Commentary
Stewart Baldwin concerning Trahaern's wife: 'According to BWG, she was Nest, daughter of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), the first (and only) native king of all of Wales. Gruffudd did have a daughter named Nest, wife of Osbern Fitz Richard, but there is no evidence that she was also married to Trahaern ap Caradog, and no early source for a second daughter named Nest. The sources given by Bartrum for this link are all very late, the earliest being Lewys Dwnn's visitation of Wales which started in 1586 (LD.ii.107), and the other two cited sources being early 17th century manuscripts. LD.ii.107 has Nest marrying 1st Trahaern, and 2nd, the mythical Fleance son of Banquo (alleged ancestor of the Stewarts), which gives even more cause for doubt, and I am inclined to regard the supposed marriage of Trahaern ap Caradog to a daughter of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn as a very late invention.'
Family
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FatherCaradog (e1015-) [S2730]
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Child +Llywarch ap Trahawarn (e1068-~1129) [S756] [S2730]
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Attributes
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GenderMale
NameTrahaern ap Caradog , King of Gwynedd [S2730]
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NameTrahaern of Arwystli [S756]
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NameTrahaern [S756]
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FatherCaradog (e1015-) [S2730]
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TitleKing of Gwynedd [S2730]
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TitlePrince of North Wales [S756]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 1041 (1036-1047)
 
Death1081Wales [S756] [S2730]
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Sources
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[S756] Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S2730] Baldwin, Stewart, "Medieval Genealogy Newsgroup: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table" (http://sites.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm).