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- [S112] Thomas Nicholas M.A., PH.D., F.G.S.,, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales - Vol. I., (London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Co., Paternoster Row. 1872.), p196.
Elystan Glodrydd, A.D. 933, the son of Cyhylyn, Lord of Builth and Melinydd, deduced from Cadwaladr Wenwynwyn, A.D. 676 to 703. His mother was the Lady Rhiengar, dau. and heiress of Gronwy, eldest son of Tudor Trevor, Earl of Whittington, Chirk, Oswestry, &c., founder of the tribe of the Marches, lineally descended from Cadell Deyrnllwg, King of Powys, A.D. 447. Elystan was b. about A.D. 933, and was named, it is said, after King Athelstan, his godfather ; the appellation of Glodrydd - illustrious- he acquired by his personal achievements. He m. Gwenllian, dau. of Einon ap Howel Dda, King of Wales. He was slain in a broil about 1010 at Cefnddugoll, Montgomeryshire. Elystan was the founder of the fourth royal tribe.
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