Penmynydd
| Penmynydd | |
| Anglesey | |
|---|---|
 The radio mast, Penmynydd | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SH510743 |
| Location: | 53°14’41"N, 4°14’4"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | LL61 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Anglesey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ynys Môn |
Penmynydd (top of the mountain) is a village on Anglesey situated on a slight hill on the B5420 road between Menai Bridge and Llangefni
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 and claims the birthplace of the founding of the Tudor Dynasty.
Tudur ap Goronwy of Pemynydd in the 14th century was a descendant of the Kings of Gwynedd and of the Kings of Deheubarth, Tudur had five sons, one of whom was called Maredudd, the father of Owen Tudor; an Anglicisation of his Welsh name Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur. Owen Tudor joined Henry V's army and subsequently established himself at court. After Henry V died, his widow married Owen Tudor in secret around 1429 and had at least six children including three sons. The eldest son became a monk, but the second, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, married Lady Margaret Beaufort, descendant of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, son of King Edward III.
From this descent their son Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, the last hope of the House of Lancaster, claimed the throne from the House of York. Having defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, he ascended his ancestral throne as King Henry VII, and ensured that henceforth the royal blood of Gwynedd flowed in the veins of the Kings of England.