ap DWFYN Doli

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  • Name ap DWFYN Doli 
    Birth 0170 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • Doli ap Dwfyn, born about the year 170 of the Common Era, is known only through the genealogies passed down by Welsh bards and ultimately recorded by Bartrum and harmonized by Wolcott. The line of descent of which this person is a part appears below:[1]

      Beli Mawr (130 BCE) [2]
      Afleth (100 BCE) ap Beli Mawr
      Afallach (70 BCE) ap Affleth [3]
      Owain (40 BCE) ap Afallach
      Bryddgwyn (10BCE) ap Owain
      Dubun (20) ap Bryddgwyn
      Onwedd (50) ap Durbun
      Anwerydd (80) ap Onwedd
      Amgolydd (110) ap Anwerydd
      Dwfyn (140) ap Amgolydd
      Doli (170) ap Dwfyn
      Cein (205) ap Doli
      Gwyndog (235) ap Cein
      Iago (265) ap Gwyndog
      Tegid (295) ap Iago)
      Padern Beisrudd (325) ap Tegid
      Edern (355) ap Padern Beisrudd
      Cunedda Wledig (385) ap Edern
      Einion Yrth (415) ap Cunedda Wledig
      Cadwallon Lawhir (450) ap Einion Yrth
      Maelgwyn Gwynedd (480) ap Cadwallon Lawhir
      Rhun (505) ap Maelgwyn Gwynedd
      Beli (540) ap Rhun
      Wolcott notes that "it would appear the purpose of this pedigree was to show that Owain ap Hywel, at whose direction the entire manuscript was drafted, was descended from the ancient Royal Family of Gwynedd.

      Research Notes
      He appears in a pedigree of Pughe, of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, reaching back to biblical Adam, presented by Lewys Dwnn. The pedigree illustrates the fondness of the Welsh for pedigrees as well as the difficulty of determining at what point the pedigree moves from history to legend. [4]

      The pedigree also appears in a work by the Powys-land Club.[5]

      The complete pedigree is presented and discussed at Space: John Pughe's Descent from Adam

      Sources
      ↑ Darrell Wolcott. Ancient Wales Studies. accessed 4 Apr 2021Harleian MS 3859 Bartrum has recorded these genealogies with a stated purpose of reporting them intact, and not attempting to harmonize them. Darrell Wolcott in his report on Harleian MS 3859 has attempted a harmonization of these genealogies which not only corrects inconsistencies in names, but assigns an estimated birth year. While Wolcott's work is not adequate for establishing the existence of these ancient rulers as real people, it is superior to anything that might be found on popular genealogies. Accessed 25 February 2023 jhd
      ↑ Wolcott notes, "We did not include the final part of the pedigree which claims the wife of Beli Mawr was Anna, mother of the Virgin Mary. While such a claim may have been a part of tenth century lore and served to show the ancient ancestors were "civilized Christians", the chronology is wrong by at least a century. It is further unlikely a lady of Palestine, born c. 35 BC, would have married anyone on the Isle of Britain. Most likely, however, is that the statement was a copyist's gloss added long after the pedigree was first composed.
      ↑ Wolcott notes, "both the chronology and the name "Afflewth" (the spelling is Amalech in other manuswcripts) suggest this was Lludd, the brother of Cassivellaunus and father of Tasclovanus mentioned by Roman historians in Julius Caesar's invasrion of Britain in 55 BCE.
      ↑ Lewys Dwnn. "Montgomeryshire Pedigrees: Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches Pughe, of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, to Adam page 205. Accessed 25 March 2020 jhd
      ↑ John Rhydderch. Pedigreees of Montgomeryshire Families selected about the yeare 1711-12 from Lewis Dwnn's Original Visitation. London: Powysland Club, 1888. [https://archive.org/details/pedigreesofmontg00rode/page/70/mode/2up/search/Clydno The Pedigree of Phghe of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, to Adam. Pages 68-74. Archive.org. Accessed 27 March 2020 jhd
    Person ID I59303  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father ap AMGOLYDD Dwfyn,   b. Abt 0140, Roman Brittania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F347407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Children 
     1. ap DOLI Cein,   b. Abt 0205, Roman Brittania Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F347406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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