Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Cynfyn ap Gwerystan (Cynfyn son of Gwerstan or Gwerystan; born c. 990) was an obscure Welsh nobleman principally known on account of his son Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, who established the House of Mathrafal over Powys thanks to a Saxon invasion in 1063. It was said that his father was Gwerstan ap Gwaithfoed and his mother Nest ferch Cadell. It is possible that his father was a Saxon, as the name "Gwerystan" appears to be a Welsh transcription of the Anglo-Saxon name Werestan. Cynfyn married Angharad, daughter of King Maredudd ab Owain of Dyfed.. }
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- Cynfyn_ap_Gwerstan abstract "Cynfyn ap Gwerystan (Cynfyn son of Gwerstan or Gwerystan; born c. 990) was an obscure Welsh nobleman principally known on account of his son Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, who established the House of Mathrafal over Powys thanks to a Saxon invasion in 1063. It was said that his father was Gwerstan ap Gwaithfoed and his mother Nest ferch Cadell. It is possible that his father was a Saxon, as the name "Gwerystan" appears to be a Welsh transcription of the Anglo-Saxon name Werestan. Cynfyn married Angharad, daughter of King Maredudd ab Owain of Dyfed.".