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Iestyn ap Gwrgant

Iestyn ap Gwrgant
King of Morgannwg
Coat of arms of morgannwg.svg
Armorial Bearings of Gwrgant
Reign 1081-1093
Coronation 1081
Predecessor Caradog ap Gruffydd
Hereditary Extinct
Born 1014
Morgannwg, Wales
Died 1093
Llangenyw, Denbighshire, Wales
Consort Constance verch Cadwgon
Wife
  • Denis verch Bleddyn
Issue Catrin verch Iestyn
Madog ap Iestyn
Caradog ap Iestyn
Rhys ap Iestyn
Nest verch Iestyn
Gwenllian verch Iestyn
Welsh Brythonic Branch
House Morgannwg
Father Gwrgant ab Ithel
Mother MissVerch Gwerystan

Iestyn ap Gwrgant [ˈjɛstɪn ap ˈgʊrgant] (or Jestyn ap Gwrgant) (English: Justin, son of Gwrgant) (c. 1045 – 1093) was the last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg, which encompassed the counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.

Iestyn ap Gwrgant was the last ruler of the royal house of Morgannwg, which had a lineage stretching back over five centuries to Tewdrig (c. 550–584). The members of this royal house had links to the other royal houses of Wales through marriage, and were descendants of the celebrated Rhodri Mawr. Iestyn ap Gwrgant's base is believed to have been at Dinas Powys, south west of Cardiff.

Iestyn probably ruled Morgannwg for a little less than a decade (c. 1081–1090) and is believed to have built castles in the regions of Cardiff and Kenfig. The popular version of historical events is that Iestyn, following a dispute with his rival Einion ap Collwyn, invited Robert Fitzhamon and his twelve knights into the region to settle the matter. Naturally, once invited in, they refused to leave. He was deposed c. 1090 by Norman ruler Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Gloucester, who established a lordship based in Cardiff and subsequently conquered the lowlands of Glamorgan (the Vale of Glamorgan), which was parcelled out to his followers. The mountainous parts of Glamorgan were left in Welsh control. Caradog ap Iestyn, the eldest son of Iestyn ap Gwrgant, was the only Welsh lord to retain lands in the Glamorgan lowlands after Fitzhamon had conquered them. He retained the land between the River Neath and the River Afan, and he and his descendants were known as the "lords of Afan." His descendants are thought to include the Williams family of Aberpergwm and the Powell Wilkins family of Carreg Cennen, Carmarthenshire.


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