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Gruffydd ap Llywelyn

1000 - 1063

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Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010 – 5 August 1063) was the first and only Welsh king to unite all of Wales under his rule from 1055 to 1063. He had also previously been King of Gwynedd and Powys from 1039 to 1055. Gruffudd was the son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd, and Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain, King of Deheubarth, and the great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda. After his death, Wales was again divided into separate kingdoms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn is the 6,187th most popular politician (up from 15,026th in 2019), the 1,394th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,894th in 2019) and the 255th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ranks 6,187 out of 19,576. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Ida of Lorraine, Ansprand, Najah al-Attar, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. After him are Abbas al-Musawi, Amenemhet VI, Toqta, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Muhammad II of Granada, and Philibert Tsiranana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ranks 23. Before him are Humbert of Silva Candida, Sweyn Haakonsson, Ibn al-Nadim, Antipope Gregory VI, Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, and Sulayman ibn al-Hakam. After him are Rozala of Italy, Vazul, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, Bardas Skleros, Suryavarman I, and Lambert I, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 1063, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ranks 5. Before him are Tughril, Béla I of Hungary, Emperor Renzong of Song, and Ramiro I of Aragon. After him are Richeza of Lotharingia, Catherine of Bulgaria, Constantine Leichoudes, Geoffrey I of Provence, and Albert II, Count of Namur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ranks 1,394 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Phillips (1957), John Smyth (1570), Smithson Tennant (1761), Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Lindley (1799), and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883). After him are William Aiton (1731), Kate Atkinson (1951), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), Seamus Heaney (1939), Bob Hope (1903), and Rafael Merry del Val (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ranks 255. Before him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883). After him are George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Catherine Ashton (1956), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), and Henry Pelham (1694).

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