House of Aberffraw
Traditional Arms of the Aberffraw House of Gwynedd
Parent house	House of Manaw
Country	Wales
Founded	c. 9th Century
Founder	Anarawd ap Rhodri
Final ruler	Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
Titles	King of Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd, Prince of Aberffraw, Lord of Snowdon, Lord of Ynys Môn, Lord of Meirionnydd, Lord of Ceredigion
Cadet branches	House of Rhiw Llwyd; leading to Wynn of Gwydir, Anwyl of Tywyn

The House of Aberffraw is the title designated to the senior branch of descendants of Rhodri Fawr through his eldest son Anarawd ap Rhodri, as this branch made Aberffraw, Ynys Mon in Kingdom of Gwynedd its principal family seat. Members of House Aberffraw include Idwal Foel, Iago ab Idwal, Cynan ap Iago, Gruffydd ap Cynan, Owain Gwynedd, Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, Llywelyn Fawr, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. In the 12th century the Princes of Gwynedd began to use the title "Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon". "Prince of Aberffraw" to emphasise their connection to Rhodri Mawr, and "Lord of Snowdon" to emphasise their possession of the region of Gwynedd. It is this branch that would become the focus of Welsh resistance to Anglo-Norman rule in Wales until the Edwardian Conquest of 1282.

Later direct male descendants would include the Wynn of Gwydir and Anwyl of Tywyn families, claiming direct male decent from Owain Gwyneddand bearing his coat of arms.

• Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (died November 1170) = Cristina ferch Gronw ap Owain ap Edwin
• Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd, Lord of Anglesey (d.1195) = Annest ferch Rhys ap Gruffudd
• Thomas ap Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd = Annest ferch Einion ap Seisyllt
• Caradog ap Tomas = Efa ferch Gwyn ap Gruffudd ap Beli
• Gruffudd ap Caradog = Lleuca ferch Llywarch Fychan ap Llywarch
• Dafydd ap Gruffudd of Rhos = Efa ferch Gruffudd Fychan
• Hywel ap Dafydd = Efa ferch Evan ap Hywel ap Maredudd
• Maredudd ap Hywel (d. after 1353) = Morfydd verch Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Trahaern Goch

Maredudd ap Hywel had two sons; Robert and Ieuan. The Wynn of Gwydir family claim descent from Robert while the Anwyl of Tywyn family claims to descend from Ieuan.

The Wynn of Gwydir family died out in the male line on the death of Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet in 1719. After this the Anwyl Family represented the only proven surviving branch in the male line of the House of Aberffraw. The head of the house (Evan Vaughan Anwyl b.1943) currently resides close to Tywyn in Gwynedd, his son, Dafydd, lives in Manchester.

From Robert ap Maredudd the Wynn family descend:

• Robert ap Maredudd = Angharad ferch Dafydd ap Llywelyn
• Ifan ap Robert (b. 1438, d. 1469) = Catherine ferch Rhys ap Hywel Fychan
• Maredudd ap Ifan (Ieuan) ap Robert (b. c1459, d. 18 March 1525) = Ales ferch William Gruffudd ap Robin
• John "Wynn" ap Maredudd (d. 9 July 1559) = Ellen Lloyd ferch Morys ap John
• Morys Wynn ap John (d.1580) = Jane Bulkeley (1) Ann Grevill (2) Katherine of Berain (3)

The Wynn Baronets of Gwydir were created in the Baronetage of England in 1611—one of the initial creations—for John Wynn, of Gwydir. The members of this line were heirs to the Aberffraw claim to the Principality of Gwynedd and Wales as direct descendents of Owain Gwynedd. The family continued to be prominent in politics, all the baronets save Owen sat as members of parliament, often for Carnarvon or Carnarvonshire. This creation became extinct in 1719, on the death of the fifth baronet. Wynnstay, near Ruabon, passed to Sir Watkin Williams, who took the name of Williams-Wynn.

Under the native Welsh system of agnatic succession the leadership (by Welsh Law) of the House of Aberffraw passed to the Anwyl Family (see below) in 1719.

• Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (son of Morys Wynn, d. 1627)
  • Jane Thelwall (great-granddaughter. Her husband took the name Wynn in honor of his wife's heritage, establishing the Williams-Wynn family.
    • Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet, (David), descendant of Sir John Wynn
• Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet (c. 1588–1649)
• Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet (d. 1660)
• Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet (c. 1625–1674)
  • Mary Wynn, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven
    • Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet (c. 1628–1719) (extinct 1719)

A cadet branch of descendants could trace their decent from Richard Wynn, through his daughter Mary Wynn, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, and his great granddaughter Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. This cadet branch would expire with the 1915 death of Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell, 5th Baron Gywdyr.

• Thomas Lloyd Anwyl of Hendremur (1695 - 1734); married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Meyrick, and died 1734.
• William Anwyl of Hendremur (1717 - 1751) = Margaret, daughter of Rice Pierce, of Celynyn.
• Rice (Rev) Anwyl (1740 - 1819) = Margaret, daughter of David Roberts, of Goppa, and died 1819.
• David Anwyl of Bala (1771 - 1831) = married Mary, daughter of Gruffyd Owen of Pencader.

David of Bala died without issue and the title passed to his cousins;

• Jonathan Bunce Anwyl of Llugwy (1789 - 1852). He died unmarried and without issue. After the death of Jonathan Bunce Anwyl in 1852 the de jure Head of House would have passed to the sons of Maurice Anwyl of Llugwy (1753 - 1832)

• Robert Anwyl of Llugwy (1787-1867)
• Evan Anwyl of Llugwy (1789 - 1872) (brother of Robert) = daughter of William Morgan, of Brynallys, Montgomeryshire.
• Robert Charles Anwyl of Llugwy (1849 - 1933) = Harriette daughter of William Hamilton.
• Maurice Ifan Hamilton Anwyl (1889 - 1942) (died without issue, line passed to his cousin)
• Evan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr Farm, Tywyn, Merionethshire (1858-1955) = Sarah daughter of Jonathan Benbow of Meifod.
• Evan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr of Tywyn (1911-1968) = Gwyneth daughter of Harold Henry Scott of Chester.
• Evan Vaughan Anwyl of Tywyn (1943-extant) educated at Tywyn Grammar School and University of Wales Aberystwyth (BSc 1967, DipEd 1968). He is the current Head of the House of Aberffraw and de jure Prince of Gwynedd as the senior direct male line descendant of Owain Gwynedd whose arms this family bears. He resides in Gwynedd and has issue one son;
• David Evan Anwyl (born 1977) who is their heir male (Edling) of the House of Aberffraw. He resides in Manchester.

Two grandsons of Jonathan the younger brother of Evan Anwyl (b.1858) are also extant and live in Surrey. Philip (b.1943) and Roger (b.1947) represent the cadet branch of this dynasty.

Aberffraw

Wynn

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ((cite encyclopedia)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Sir John Wynn. History of the Gwydir family and memoirs. Edited by J. Gwynfor Jones. Llandysul : Gwasg Gomer, 1990.
• J. Gwynfor Jones. The Wynn family of Gwydir. Aberystwyth : Centre for Educational Studies, 1995.

Anwyl

• Burkes Peerage (online), Landed Gentry, Wales, 19th Edition. (Ref. 100057)
• Dwnn, Lewys, Heraldic Visitations of the Three Counties of North Wales above Conway (published 1613)
• Hughes, David, The British Chroncicles, Volume I
• Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush, Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches (published 1846 and again in 2005), Anwyl Family found in Volume II, pp69-71
• Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; Section V (Old and Extinct Families of Merionethshire) (published 1872), p664-700
• Welsh Kings
• Yorke, Philip, The Royal Tribes of Wales (published 1799), pp39-41

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