Anwyl of Tywyn family

Anwyl of Tywyn are a Welsh noble family who are descended in unbroken male-line from Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd from 1137 to 1170 and a scion of the royal House of Aberffraw that ruled Gwynedd for almost five hundred years during the Middle Ages. The family motto is: Eryr eryrod Eryri, which translates as "The Eagle of the Eagles of Snowdonia". The family lives in Gwynedd and speak Welsh.

The name Anwyl means "beloved", "dear", or "loved one" in English.

A summary of their pedigree is:

Descent from Owain Gwynedd (died 1170) to James ap Maredudd (died c.1402)

• Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (d. November 1170) = Cristina ferch Gronw ap Owain ap Edwin
• Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd, Lord of Anglesey (d.1195 [sixth son of Owain]) = Annest ferch Rhys ap Gruffudd

In the book Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; Section V (Old and Extinct Families of Merionethshire) (published 1872) by Thomas Nicholas the descendants of Rhodri ab Owain are described;

"Thomas (ap Rhodri ap Owain), Lord of Rhiw Llwyd, married Agnes, daughter of Einion ap Seissyllt, Lord of Mathafarn, widow of Owain Brogyntyn, Lord of Edeirnion. His descendants, Lords of Rhiw Llwyd, were successively Caradog, Gruffydd, Dafydd, and Hywel, who married Efa, daughter of Ifan ap Howel ap Meredydd of Ystumcegid, of the line of Collwyn ap Tangno, founder of the fifth noble tribe of Wales.">

• Tomas ap Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd = Annest ferch Einion ap Seisyllt
• Caradog ap Tomas = Efa ferch Gwyn ap Gruffudd ap Beli
• Gruffudd ap Caradog = Lleuca ferch Llywarch Fychan ap Llywarch
• Dafydd ap Gruffudd of Rhos = Efa ferch Gruffudd Fychan
• Hywel ap Dafydd = Efa ferch Evan ap Hywel ap Maredudd