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Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (Old Welsh: Bledẏnt uab Kẏnỽẏn;[1] d. AD 1075), somet i m e s s p elled Blethyn, was an 11th-century Welsh king. King Harold Godwi n s o n a n d Tostig Godwinson installed him and his brother, Rhiwallon, as t h e c o - r ulers of Gwynedd on his father's death in 1063, during their des t r u c t ion of the kingdom of their half-brother, king Gruffydd ap Llywely n . B l e d dyn became king of Powys and co-ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd w i t h h i s b rother Rhiwallon from 1063 to 1075. His descendants continued t o r u l e P o wys as the House of Mathrafal.
At the time of the Norman Conquest, Bleddyn was the most powerful king i n W a l e s . Closely allied with Harold, the brothers joined the Saxon resi st a n c e t o William the Conqueror following his conquest of England. In 1 0 6 7 , t h ey joined the Mercian Eadric the Wild in their struggle against W i l l i a m and attacked the Normans at Hereford, ravaging the lands as far a s t h e R i v er Lugg. In 1068, they joined earls Edwin of Mercia and Morcar o f N o r t h umbria in their attacks as well. The earls both later submitted t o W i l l i am.
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Abt 1025 - 1075 (50 years)
