Family of Iago + AP IDWAL and Afangreg + VERCH GWAIR

Husband:	Iago + AP IDWAL (974-1039)
Wife:	Afangreg + VERCH GWAIR (1020- )
Children:	Cynan + AP IAGO (1014-1063)
Marriage		Maltraeth, Anglesey, Wales

Husband: Iago + AP IDWAL

Name:	Iago + AP IDWAL
Sex:	Male
Father:	Idwal + AP MEURIG (945-996)
Mother:	-
Birth	0974	Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
Occupation		Prince of Gwynedd
Title	frm 1023 to 1039 (age 48-65)	Prince of Gwynedd
Death	1039 (age 64-65)	Abberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales
	Cause: killed by his own men

Wife: Afangreg + VERCH GWAIR

Child 1: Cynan + AP IAGO

Note on Husband: Iago + AP IDWAL

Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig (died 1039) was a Prince of Gwynedd.

 

On the death of Llywelyn ap Seisyll in 1023, the rule of Gwynedd returned to the ancient dynasty with the accession of Iago, who was a great-grandson of Idwal Foel.

 

Very little is known about the reign of Iago. He was killed by his own men in 1039 and replaced by Llywelyn ap Seisyll's son, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Iago's grandson Gruffydd ap Cynan later won the throne of Gwynedd, and because his father, Cynan ap Iago, was little known in Wales, Gruffydd was styled "grandson of Iago" rather than the usual "son of Cynan".

Note on Wife: Afangreg + VERCH GWAIR

Afandreg ferch Gwair ap Pyll, born c. 1020. She was about 13 when Iago (c. 1005) ap Idwal (c. 975) ap Elisedd (c. 945) of Gwynedd invaded Powys and took Rhuddlan from its interim king, Cynfyn ap Gwerystan. While the more senior Powys noblemen went into the mountains of Ial to avoid capture and to protect their young king-to-be, Gruffudd ap Llewelyn, Gwair struck a truce with Iago and gave Afandreg to be his wife. She was to be widowed 6 years later when Gruffudd emerged as king of Powys and killed Iago. She and her young son, Cynan (c. 1035), resided at Iago's manor of Aberffraw in Anglesey.