Gruffydd Fychan ap Iorwerth

Gruffydd Fychan ap Iorwerth Goch (c. 1150 – 1221) was a medieval Welsh knight and marcher lord.

Gruffydd Fychan ap Iorwerth
Bornc. 1150
Died1221

He was known by the epithet "y Marchog Gwyllt o Gae Hywel" ('the Wild Knight of Cae Howell'),[1] Cae Howell being a manor near Kinnerley, Shropshire.[2][3][4]

He held the titles Knight of Rhodes and Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.[5]

He succeeded to his father's estates in Kinnerley.[6]

Family

Gruffydd was the eldest son of Iorwerth Goch and Maud de Manly.

He married first, Matilda ferch Ieuan, with whom he had the son Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd (1190) of Cae Howell. This son was the first to hold the surname "Kynaston".

He married second, Matilda le Strange (1170), daughter of Guy le Strange, with whom he had the children Hywel ap Gruffydd and Sir Madog ap Gruffydd of Sutton Maddock, Shropshire.[7]

References
  1. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 362)
  2. "Cae Howell, Kinnerley, Shropshire".
  3. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 122)
  4. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 2 p. 911)
  5. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 326 fn. 6)
  6. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 362)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2014-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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