Aberffraw was one of the three medievalcantrefs on the island ofAnglesey, northWales, in theKingdom of Gwynedd as a cadet branch, named theHouse of Aberffraw.[1] It lay on the western side of the island onCaernarfon Bay. Its administrative centre wasAberffraw, the ancient seat of the Princes of Gwynedd. In the 1300s, it was ruled byviceroys (Welsh:rhaglaw) from the lineage ofHwfa ap Cynnddelw who represented Anglesey in theparliament of 1327 regarding the deposition ofEdward II of England.[2]
The cantref consisted of the twocwmwds ofLlifon andMalltraeth.[1]
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