Talk:Gruffudd ap Cynan

King of?
Many viewing this page will think Gruffydd ap Cynan is vying to be King of Wales so it should be explicit that the kingdom in question is that of Gwynedd. Wales has never been a kingdom. Pbhj (talk) 02:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * According to the English. We should look beyond that prejudice and see what they actually titled themselves. He's styled Grithfridus rex Guallorum in the Ordericus Vitalis, at least. Was "king of Gwynedd" even a title at this point? I've seen "King of Norwallia" and "King of the Venedocians" (=Gwyneddians) but not "King of Gwynedd". — Llywelyn II   13:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

King for the fourth time and consolidation
This appears to be a lopsided account. "He met King Henry I of England who granted him the rule of Llŷn, Eifionydd, Ardudwy and Arllechwedd, considerably extending his kingdom.". Now that cunningly fails to mention what G ap C gave Henry, ie Henry agreed to come under the Crown in exchange for Henry's support. G ap C then governs locally and Henry just has to worry about keeping G ap C in line! "By 1114 he had gained enough power to induce King Henry to invade Gwynedd in a three-pronged attack" So G got big headed, refused to pay his "rent" and so Henry invaded. Then "Gruffydd was obliged to pay homage to Henry and to pay a heavy fine, but lost no territory." - of course he "lost no territory" it's not *his* anyway, he's just minding it for the King. And in case you missed it the king is King Henry I of England, yep this Gwynedd is England now. Pbhj (talk) 02:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Gruffydd vs Gruffudd
Please lets reach a consensus. Lloyd in History of Wales uses Gruffydd, for Gruffydd ap Cynan and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Davies in history of Wales uses both Gruffydd for Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, and Gruffudd for Gruffudd ap Cynan. I encountered the name via Lloyd and favor Gruffydd myself, but defer to consensus. ♦Drachenfyre♦ · Talk 00:10, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * This page has been named Gruffudd ap Cynan since June 2012. That is the current consensus. I appreciate that consensus can change, but is there any reason it should here? John Davies uses Gruffudd in A History of Wales, rather than Gruffydd. Lloyd published his History of Wales in 1911. He did use Gruffydd, but more contemporary historians tend to use Gruffudd e.g. John Koch, R R Davies and Gwynfor Evans. Gruffydd ap Cynan returns 5,940 results on Google Books, whereas Gruffudd ap Cynan returns 59,900 results, which indicates Gruffudd is the appropriate name per WP:COMMONNAME. The Encyclopædia Britannica use Gruffudd, as does the definitive source, the Welsh Academy's Encyclopaedia of Wales (p 338). Daicaregos (talk) 12:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * -nod- well, perhaps we can have an "somtimes spelt as 'Gruffydd ap Cynan' as well, without actually changing name or body of text. 68.106.153.175 (talk) 17:40, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Two Gruffudds?
I've read that there actually were two Gruffudd ap Cynans, Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Idwal, and Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Iago ab Idwal, the son of his cousin. The elder Gruffudd was either killed or imprisoned by the Normans after 1081, and the younger became King of Gwynedd. Later the two men got conflated and a romantic story invented about his escape from Chester. I can find sources but was curious if anyone else had heard this. Joel J. Rane (talk) 04:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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