=== Life Sketch ===
Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys, which split in two following the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160. The realm was divided under Welsh law, with Madog's nephew Owain Cyfeiliog inheriting the south (see Powys Wenwynwyn) and his son Gruffydd Maelor I, who inherited the north.
Gruffydd received the cantref of Maelor and the commote of Iâl as his portion and later added Nanheudwy, Cynllaith, Glyndyfrdwy and Mochnant Is Rhaeadr. This northern realm became known as Powys Fadog after the accession of his son Madog ap Gruffudd in 1191 who reigned until 1236, and after whom it may be named (see alternative translations above). During his reign, Madog initially adopted a neutral position between Gwynedd and England but by 1215 had settled on an alliance with Llywelyn ab Iorwerth of Gwynedd. This policy of alliance with Gwynedd continued under his successor Gruffudd II over his thirty-three year reign (1236-1269). This alliance was formalised when Powys Fadog became vassal of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in his role as Prince of Wales under the terms of the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267.
When Gruffydd II died in 1269, his eldest son Madog II succeeded to the throne but the small portion of the realm awarded to his younger brothers caused rebellion in which England became malevolently engaged. By 1276 Powys Fadog was in disorder with brother fighting brother, and this conflagration soon became a small part in the campaign being waged by the English Crown against the fragile Welsh confederation.
In early 1277 an army led by the Earl of Warwick with support from the treacherous brother of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Dafydd ap Gruffydd, marched from Chester into Powys Fadog. Madog II was compelled to submit and under the terms of his surrender the realm would be divided between himself and his younger brother Llywelyn. The royal centre at Castell Dinas Brân, widely considered the strongest native castle in all Wales, was to be had by neither and dismantled.
It appears that Madog II (or at least men loyal to him) remained at Dinas Brân for some time after this accord because the Earl of Lincoln commanded an English force to take the castle on 10 May 1277. Before they could complete their encirclement of the royal centre they learnt that the small garrison inside had abandoned the cause and burnt the castle. Madog II was forced to flee to the protection of Gwynedd. He was killed in battle while campaigning alongside Llywelyn ap Gruffudd later that same year. The castle of Dinas Brân would be reduced, the dramatic ruins of which may still be seen today.
His surviving brothers Llywelyn Fychan and Gruffudd Fychan I accepted the overlordship of England and the realm was divided between them. Special provision was also made for the two sons of Madog II. However, in 1282, during the final campaign of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, all of the rulers of Powys Fadog would once again turn against England in a final conflict during which Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Llywelyn Fychan and the two sons of Madog II would die.
Under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 all of the remaining former princely titles and territories in Wales were abolished. Gruffydd Fychan (the brother of Madog II and last heir to the throne of Powys Fadog) was pardoned but reduced in status to that of a minor local noble or uchelwyr. His direct descendant, Owain Glyndŵr, would become the leader of a later Welsh rebellion in 1400.
The territory of Powys Fadog was broken up into a series of lordships based on the former cantrefi. Under the Laws of Wales Acts these marcher lordships were merged with other adjacent lands formerly part of Gwynedd and incorporated into new administrative counties; the cantrefi of Maelor, Nanheudwy, Iâl, Cynllaith and Mochnant Is Rhaeadr going to Denbighshire and Maelor Saesneg forming the Wrexham exclave of Flintshire. This situation was maintained until the re-organisation of local government in Wales in 1974.
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== Biography ==
Known as [[Madog-54|Gruffyd Maelor II]] to distinguish him from his grandfather [[Madog-30|Gruffydd Maelor I]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruffydd_Maelor Gruffydd Maelor I]
=== Name ===
: Name: Gruffydd /Ap MADOG/
: Name: Griffith ap /Madoc/
=== Death ===
: Death: 1270
=== Notes ===
: Note N112[yalehenry.FTW]
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: Last of his line to live in Binas Bran Castle[yaledavid.FTW]
=== Occupation ===
: Occupation: Lord of Dinas Bran; Prince of Powys
=== excerpt from ''[http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id200.html The Ancestry of Owain Glyndŵr]''===
1025 Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (obit 1075)
. 1065 [[Bleddyn-11|Maredudd]] (obit 1132)
. 1098 [[Maredydd-22|Madog]] (obit 1160)
. 1130 [[Madog-30|Gruffudd Maelor I]] (obit 1191)
. 1160 [[Gruffudd-57|Madog]] (obit 1236)
. 1195 [[Madoc-8|Gruffudd Maelor II]] (obit 1269)
: 1st. [[Madoc-8|Gruffudd Maelor II]] (1195 — 1269)
: : 2nd. [[Gruffudd_Maelor-1|Gruffudd Fychan ap Maelor]](Fychan or Farwn Gwyn) (b. 1225)
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: 3rd. [[Gruffudd_Farwn_Gwyn-1|Madog Crupl]] (b. 1260)
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: 4th. [[Madoc_Crupl-1|Madog Fychan]] (b. 1290)
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: 5th. [[Madoc_Fychan-1|Gruffudd]] (b. 1320)
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: 6th. [[Fychan-11|Gruffudd Fychan I]] (b. 1350)
: ''Gruffudd Fychan ap Gruffudd ap Madog Fychan ap Madog Crupl''
: 4th. [[Unknown-13536|Gruffudd ap Madog]] Crupl (b. 1295)
: 5th. [[Gruffydd_IV-1|Gruffudd Fychan]] II (b. 1325)
: ''Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffud ap Madog Crupl''
: 6th. [[Glyndŵr-1|Owain Glyndwr]] (b. 1359)[http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id200.html The Ancestry of Owain Glyndŵr] Ancient Wales Studies, by Darrell Wolcott. entered 2013-12-08 by [[Bairfield-1|amb]]
== Sources ==
* '''ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. I, page 200''' : EMMA DE AUDLEY, married (1st) HENRY TUCHET [see OVERSLEY 8]; (2nd GRUFFUDD AP MADOC, of Bromfield, Denbighshire [see OVERSLEY 8].
* '''ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 282'''
* [http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id200.html The Ancestry of OwainGlyndŵr] Ancient Wales Studies, by Darrell Wolcott.
==Acknowledgements==This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011.
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=== Gryffydd ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, Pr ===
Gryffydd ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, Prince of Powys Fadog
s/o Madog ap Gryffydd Maelor
b- 1218 - Powys, Wales
m- Emma Audley (2nd husband)
d- 1269 - Dinas Bran Castle, Denbighshire, Wales
bur - Valle Crucus Abbey,
=== Gruffydd ap[Madoc (d 1269)... ===
Gruffydd ab Madog (d 1269) generally called Gruffydd of Bromfield, Lord of Lower Powys, Powys Vadog, or Bromfield was the son of Madog (d 1236), who was the son of Gruffydd Maelor (d 1191), perhaps the last Welsh chieftain, who is called a king by the Welsh chroniclers. Gruffyd Maelor was himself the son of Madog (d 1159), from whom Lower Powys derived the title of Powys Vadog, and Madog was the son of Maredudd, son of Bleddyn, son of Cynvyn, and brother of Cadwgan (d 1112). Gruffydd's lands were so hemmed in by those of English marchers, that he had to be generally faithful to Henry III. He was one of the three Welsh princes who in 1244 refused to follow Davydd ab Llewelyn when he went to war aginst the English. Yet in 1241 his brothers had formed a conspiracy with Davydd.
Gruffydd found a stronger foe in Llewelyn ab Gruffydd. In 1256 he was driven out of his territories, and his lands were ravaged. 'He was,' says Matthew Paris, 'a thorough Welshman in race and tongue, a powerful and generous man whose lands were of large extend and great richness.' At last in 1257 Gruffydd, who had got little help from his Engish allies, went over to Llewelyn, who rejoiced greatly at winning over so powerful a confederate. Next year he was one of the Welsh magnates who made a confederacy with the Scottish nobles to make peace with the English by common consent. In the peace concluded in 1267, through the mediation of Ottobon the legate, Gruffydd was appointed one of the referees to decide whether Llewelyn's provision for Davydd his brother was adequate. He died on 7 Dec 1269, on which day his brother, Madog Vychan also died. Both were buried in the abbey of Llanegwast, or Valle Crucis, in Yale, the favourite foundation of the house of Bromfield, whose rights Gruffydd had defended in 1247 against the sons of Jemacv, son of Maredudd. He married Emma, daughter of Henry of Audley, whom he endowed liverally from the revenues of his manors of Maelor Snesneg and Overton. After his death his sons confirmed these grants. Their names were Madog, Llewelyn, Owain, and Gruffydd. Of these, Madog the eldest died in 1278, and in 1284 Edward II granted Gruffydd the lands of Yale. His son Madog was the great-grandfather of Owain of Glyndyvrdwy. [Dictionary of National Biography VIII:751]
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