of one great tate of land called the Braugh, together with Killybeg and ? Comehill, being barrs of the mountains thereto belonging, did jointly with his brother John Dunbar, enfeofe Christopher Irwin of the same in 1637. Your orator's father in 1639, in consideration of the marriage of your orator, with Margaret Wishart, daughter of James Wishart of Glenteverin in the said county, settled said lands and said lease on your orator, who continued in quiet possession till the rebellion of 1641. Orator's father had some years before his death become bound to Sir Gerard Lowther for a debt of £50 due by Mary Callwell, widow, afterwards married to Henry Longford of Enniskillen, which he (Irwin) had to pay. Some controversy having arisen between Longford and himself, the whole matter was referred to Dean Bartley of Clogher, and Mr Hugh Bartley of Lifford co. Donegal, clerk, who ordered Longford to repay to Christopher Irwin, the £50, which was accordingly done, yet in 1653 Longford made his complaint to one Colonel Barrow, a colonel under the usurped powers, who committed Chr. Irwin to gaol, till he should either repay the £50, or give surety to abide by an arbitration. Thereupon Chr. Irwin did about the 10 June 1653, did engage the quarterland great tate and the premises to Henry and Mary Longford & James Callwell, son of the said Mary, with the condition that if Christopher Irwin should not bring his arbitrator, Major Hugh Ross, to Enniskillen, to end all differences between the said parties, and to stand to certain arbitrators not named in the deed, or to an umpire to be chosen, the the said deed of mortgage to remain in full force. No award was ever made; yet Henry and Mary Longford, (who took the management upon her), got possession of the said lands; and Henry being deceased, she made them over to James Callwell, who sold them to Richard Dunbar, late of Derrygonnelly, grandchild to said John Dunbar; who left the four great tates or quarterland of Drumcroe & Drumborony, Callone, Turmagowan and Barwinlahorke, with the barrs of the mountains, between Dame Anna Catherina Hamilton alias Dunbar, his widow and relict, since married to James Somerwell of Tullykelter and Catherine Dunbar, an infant of about 3 years of age, daughter of Sir Richard & Anna Catherina; and the other great tate of Braugh to William Dunbar of Kilcow, co. Fermanagh. He therefor prays that they may be put upon their title by oath etc.
Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt was mentioned on 11 July 1683.
     Administration of the estate of James Somerville was granted to Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt, on 11 September 1687 in the Prerogative Court of Armagh, Ireland.
Christs Nugent: The Lady Anna Katherine Somerville als Dunbarr als Hamilton, widow v. John Dunbar, Thos Hardcastle & Andrew Hamilton 24 May 1688.
     Anna was a plaintiff in a civil court case on 24 June 1688. Somervill, plaintiff v. Dunbar. This chancery bill shews that Lady Anna Catherina Somervill alias Dunbar, about 21 years since, being married to Richard Dunbar, he being sickly, made his last will and testament (being seized in fee of Drumcroe etc) and devised unto oratrix, who then his wife & big with child, the proportion of Drumcroe during the minority of the child, and half to the child when of age, and half to herself for life, with remainder to the said child in fee. That he soon after died, being seized of the lands. Oratrix entered into the said lands, and was soon after delivered of a child which happened to be a daughter, and was christened Catherine. Oratrix continued quietly in possession, till John Dunbar, esq. about five or six years last past, commenced a suit against James Somervill, deceased & her then husband, herself and the said Catherine, endeavouring to prove that Richard had only an estate tail, to him and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to him the said John Dunbar. A commission sat at Belleek in the said county Fermanagh, to which Jas Somervill took Richard Dunbar's will, and left it on a table. It was taken up & removed by Thomas Hardcastle and Andrew Hamilton, commissioners for the said John Dunbar, who gave it to him. She prays that they may be called to answer certain queries about the will. [The researcher could not find this will in the PRO]..
     Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt was mentioned in 1689 in Fermanagh, Ireland, Persons by reason of sickness, nonage, infirmities, and other disabilities may be unable to return for some time further. Their estates to vest in his majesty; if they choose to return they may prosecute their claim against the Crown: - ... Hamilton, Anna Catherina, Lady, of Tullykeltyre.
     Anna died before 1695 in Ireland. Lady Hamilton was the wife of "James Somerwell, gentleman," on 3 July, 1677, and a widow by 24 June, 1688. In 1689 she was attainted as " Anna Catherina, Lady Hamilton, of Tullykeltyre." (Dean Wm. King's list, 17 13.) She was probably dead in 1695 (see vol. i., p. 268)..
PTONI holds a letter from (Lart Platey?) Flyinge by Lund, Sweden, to H. de F. Montgomery, Co. Tyrone,about "the origin of your Gemimine ancestors, the Swedish wifes of John & Richard Dunbar....." attached are pedigree tables of Stjernfelt family c.1635 & Vasa Family (Royal Line) from 1521-c.1718..

     Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd ab Ednyfed married Hywel ap Maredudd ab Einion (?), son of Maredudd ab Einion (?). Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd ab Ednyfed was born in Wales. She was the daughter of Gruffudd ab Ednyfed Fychan (?) and Margred f Einion ap Gwalchmai (?).

     Gruffudd Vychan ap Gruffudd ap Moriddig was born in Wales. He was the son of Gruffudd ap Moreddig.

      Both J Y W LLoyd in his work The History of the Princes...of Powys Fadog (1881) [vol. I, p. 162] and Frederic Seebohm in his work The Tribal System in Wales (1904) [pp. 151-152, A105] contradict Bartrum's later work by stating Madog's wife was Isotta ferch Ithel. Seebohm in his Appendix D [pp. A101-A105] provides documentation to support this lady's given name as Ysota, a variant of Isolde. On those pages he reproduced in full the 1270 IPM concerning the lands of Griffini fil Madocii de Brumfeld [Chancery Inquisition post Mortem, 5 Edw. I., No. 78, PRO], and this document clearly identifies Gruffudd ap Madog's mother as Lady Isotta, "dna Ysota." Neither of these sources (Lloyd & Seebohm) provide documentation for identifying her as a daughter of Ithel ap Rhys ab Ifor of Cantref Selyf (styled 'Frenin Gwent'), but they both accepted her as such.
Regarding Emma de Aldithelegh, wife successively of Henry Tuchet and Gruffudd ap Madog, Cokayne in Complete Peerage (1959) [XII:56] stated that her first husband died shortly before 8 Jan. 1241/2, and that she was alive as late as Feb. 1264/5. From the Patent Rolls we can add that she had married her second husband by 1 Jul. 1244 [Henry III, 3:430] and that she was alive as late as Nov. 1278 [Edw. I, 1:282-283]. Also the 1270 IPM cited by Seebohm clearly identifies her as a legitimate daughter of Henry de Aldethelig'. Transcripts of the Welsh Rolls reproduced on pp. 182-188 of vol. I of his opus, confirm her presence in Maelor Saesneg in 1278. At that time she seems to have retired to England, Edward I having granted her rents from the farm of the town of Derby, Claverle manor, Shropshire, and Tottenhale manor, Staffordshire.
A little biographical note overlooked by Lloyd is that the brother of Gruffudd ap Madog (d. 1269) named Hywel ap Madog was a priest at Myddle, Shropshire, who was favored by Henry III. See the 1232 charter transcribed in Patent Rolls, Henry III, 2:457-458 where he is desribed as "Hoheli filio Maddoc filii Griffini de Bromfeld, persone de Mudle...". Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor was born in 1191?. Lord of Northern Powys (called Powys Fadog after him) 119 -1236 (ruled jointly with brother Owain, 1191-1197, joined Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in league against England, 1212 (Brut y Tywysogion)
'Maddoc filius et heres Griffini de Suttun', held lands of Sutton in co. Salop.: he fined in 1221 to have the lands of his father in Shropshire (Excerpta e Rotulis Finium I:59)
It is certainly possibly that Madog ap Gruffydd (d. 1236) was married twice. I have his wife as a daughter (unnamed) of William de Braose (d. 1211) and Maud de St. Valery, based in part on Janet Meisel's documentation identifying Madog's daughter Angharad as a niece of Walter de Lacy (d. bef 24 Feb 1240/1), Lord of Meath: 'There are two surviving letters from this period, one from Fulk (FitzWarin) and one from Walter de Lacy, asking the justiciar, Hubert de Burgh, to forward the marriage of Fulk's son and the daughter of Madoc ap Griffin, the prince of South Wales....
Walter began by asking Hubert to expedite the marriage of his niece, Angareth (Walter's wife and Madoc's wife were sisters), and Fulk, son of Fulk FitzWarin - a marriage which Llewellyn was trying to prevent.' (Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier, p. 43)
If Ysota/Isolde can be identified as this daughter, that would be a nice fit. He was the son of Gruffudd Maelor ap Madog and Angharad ferch Owain Gwynedd.
     Madog died in 1236 in Wales.

     Cadwalladr ap Gruffudd Lord of Cardigan ap Gruffudd was born in Wales. He was the son of Gruffydd ap Cynan King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin.
     Cadwalladr died in 1172 in Wales.

     David Lord of Friw Lly ap Gruffudd was born in Wales. He was the son of Gruffudd Lord of Friwlwyd ap Caradog and Lleucu ferch Llywerch Vaughan.
David Lord of Friw Lly ap Gruffudd married Eva ferch Griffith Vaughan, daughter of Gruffudd Vychan ap Gruffudd ap Moriddig.

     Einion ap Gruffudd was born in Wales. He was the son of Syr Gruffudd foel ap Ieuan.

     Isabel ferch Gruffudd married Gronwy ap Gruffydd, son of Gruffudd (Crack-y-farn) ap Madog and Gwenllian f Hywel ap Maredudd (?). Isabel ferch Gruffudd was the daughter of Gruffudd o'r Rhuddalt (?) (Gr Llwyd) and Elizabeth Strange.

     Nest ferch Gruffudd married Einion ap Gruffydd, son of Gruffudd ap Hywel and Anghared ferch Tegward.

     Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd married Gwenllian I ferch Owain Gwynedd, daughter of Owain Gwynedd ferch Gruffudd Prince of North Wales and Gwladys ferch Lywarch ap Trahayarn. Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffudd was born before 1149 in Wales. He was the son of Gruffudd ap Maredudd.
     Owain died in 1197.

      Davies 1987; Walker 1990 : The death of Henry I in 1135 was the signal for more vigorous and more hostile policies by the Welsh, though firm action by Stephen (the king who succeeded Henry) and the marcher lords held the promise of successful defence. Henry II succeeded Stephen in December 1154, determined to restore authority to the kingdom and to repair the damage caused by civil strife and the lack of a strong central administration. By 1157 he was ready to turn his attention to Wales.
Two princes carried Wales through these difficult years, Owain Gwynedd in the north and Rhys ap Gruffydd in south Wales. Both were aware of the complex problems to be faced: to deal with rival Welsh dynasties, to deal with marcher lords, and to live in the shadow of a rich and powerful neighbor. Owain gauged the political realities of the day quickly and, however often he had to yield, he did not lose the initiative.
Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd 1137-70, was born circa 1109. In 1137 he succeeded his father Gruffydd ap Cynan (1081-1137) to the kingdom of Gwynedd, which covered most of north Wales. While England was engaged in civil war, Owain used his skill as statesman and soldier to extend his frontiers. In 1157 Henry II led his first campaign against Owain, but it ended in a truce. He was required to do homage to Henry but it was not long before Owain was acting with complete independence. When Madog ap Maredudd died in 1160, he attacked Powys and extended his influence to the east. Six years later, the Council of Woodstock attempted to reduce the Welsh princes from client status to that of dependent vassalage, and the subsequent uprising was led by Owain and Rhys ap Gruffydd of south Wales. Henry's second attempt at subduing Wales failed ignominiously and left Owain free to capture Basingwerk and Rhuddlan castles (1166-67). In 1168 he set foot on negotiations with Louis VII of France to build an alliance between Gwynedd and France against their common enemy. It was a course which required great finesse and firm judgement. In one direction it pointed to a policy which would be used to good effect by later rulers of Gwynedd, the search for recognition and an alliance in Europe. Having openly defied Henry in 1168 by offering to help Louis, Owain maintained his independent position until his death. He left behind him a reputation of wisdom and magnanimity.
The reign of Owain Gwynedd marks the most peaceful period of Welsh independence, when the native princes absorbed many of the current European reforming ideas and adapted the more effective structures of both church and state to their own society. Monastic foundations were encouraged, diocesan boundaries defined, and many stone churches built. Motte-and-bailey earthwork castles identical to those built earlier by the Norman invaders were now erected by the princes as the centers of many of their personal estates. Two of Owain's sons are credited with building the first stone castles in Gwynedd towards the end of the 12th century. The tragedy, recurrent in Welsh history, was that Owain was not followed immediately by a strong ruler. Upon his death in 1170, open warfare broke out between his sons: Dafydd and Rhodri killed their elder half-brother, Hywel, and for the next 20 years Gwynedd was divided between them and their kinsmen. Gwynedd and Wales would not see another strong leader until Llywelyn the Great extended his control over most of Wales in the later part of the century.
Owain Gwynedd ferch Gruffudd Prince of North Wales married Christiana ferch Gronwy ap Owen ap Edwin, daughter of Gronwy ab Owain and Genilles ferch Hoedlyw. Gwydir, Llanrwst pedigree: Owen Gwynedd (see pp309,393) married secondly Christiana, daughter of Goronwy ap Owen ap Edwin, Lord of Englefield. She was his first cousin and his second wife.
Owain Gwynedd ferch Gruffudd Prince of North Wales married Gwladys ferch Lywarch ap Trahayarn, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaern (?).
Owain Gwynedd ferch Gruffudd Prince of North Wales married Mary Unknown. Owain Gwynedd ferch Gruffudd Prince of North Wales was born circa 1100 in Wales. He was the son of Gruffydd ap Cynan King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin.
     Owain died on 28 November 1170 in Wales. He reigned for 32 years, having had 17 sons mostly illegitimate.. He was buried in December 1170 in the Cathedral, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales.

     Yr Arglwydd Rhys ap Gruffudd married Gwenllian ferch Madog, daughter of Madog, ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys Fadog and Susanna ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan. Yr Arglwydd Rhys ap Gruffudd was born circa 1132 in Wales. He was the son of Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan.
     Yr died in 1197.

     Cadwallon ap Gruffydd ap Cynan was born in Wales. He was the son of Gruffydd ap Cynan King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin.
     Cadwallon died in 1132 in Wales.

     Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan married Cadwgon ap Bleddyn, son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn ap Cynfyn King of Powys. Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan was born in Wales. She was the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin.

     Susanna ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan married Madog, ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys Fadog, son of Maredudd Lord of Powys ap Bleddyn. His wife was possibly Susanna ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan (sister of #4), who was wife of Madog ap Maredudd, but Madog is known to have had children by other women also, and Bartrum does not list a mother for Margred in his charts in BWG, indicating that the early sources do not identify Margred's mother. PF, vol. 1, pp. 119-124 states that Margred (Margaret) was daughter of Madog by Susanna, but this source also gives Madog a chronologically impossible second wife Maude who md. 2nd, John Fitz Alan, d. 1268, earl of Arundel, who lived a hundred years later, and PF cannot be considered reliable on this matter. Susanna ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan was the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin.

     Dafydd ap Gruffydd was born before 1240 in Wales. He was the son of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn.
     Dafydd died in 1283 in Shrewbury, Shropshire. He was hanged and quartered.

     Einion ap Gruffydd was Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, Wales. He was born in Wales. He was the son of Gruffudd ap Hywel and Anghared ferch Tegward.
Einion ap Gruffydd married Nest ferch Gruffudd.
     Einion died after 1356 in Caernarvonshire.

     Generys ferch Gruffydd married Meurig Fychan ab Ynyr (?), son of Ynyr Fychan and Gwenhwyfar ferch Gruffydd. Generys ferch Gruffydd was the daughter of Gruffudd.