Editing Gruffudd ap Cynan (section)

== Death and succession ==
[[Image:Bangor Cathedral from Bangor Mountain.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Gruffudd was buried in Bangor Cathedral.]]

Gruffudd died in his bed, old and blind in 1137,<ref name="DWB"/> and was mourned by the annalist of ''[[Brut y Tywysogion]]'' as the "[[King of the Britons|head and king and defender and pacifier of all Wales]]". He was buried by the high altar in [[Bangor Cathedral]],<ref name="DWB"/> which he had been involved in rebuilding. He also made bequests to many other churches, including one to [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]] where he had worshipped as a boy. An elegy was sung for him by the poet [[Meilyr Brydydd]], his wife Angharad survived him by 25 years.<ref name="DWB"/> He was succeeded as king of Gwynedd by his son [[Owain Gwynedd]]. His daughter [[Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd|Gwenllian]], who married [[Gruffudd ap Rhys]] of Deheubarth, son of his old ally Rhys ap Tewdwr, is also notable for her resistance to Norman rule.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}