Rhug is a township in the parish of Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, formerly in the old cantref of Edeirnion and later a part of Merionethshire, two miles from Corwen and ten miles north east of Bala. It
Gruffudd ap Cynan was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137. In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule.
Gruffudd ap Cynan escapes from Chester; Illustration by T. Prytherch, 1900
Gruffudd was buried in Bangor Cathedral.
Gruffudd ap Cynan's Coats of Arms of Welsh King, Chirk Castle