Penmynydd is a village on Anglesey

Anglesey

Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...

 situated on a slight hill on the B5420 road between Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge is a small town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford...

 and Llangefni

Llangefni

Llangefni is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of Llangefni was 4,662 people and it is the second largest settlement on the island...

, at . The Royal Mail

Royal Mail

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 postcode begins LL61.

The village is notable for its almshouses and there is a radio transmission mast a few yards north of the village at the top of the hill.

The Tudor Family

Penmynydd was the home of the Tudors of Penmynydd

Tudors of Penmynydd

The Tudors of Penmynydd was a noble and aristocratic family, connected with the village of Penmynydd in Anglesey, North Wales who were very influential in Welsh politics....

 and claims the birthplace of the founding of the Tudor Dynasty

Tudor dynasty

The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a European royal house of Welsh origin that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms, including the Lordship of Ireland, later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1485 until 1603. Its first monarch was Henry Tudor, a descendant through his mother of a legitimised...

.

In the 14th century, a resident of Penmynydd, Tudur ap Goronwy

Tudur ap Goronwy

Tudur ap Goronwy was a Welsh nobleman and a member of the Tudor House of Penmynydd.His son Maredudd ap Tudur was father of Owen Tudor. His other two sons, Rhys ap Tudur and Gwilym ap Tudur were important players in the uprising of Owain Glyndŵr, their first cousin.He was a Welsh aristocrat of...

, had five sons, one of whom was called Maredudd (the father of Owen Tudor

Owen Tudor

Sir Owen Meredith Tudor was a Welsh soldier and courtier, descended from a daughter of the Welsh prince Rhys ap Gruffudd, "Lord Rhys". However, Owen Tudor is particularly remembered for his role in founding England's Tudor dynasty – including his relationship with, and probable secret marriage to,...

 - an Anglicisation

Anglicisation

Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...

 of his Welsh name Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur) who joined Henry V

Henry V of England

Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....

's army and subsequently established himself at court. After Henry V died, his widow married Owen Tudor in secret around 1429 and had three sons. Their grandson, Henry Tudor

Henry VII of England

Henry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor....

, subsequently claimed the crown of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

through this rather tenuous relationship.

External links

• photos of Penmynydd and surrounding area on geograph