Ednyfed Fychan

Ednyfed Fychan (c. 1170 – 1246), full name Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig,[ed 1] was a Welsh warrior who became Seneschal to the Kingdom of Gwynedd in Northern Wales, serving Llywelyn the Great and his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn.[3][4][5] Ednyfed claimed descent from Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Rhos, 'protector' of Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd.[4] He was the patrilineal ancestor of Owen Tudor and thereby of the Tudor dynasty.[6][7][8][9]

As is usual with medieval orthography, a variety of spellings were used for his name in medieval sources, such as Vychan, Idneved Vachan, and Edeneweth Vakan.[5][10]

  1. ^ "Fychan". fychan.net.
  2. ^ "fychan". allbabaynames.net. 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Ednyfed Fychan". historic-uk.com.
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  7. ^ "TUDOR family of Penmynydd, Anglesey - later members". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
  8. ^ "The Tudors". royal.uk. 14 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Ednyfed Fychan". mostynestates.co.uk.
  10. ^ Lowe 1912, pp. 370–371.


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