ap DUBUN Onwedd

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  • Name ap DUBUN Onwedd 
    Birth Abt 0050  Roman Brittania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • Onwedd ap Dubun, born about the year 20 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 Dubun
      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 anciewnt Royal Family of Gwynedd.

      Research Notes
      An ancestor table pedigree from the Harleian Genealogies showing names in ascending order and without suggested dates appears below:

      (O)uen
      map (H)iguel
      map Catell
      map Rotri
      map Mermin
      map Etthil
      merch Cinnan
      map Rotri
      map Iutguaul
      map Catgualart
      map Catgollaun
      map Catman
      map Iacob
      map Beli
      map Run
      map Mailcun
      map Catgolaun Iauhir
      map Eniaun girt
      map Cuneda
      map Ætern
      map Patern Pesrut
      map Tacit
      map Cein
      map Guorcein
      map Doli map Guordoli
      map Dumn
      map Gurdumn
      map Amguoloyt
      map Anguerit
      map Oumun
      map Dubun
      map Brithguein
      map Eugein
      map Aballac
      map Amalach, qui fuit Beli magni filius et Anna mater eius quam dicunt esse consobrina mariæ uirginis matris d’ni n’ri ih’u xp’i.[4]
      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 existence 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 theancient ancestors were "civilized Christians", the cronology is wrong by at least a century. It is further unlikely a lady of Palestilne, born c. 35 BC, wouyld have married anyone on the Isle of Britain. Most likely, however, is that the statemewnt was a copyist' 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.
      ↑ Harleian Genealogies 1: Gwynedd part 1, amb
    Person ID I59307  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father ap BRYDDGWYN Dubun,   b. Abt 0020, Roman Britannia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Roman Britannia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F347411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Children 
     1. ap ONWEDD Anwerydd,   b. Abt 0080, Roman Brittania Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F347410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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