About Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys
Madog ap Maredudd

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Madog ap Maredudd was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys and for a time held the Fitzalan Lordship of Oswestry.

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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lincoln_

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

At this time the King of Gwynedd, between 1149 to 1150, 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 . The Mabinogion, pp. 177–191. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044322-3.
References

* John Edward Lloyd . A history of Wales: from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest. Longmans, Green & Co.
* Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 176B-26
Madog ap Maredudd b abt 1091, Powys, Wales, d 1160, Winchester, Hampshire, England. He md Susanna verch Gruffydd abt 1130, daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan and Angharad verch Owain.

Children of Madog ap Maredudd and Susanna verch Gruffydd were:

Gruffydd-Maelor ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, b abt 1146.

Marared verch Madog b abt 1150, Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales. She md Iorwerth-Drwyndwn ap Owain abt 1168, son of Owain-Gwynedd ap Gruffydd and Gwladys verch Llywarch.

Madog III ap Maredudd, Tywysog Powys1,2,3,4

b. circa 1091, d. 1160

Father Maredudd I ap Bleddyn, Tywysog Powys5,2 b. 1047, d. 1132

Mother Hunydd ferch Einudd of Dyffrin Clwyd6,2 b. circa 1066

Madog III ap Maredudd, Tywysog Powys was the successor of Maredudd I ap Bleddyn, Tywysog Powys; Prince of Powys.7,8 Madog III ap Maredudd, Tywysog Powys was born circa 1091 at Montgomeryshire, Wales. He was the son of Maredudd I ap Bleddyn, Tywysog Powys and Hunydd ferch Einudd of Dyffrin Clwyd.5,2,6 Madog III ap Maredudd, Tywysog Powys married Susanna ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan o Gwynedd, daughter of Gryffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain of Tegeingl, before 1129.9 Prince of Powys Fadog at Wales between 1132 and 1160.2,10 Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur 1160: "In this year Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys died at Winchester."11 Madog III ap Maredudd, Tywysog Powys died in 1160 at Winchester, Hampshire, England. "Madoc Powysorum princeps obiit."9,2,12,13 He was the predecessor of Llywelyn ap Madog, Prince of Powys; Prince of North Powys.14
Family 1

Children

Llywelyn ap Madog, Prince of Powys b. c 1120?, d. c 116314

Gruffydd Maelor I ap Madog, Prince of North Powys+ b. c 1121, d. c 11915

Family 2

Susanna ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan o Gwynedd b. circa 1095

Children

Margred ferch Madog o Powys+ b. c 11299,2

Gwenllian verch Madog o Powys+ b. c 11291

Citations

[S278] DfAdam, online unknown url, The Line of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, 97.

[S483] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's ancestors in "Baldwin-Llywelyn," listserve message Dec 1998.

[S491] Welsh genealogy, manuscript, last quarter of 13th century unknown repository, 3.

[S490] Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and some of his contemporaries, manuscript, early 13th - 14th Century unknown repository, 29.

[S272] Francis Jones, Jones, F., pg. 22, Chart IV, The House of Powys.

[S278] DfAdam, online unknown url, The Line of Elystan ap Gwaithfoed, 86.

[S485] Various, Annales Cambriae, "B" MS. of AC , between 1088 and 1103.

[S640] History Files, online http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/history.htm, CELTS OF CYMRU, 1075 - 1132.

[S206] With additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and assisted by David Faris Frederick Lewis Weis, Weis: AR 7th ed., 176-6.

[S640] History Files, online http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/history.htm, CELTS OF CYMRU, King of Powys & Prince of Wales.

[S1383] The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur, online www.webexcel.ndirect.co.uk/gwarnant/hanes/chronicle/chronicleintro.htm, 1160.

[S485] Various, Annales Cambriae, "B" MS. of AC .

[S1383] The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur, online www.webexcel.ndirect.co.uk/gwarnant/hanes/chronicle/chronicleintro.htm.

[S640] History Files, online http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/history.htm, CELTS OF CYMRU.

Stories: Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr

Stories: 1155-1200 outstanding Welsh poet of the 12th century, court bard to Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys , and then to Madog's enemy Owain Gwynedd, prince of Gwynedd . The extant poems ascribed to him , composed in the Welsh bardic tradition of deliberate archaism, include a small amount of religious verse and a large number of eulogies to the chief princes throughout Wales. Cynddelw seems, therefore, to have been the chief bard of all of Wales.

Madoc ap Maredudd / Madog ap Maredudd was the last king of Powys.

Courtesy of fantastically full family tree cf.:
Hughes of Gwerclas 1/2/3/4:

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%...ghesofgwerclas_1.htm

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%...ghesofgwerclas_2.htm

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%...ghesofgwerclas_3.htm

http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%...ghesofgwerclas_4.htm

12663-Welsh Medievel Database.
Note-Brenin translates king.

TITLES- Prince of Powys Lord of, History of the Princes, The Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog Accession to Powys in 1132 Source-Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology

LIVING-1138-He put, Cynwrig, illegitimate son of Owain Gwynedd to death Source= Lloyd,History of the Princes etc

PROPERTY- Lord of Oswestry Source-Derbyshire Feudal History, Received from his father, Powys Fadog Source- Lloyd, History of the Princes etc. Lord of Powis Vadoc, and of Oswestry Source- J. Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, He built the castles to Oswestry, Caerinion, Caraghota and Overton Madoc. Source- J. Morris, Shropshire Genealogies-Vol 2, page 911.

DEATH: He was prison in Winchester, where he died in 1159. Source- Lloyd, The History of the Princes etc,

NOTES: He was last to rule over the whole of Powys. An elegy to Madog written by Gwalchmal ap Mellir is Found written in Welsh and on pages 128-147, Vol 1 of Lloyds, History of the Princes etc

http://www.our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p160.htm#i4798