Madog ap Maredydd

• Preferred Name: Madog ap Maredydd^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: KZJK-YSV
  
• Death: 9 FEB 1160 in Winchester, Hants, or Whittington Castle, Shropshire at LATI: N3.28 LONG: E123.354
  
• Christening: in Llawr Grach, Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• Findagrave: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83873183/madog-ap_maredudd
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Oswestry with note: family history given by my cousin doctor.tim maurice
  
• MilitaryService: 1st Battle of Lincoln1141 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.2426 LONG: E0.491
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Madog-ap-Maredudd-Prince-of-Powys/6000000002459913855
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Powys
  
• Birth: in Mathrafal, Powys, Wales at LATI: N2.3336 LONG: E3.3823
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince of Powys
  
• Death: 9 FEB 1160 in Wittington Castle, Wales at LATI: N2.6382 LONG: E3.2399
  
• Burial: 1160 in St Tysilio, Meifod, Powys, Wales at LATI: N2.7 LONG: E3.25
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  National Library of Wales > Chirk Castle Estate Record > [Sub-fonds] F > Deeds, documents and rentals, 1284-1888
  
  Reference code
  F 1077.
  Title
  Grant of lands and tenements which were from the gift and feoffment of Ieuan vychan ap Ieuan ap Atha in ...,
  Date(s)
  1474, Sept. 21. (Creation)
  Level of description
  File
  Context area
  Name of creator
  Myddelton family, of Gwaenynog, Denbigh, Chirk and Ruthin, Denbighshire, London, and Essex
  Repository
  Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
  Content and structure area
  Scope and content
  1. William Eyton of Bromfeld and Madoc ap Iollyn of Chirc;. 2. John Edward, son of Iorwerth ap Ieuan ap Atha of Gwernospunt. Grant of lands and tenements which were from the gift and feoffment of Ieuan vychan ap Ieuan ap Atha in the ringildry of Isclauth and in the township of Chirk. Witnesses: Galfrid Kyffin, then steward of the lordship of Chirkesland, John Trevor, then receiver, Ieuan ap Hoell vychan and Llewelyn ap Ieuan ap Eden', then ringilds of Isclauth, and Madoc ap David ap Ieuan ap Atha. Latin. «
  Notes area
  Note
  Preferred citation: F 1077.
  Alternative identifier(s)
  Virtua system control number vtls005153557
  Project identifier ISYSARCHB6
  
  Madog ap Maredudd
  Madog ap Maredudd (Middle Welsh: Madawg mab Maredud, Madawc mab Maredut; died 1160) was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys, Wales and for a time held the Fitzalan Lordship of Oswestry.
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  Memorial
  In 1149 he is recorded giving the commote of Cyfeiliog to his nephews Owain Cyfeiliog and his brother Meurig. The same year Madog was able to seize Oswestry from William Fitzalan.
  
  Defeat by Gwynedd
  
  Memorial
  Madog ap Maredudd
  
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Maredudd
  
  Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160) was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys and for a ti
  
  Memorial
  Madog ap Maredudd
  
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Maredudd
  
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  A birth year of 1091 is shown. Wolcott estimates his birth as 1098. [3]
  
  His specific place of birth is unknown, however, Mathrafal is most likely. Mathrafal, in the cantref of Caereinion, near today's Welshpool in Powys, Mid Wales, was the original capital of the Kingdom of Powys and the seat of its kings and princes from its founding in the 9th century until 1160 and then of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1212, when it was abandoned after desctruction by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (llywelyn the Great) of Gwynedd.
  
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Madogdied1160
  MADOG ap Maredudd (-1161). He succeeded his father in 1132 as Prince of Powys. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1161 of "Madoc filius Maredut Powysorum princeps"[146]. m SUSANN of Gwynedd, daughter of GRUFFYDD ap Cynan King of Gwynedd & his wife Angharad of Deheubarth.
  
  ** from British Kings and Queens (Mike Ashley) pp 369+
  Madog ap Maredudd Powys, 1132-60.
  The last ruler of all of Powys. The start of his reign saw him in a position of considerable authoirty. He had allied himself with the Normans and succeeded in being on good terms with both Henry I and Stephen, thus protecting his boundaries to the east. He had married Susanna, the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, in order to build an alliance to the west, which improved after the death of Gruffydd's ambitious son Cadwallon. However, by the 1140s, Gruffydd's successor, Owain, was again expanding the power of Gwynedd and was successfully encroaching upon Powys by claiming one commote after another as he progressed eastward through North Wales. This came to a climax in 1149 when Madog, supported by Ranulf, earl of Chester, met Owain in battle at Coleshill. The day went to Owain, and Madog lost the cantref of Ial, the heartland of Powys. Madog had expanded his own kingdom elsewhere by taking the manor of Oswestry and surrounding lands during an opportunist moment in the English civil war, but in effect, by the end of 1149, much of Powys was in the hands of Owain Gwynedd. In this same year, Madog passed Cyfeiliog to his newphews Owain and Meurig, for safe keeping. Madog remained under the oppression of Gwynedd for reight years, until 1157 saw Henry II in control in England and determined to resolve the problems over Wales. Madog's support for Henry in the operation held him in good stead, for Madog was restored to authority in Powys, although he had to hand back the manor and lands of Oswestry. Madog ruled peacefully for the rest of his reign and his death in 1160 was much mourned. Madog is remembered in the Authorian romance, the Dream of Rhonabwy, where he is portrayed as a mighty and powerful lord. For much of his reign he was, but only because of the patronage of the English. After his death his land was divided amongst his sons Gruffydd Maelor, Owain Fuchan and Owain Brogyntyn, his nephew Owain Cyfeiliog and his brother Iorweth Goch.
  
  ** from Wikipedia listing for Madog ap Maredudd
  Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160) was the last prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys. Madog was the son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn and grandson of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He followed his father on the throne of Powys in 1132.
  
  He is recorded as taking part in the Battle of Lincoln in 1141 in support of the Earl of Chester, along with Owain Gwynedd's brother Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd and a large army of Welshmen. In 1149 he is recorded giving the commote of Cyfeiliog to his nephews Owain Cyfeiliog and his brother Meurig. The same year Madog was able to seize Oswestry from William Fitz Alan.
  
  At this time the king of Gwynedd, Owain Gwynedd was exerting pressure on the borders of Powys, despite the fact that Madog was married to Susanna, Owain's sister. Madog made an alliance with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, but Owain defeated them at Coleshill in 1150 and took possession of Madog's lands in Iâl (English="Yale"]. In 1157 when King Henry II of England invaded Gwynedd he was supported by Madog, who was able to regain many of his lands, though he had to return Oswestry to William Fitz Alan.
  
  Madog died in 1160, and was buried in the church of St. Tysilio at Meifod. Madog's eldest son, Llywelyn, was killed soon after his father's death and Powys was shared between a number of sons and nephews. Powys was never subsequently reunited, being separated into two parts Powys Fadog and Powys Wenwynwyn.
  
  Madog's death enabled Owain Gwynedd to annex part of northern Powys. The poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr in his elegy on Madog said:
  While Madog lived there was no man
  Dared ravage his fair borders
  Yet nought of all he held
  Esteemed he his save by God's might ...
  If my noble lord were alive
  Gwynedd would not now be encamped in the heart of Edeyrnion
  
  Children
  Llywelyn ap Madog
  Gruffydd Maelor
  Gwenllian ferch Madog, married Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth
  Marared ferch Madog, married Iorwerth Drwyndwn and was the mother of Llywelyn the Great
  
  References
  John Edward Lloyd (1911). A history of Wales: from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest. Longmans, Green & Co.
  
  MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1160 ), king of Powys , son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn . He was the last of his dynasty to rule as king over the whole of Powys , including, for a time, the Fitzalan lordship of Oswestry (see Owain Brogyntyn ). Succeeding his father in 1132 , his main pre-occupation, particularly between the years 1149-57 , was the defence of Powys against the aggression of Owain Gwynedd (q.v.) . Threatened by the building of the castle of Tomen-y-Rhodwydd at the southern end of the Vale of Clwyd , Madog , in alliance with Ranulf , earl of Chester , unsuccessfully challenged Owain 's advance, losing, for a time, the control of his lands in Iâl . This loss was retrieved in 1157 when Henry II , with Madog 's support, made a decisive assertion of authority in North Wales . When he d. three years later he was still friendly with his powerful patron. His praises were sung by the leading poets of the day, and the impression created on the minds of contemporaries by the influence which he asserted in central Wales is enshrined in contemporary prose romances. He was buried in the mother-church of Powys - S. Tysilio at Meifod . He m. Susanna , daughter of Owain Gwynedd (q.v.) . His dominions were divided among a number of minor lords of Powys - his sons and nephews - and were never again to be reunited in the hands of a single ruler. (For his heirs see Gruffydd Maelor I , Owain Fychan , Owain Brogyntyn , and Owain Cyfeiliog ).
  
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  Burial - Date: Aft 9 Feb 1160 Place: St. Tysillo, Melfod, Montgomeryshire, Wales
  
  === Madog ap Maredudd (d 1160), prince of Po ===
  Madog ap Maredudd (d 1160), prince of Powys, was the son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and nephew of Iowerth ab Bleddyn. His father, who at his death in 1132 was lord of all Powys. The son Madog, if he did not at once succeed to his father's position, doutless attained it before long, and held it for some years. The contemporary poet, Gwalchmai speaks of the influence of Madog as stretching from Plynlimmon to the gates of Chester, and from Bangor to the extremity of Meirionydd i.e. over all Powys; the same idea prevailed, too, as to the extent of his power when (probably at the end of the twelfth century) the story of ;Fhonabwy's Dream' was cast into its present form. According to Powel, on the other hand, Madog ruled only over Northern Powys, which thus got its title of Powys Fadog. Maredudd, Powel tells us, 'had two sons, Madoc . . . and Gruffyth, betweens whom Powys was dinided;' but the fact is that Gruffydd died before his father in 1128. As to the name Powys Fadog, it clearly came into existence at the same time of Powys Wenwynwyn, viz. about the beginning of the thirteenth century, when Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor and Gwenwynwyn ruled Northern and Southern Powys respectively. Madog ap Maredudd was certainly lord of Powys Wenwynwyn, for about 1149 he gave Cyfeiliog, one if its regions, to his nephews, Owain and Meurig ap Gruffydd, and in 1156 he built at sronghold in Caer Einion, which was also a region of Southern Powys.
  
  Madog was prince of Powys during the reign of Stephe, the period during which the Welsh shook off the rigid control established by Henry I, and regained much which they had lost through the Noman conquest. Like other Welsh princes, he seems to have profited by this movement. About 1149 he rebuuilt the castle at Oswestry, a spot which had not been Welsh ground for nearly a century, and which was soon recovered by the English. Madog's appearance in the district was probably directly due to the turmoil caused by the civil war, for Oswestry was part of the Fitzalans' territory and William Fitzalan took active part on the side of the empress. Rhys Cain's attempt to represent the Fitzalans as teh new-comers is discredited by it s gross anachronisms.
  
  The salient feature of Madog's career is not, however, his success against the English, but his friendship with them. During the first half of the twelfth century Gwynedd had been gradmaclly growing at the expense of the minor northern principalities, until in Madog's time it was a formidable neighbour to Powys, conterminous with it from Machynlleth to Chester. Madog first adoped the policy, which afterwards became popular with princes of Powys, of protecting his realm by cultivation the friendship of his English neighbors. In the year in which he had fortified Oswestry, his neighbour, Owain Gwynedd, had built a castle in Ial, always reckoned a district of Powys. The encroachment called for immediate notice, and in the followin year (1150?) Madog enlisted the aid of Ralph, earl of Chester in an attacke upon the prince of Gwynedd. The battle was fought at Consillt, near Flint, and proved a signal victory for Owain. Foiled in this first enterprise, Madog nevertheless adhered to his policy. In 1157, when Henry II made his first expedition into Wales, Madog took no part in the national resistance organised by Owain Gwynedd, but watched the conflict as a spectator, probably in virtue of a secret understanding with the king. The chronicle known as 'Brut y Saeson' says that Madog was commander of the fleet which attacked Anglesey in the course of the campaign, but this statement, in itself improbable, is made by no other authority, and probably arose through the confusion of two consecutive sentences in 'Brut y Tywysogion.' What the latter (and better) authority says of Madog is that 'he chose a place for encampment betwen the king's host and Owain's, that he might receive the first onset the king should make' - a sarcastice description, probably of Madog's real attitude of armed neutrality. It is not without significance that one resulf of the campaign was that Iorwerth the Red, Madog's brother, was enabled to destroy the obnoxious castle in Ial.
  
  Madog died in 1160, and was buried in the church of St Tyailio at Meifod. His son Llywelyn died almost immediately afterwards; other children who survived him longer were: Gruffydd Maelo (d 1191), Owain Fychan (d 1186), Elise, Owain Brogyntyn, Marred, who married Iowerth Drwyndwn, and Gwenllian, who married the Lord Rhys. The genealogists add Cynwrig Efaill and Einion Efaill. The 'Myvyrian Archaiology' contains two contemporary poems in honour of Madog by Gwalchmai and four by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr. [Dictionary of National Biography XII:745-6]
  
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  Madog ap Maredudd (d 1160), king of Powys, son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He was the last of his dynasty to rule as king over the whole of Powys, including, for a time, the Fitzalan lordship of Oswestry. Succeeding his father in 1132, his main pre-occupation, particularly between the years 1149-57, was the defence of Powys against the agression of Owain Gwynedd. Threatened by the building of the castle of Tomen-y-Phodwyndd at the southern end of the Vale of Clwyd, Madog, in alliance with Ranulf, earl of Chester, unsuccessfully challenged Owain's advance, losing, for a time, the control of his lands in Ial. This loss was retrieved in 1157 when Henry II, with Madog's support, made a decisive assertion of authority in North Wales. When he d three years later he was still there sung by the influence which he asserted in central Wales is enshrined in contemporary prose romances. He was buried in the mother-church of Powys - S Tysilio at Meifod. He m. Susanna, daughter of Owain Gwynedd. His dominions were divided among a number of minor lord of Powys - his sons and nephews - and were never again to be reunited in the hands of a single ruler. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p608]
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  National Library of Wales > Chirk Castle Estate Record > [Sub-fonds] F > Deeds, documents and rentals, 1284-1888
  
  Reference code
  F 1077.
  Title
  Grant of lands and tenements which were from the gift and feoffment of Ieuan vychan ap Ieuan ap Atha in ...,
  Date(s)
  1474, Sept. 21. (Creation)
  Level of description
  File
  Context area
  Name of creator
  Myddelton family, of Gwaenynog, Denbigh, Chirk and Ruthin, Denbighshire, London, and Essex
  Repository
  Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
  Content and structure area
  Scope and content
  1. William Eyton of Bromfeld and Madoc ap Iollyn of Chirc;. 2. John Edward, son of Iorwerth ap Ieuan ap Atha of Gwernospunt. Grant of lands and tenements which were from the gift and feoffment of Ieuan vychan ap Ieuan ap Atha in the ringildry of Isclauth and in the township of Chirk. Witnesses: Galfrid Kyffin, then steward of the lordship of Chirkesland, John Trevor, then receiver, Ieuan ap Hoell vychan and Llewelyn ap Ieuan ap Eden', then ringilds of Isclauth, and Madoc ap David ap Ieuan ap Atha. Latin. «
  Notes area
  Note
  Preferred citation: F 1077.
  Alternative identifier(s)
  Virtua system control number vtls005153557
  Project identifier ISYSARCHB6
  
  Madog ap Maredudd
  Madog ap Maredudd (Middle Welsh: Madawg mab Maredud, Madawc mab Maredut; died 1160) was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys, Wales and for a time held the Fitzalan Lordship of Oswestry.
  Ma
  
  Memorial
  In 1149 he is recorded giving the commote of Cyfeiliog to his nephews Owain Cyfeiliog and his brother Meurig. The same year Madog was able to seize Oswestry from William Fitzalan.
  
  Defeat by Gwynedd
  
  Memorial
  Madog ap Maredudd
  
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Maredudd
  
  Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160) was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys and for a ti
  
  Memorial
  Madog ap Maredudd
  
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Maredudd
  
  Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160) was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys and for a ti
  
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  === A birth year of 1091 is shown. Wolcott e ===
  
  A birth year of 1091 is shown. Wolcott estimates his birth as 1098. [3]
  
  His specific place of birth is unknown, however, Mathrafal is most likely. Mathrafal, in the cantref of Caereinion, near today's Welshpool in Powys, Mid Wales, was the original capital of the Kingdom of Powys and the seat of its kings and princes from its founding in the 9th century until 1160 and then of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1212, when it was abandoned after desctruction by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (llywelyn the Great) of Gwynedd.
  
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Madogdied1160
  MADOG ap Maredudd (-1161). He succeeded his father in 1132 as Prince of Powys. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1161 of "Madoc filius Maredut Powysorum princeps"[146]. m SUSANN of Gwynedd, daughter of GRUFFYDD ap Cynan King of Gwynedd & his wife Angharad of Deheubarth.
  
  ** from British Kings and Queens (Mike Ashley) pp 369+
  Madog ap Maredudd Powys, 1132-60.
  The last ruler of all of Powys. The start of his reign saw him in a position of considerable authoirty. He had allied himself with the Normans and succeeded in being on good terms with both Henry I and Stephen, thus protecting his boundaries to the east. He had married Susanna, the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, in order to build an alliance to the west, which improved after the death of Gruffydd's ambitious son Cadwallon. However, by the 1140s, Gruffydd's successor, Owain, was again expanding the power of Gwynedd and was successfully encroaching upon Powys by claiming one commote after another as he progressed eastward through North Wales. This came to a climax in 1149 when Madog, supported by Ranulf, earl of Chester, met Owain in battle at Coleshill. The day went to Owain, and Madog lost the cantref of Ial, the heartland of Powys. Madog had expanded his own kingdom elsewhere by taking the manor of Oswestry and surrounding lands during an opportunist moment in the English civil war, but in effect, by the end of 1149, much of Powys was in the hands of Owain Gwynedd. In this same year, Madog passed Cyfeiliog to his newphews Owain and Meurig, for safe keeping. Madog remained under the oppression of Gwynedd for reight years, until 1157 saw Henry II in control in England and determined to resolve the problems over Wales. Madog's support for Henry in the operation held him in good stead, for Madog was restored to authority in Powys, although he had to hand back the manor and lands of Oswestry. Madog ruled peacefully for the rest of his reign and his death in 1160 was much mourned. Madog is remembered in the Authorian romance, the Dream of Rhonabwy, where he is portrayed as a mighty and powerful lord. For much of his reign he was, but only because of the patronage of the English. After his death his land was divided amongst his sons Gruffydd Maelor, Owain Fuchan and Owain Brogyntyn, his nephew Owain Cyfeiliog and his brother Iorweth Goch.
  
  ** from Wikipedia listing for Madog ap Maredudd
  Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160) was the last prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys. Madog was the son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn and grandson of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He followed his father on the throne of Powys in 1132.
  
  He is recorded as taking part in the Battle of Lincoln in 1141 in support of the Earl of Chester, along with Owain Gwynedd's brother Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd and a large army of Welshmen. In 1149 he is recorded giving the commote of Cyfeiliog to his nephews Owain Cyfeiliog and his brother Meurig. The same year Madog was able to seize Oswestry from William Fitz Alan.
  
  At this time the king of Gwynedd, Owain Gwynedd was exerting pressure on the borders of Powys, despite the fact that Madog was married to Susanna, Owain's sister. Madog made an alliance with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, but Owain defeated them at Coleshill in 1150 and took possession of Madog's lands in Iâl (English="Yale"]. In 1157 when King Henry II of England invaded Gwynedd he was supported by Madog, who was able to regain many of his lands, though he had to return Oswestry to William Fitz Alan.
  
  Madog died in 1160, and was buried in the church of St. Tysilio at Meifod. Madog's eldest son, Llywelyn, was killed soon after his father's death and Powys was shared between a number of sons and nephews. Powys was never subsequently reunited, being separated into two parts Powys Fadog and Powys Wenwynwyn.
  
  Madog's death enabled Owain Gwynedd to annex part of northern Powys. The poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr in his elegy on Madog said:
  While Madog lived there was no man
  Dared ravage his fair borders
  Yet nought of all he held
  Esteemed he his save by God's might ...
  If my noble lord were alive
  Gwynedd would not now be encamped in the heart of Edeyrnion
  
  Children
  Llywelyn ap Madog
  Gruffydd Maelor
  Gwenllian ferch Madog, married Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth
  Marared ferch Madog, married Iorwerth Drwyndwn and was the mother of Llywelyn the Great
  
  References
  John Edward Lloyd (1911). A history of Wales: from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest. Longmans, Green & Co.
  
  MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1160 ), king of Powys , son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn . He was the last of his dynasty to rule as king over the whole of Powys , including, for a time, the Fitzalan lordship of Oswestry (see Owain Brogyntyn ). Succeeding his father in 1132 , his main pre-occupation, particularly between the years 1149-57 , was the defence of Powys against the aggression of Owain Gwynedd (q.v.) . Threatened by the building of the castle of Tomen-y-Rhodwydd at the southern end of the Vale of Clwyd , Madog , in alliance with Ranulf , earl of Chester , unsuccessfully challenged Owain 's advance, losing, for a time, the control of his lands in Iâl . This loss was retrieved in 1157 when Henry II , with Madog 's support, made a decisive assertion of authority in North Wales . When he d. three years later he was still friendly with his powerful patron. His praises were sung by the leading poets of the day, and the impression created on the minds of contemporaries by the influence which he asserted in central Wales is enshrined in contemporary prose romances. He was buried in the mother-church of Powys — S. Tysilio at Meifod . He m. Susanna , daughter of Owain Gwynedd (q.v.) . His dominions were divided among a number of minor lords of Powys — his sons and nephews — and were never again to be reunited in the hands of a single ruler. (For his heirs see Gruffydd Maelor I , Owain Fychan , Owain Brogyntyn , and Owain Cyfeiliog ).
  
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  === Madog ap Maredudd (d 1160), prince of Po ===
  Madog ap Maredudd (d 1160), prince of Powys, was the son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and nephew of Iowerth ab Bleddyn. His father, who at his death in 1132 was lord of all Powys. The son Madog, if he did not at once succeed to his father's position, doutless attained it before long, and held it for some years. The contemporary poet, Gwalchmai speaks of the influence of Madog as stretching from Plynlimmon to the gates of Chester, and from Bangor to the extremity of Meirionydd i.e. over all Powys; the same idea prevailed, too, as to the extent of his power when (probably at the end of the twelfth century) the story of ;Fhonabwy's Dream' was cast into its present form. According to Powel, on the other hand, Madog ruled only over Northern Powys, which thus got its title of Powys Fadog. Maredudd, Powel tells us, 'had two sons, Madoc . . . and Gruffyth, betweens whom Powys was dinided;' but the fact is that Gruffydd died before his father in 1128. As to the name Powys Fadog, it clearly came into existence at the same time of Powys Wenwynwyn, viz. about the beginning of the thirteenth century, when Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor and Gwenwynwyn ruled Northern and Southern Powys respectively. Madog ap Maredudd was certainly lord of Powys Wenwynwyn, for about 1149 he gave Cyfeiliog, one if its regions, to his nephews, Owain and Meurig ap Gruffydd, and in 1156 he built at sronghold in Caer Einion, which was also a region of Southern Powys.
  
  Madog was prince of Powys during the reign of Stephe, the period during which the Welsh shook off the rigid control established by Henry I, and regained much which they had lost through the Noman conquest. Like other Welsh princes, he seems to have profited by this movement. About 1149 he rebuuilt the castle at Oswestry, a spot which had not been Welsh ground for nearly a century, and which was soon recovered by the English. Madog's appearance in the district was probably directly due to the turmoil caused by the civil war, for Oswestry was part of the Fitzalans' territory and William Fitzalan took active part on the side of the empress. Rhys Cain's attempt to represent the Fitzalans as teh new-comers is discredited by it s gross anachronisms.
  
  The salient feature of Madog's career is not, however, his success against the English, but his friendship with them. During the first half of the twelfth century Gwynedd had been gradmaclly growing at the expense of the minor northern principalities, until in Madog's time it was a formidable neighbour to Powys, conterminous with it from Machynlleth to Chester. Madog first adoped the policy, which afterwards became popular with princes of Powys, of protecting his realm by cultivation the friendship of his English neighbors. In the year in which he had fortified Oswestry, his neighbour, Owain Gwynedd, had built a castle in Ial, always reckoned a district of Powys. The encroachment called for immediate notice, and in the followin year (1150?) Madog enlisted the aid of Ralph, earl of Chester in an attacke upon the prince of Gwynedd. The battle was fought at Consillt, near Flint, and proved a signal victory for Owain. Foiled in this first enterprise, Madog nevertheless adhered to his policy. In 1157, when Henry II made his first expedition into Wales, Madog took no part in the national resistance organised by Owain Gwynedd, but watched the conflict as a spectator, probably in virtue of a secret understanding with the king. The chronicle known as 'Brut y Saeson' says that Madog was commander of the fleet which attacked Anglesey in the course of the campaign, but this statement, in itself improbable, is made by no other authority, and probably arose through the confusion of two consecutive sentences in 'Brut y Tywysogion.' What the latter (and better) authority says of Madog is that 'he chose a place for encampment betwen the king's host and Owain's, that he might receive the first onset the king should make' - a sarcastice description, probably of Madog's real attitude of armed neutrality. It is not without significance that one resulf of the campaign was that Iorwerth the Red, Madog's brother, was enabled to destroy the obnoxious castle in Ial.
  
  Madog died in 1160, and was buried in the church of St Tyailio at Meifod. His son Llywelyn died almost immediately afterwards; other children who survived him longer were: Gruffydd Maelo (d 1191), Owain Fychan (d 1186), Elise, Owain Brogyntyn, Marred, who married Iowerth Drwyndwn, and Gwenllian, who married the Lord Rhys. The genealogists add Cynwrig Efaill and Einion Efaill. The 'Myvyrian Archaiology' contains two contemporary poems in honour of Madog by Gwalchmai and four by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr. [Dictionary of National Biography XII:745-6]
  
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  Madog ap Maredudd (d 1160), king of Powys, son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He was the last of his dynasty to rule as king over the whole of Powys, including, for a time, the Fitzalan lordship of Oswestry. Succeeding his father in 1132, his main pre-occupation, particularly between the years 1149-57, was the defence of Powys against the agression of Owain Gwynedd. Threatened by the building of the castle of Tomen-y-Phodwyndd at the southern end of the Vale of Clwyd, Madog, in alliance with Ranulf, earl of Chester, unsuccessfully challenged Owain's advance, losing, for a time, the control of his lands in Ial. This loss was retrieved in 1157 when Henry II, with Madog's support, made a decisive assertion of authority in North Wales. When he d three years later he was still there sung by the influence which he asserted in central Wales is enshrined in contemporary prose romances. He was buried in the mother-church of Powys - S Tysilio at Meifod. He m. Susanna, daughter of Owain Gwynedd. His dominions were divided among a number of minor lord of Powys - his sons and nephews - and were never again to be reunited in the hands of a single ruler. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p608]
  
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• m. 1120 in Aberffraw, Anglesey, , Wales

1. Gruffydd Maelor I, b. 1121 in Montgomeryshire, Wales     d. 1191 in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales
2. Gwenllian Verch Madog, b. 1131 in Montgomeryshire, Wales     d. 1211 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France
3. Margred ferch Madog, b. ABT 1132 in Penmachno, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom     d. ABT 1198 in Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom
4. Prince Gruffydd Maelor I Of Powys Fadog, b. 1145 in Montgomeryshire, Wales     d. 1191 in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales

• m. in Monmouthshire, Wales
• m. 1138 in Aberffraw, Anglesey, , Wales

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Madog Maredudd -
   Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
   Note: Source: Hist. of Powys Fadog, Wales 15, v. 1, p. 107, 119-125; Dict. of Nat. Biogr., Eng. Pub. A v. 35, p. 301, 302, v. 36, p. 130, 131, v. 42, p. 395; Eminent Welshmen, Wales 13, p. 184, 185, 187, 244, 245, 306, 307, 326, 327, 443, 444; (over) Submitter: Elias Harmer Fam. Assn. % John P. Barlow Source: Eminent Welshmen, Wales 13, p. 306, 307, 326, 327; Hist. of Powys Fadog, Wales 15, v, 1, p. 100-111; Pedigrees of Carnarvonshire and Angelesey Families Wales Angl. 1, p. 331, 392 Submitter: Elias Harmer Fam. Assn.
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2. Title: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215; "The Barons Named in the MagnaCharta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in Amer
   Author: Wurts, John S.; of Germantown, Philadelphia 19, Pennsylvania, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215; "The Barons Named in the MagnaCharta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in Amer, Brookfield Publishing, Philadelphia, 1958, p.435.
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4. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
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5. Title: Madog ap Maredudd, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-23JZ : 6 March 2021), Madog ap Maredudd, ; Burial, Meifod, , Powys, Wales, St. Tysilio and St. Mary Churchyard; citing record ID 83873183, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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6. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr
   Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., pp.176-6.
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7. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
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