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Prince Madoc ap Maredudd

Prince Madoc ap Maredudd[1]

Male Abt 1091 - 1160  (69 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Madoc ap Maredudd  [2, 3
    Prefix Prince 
    Birth Abt 1091  Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1160  Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial St. Tysilio, Meifod, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I41218  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Father King Maredudd ap Bleddyn,   b. Abt 1060, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1129-1132 (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Hunydd ferch Efnydd,   b. Abt 1075, Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F17617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susanna ferch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1095, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Y  [2, 3
    Children 
    +1. Gruffydd Maelor I ap Madoc,   b. Abt 1121   d. 1191 (Age 70 years)
     2. Elise ap Madog   d. Aft 1202
    +3. Owain Fychan Brogyntyn ap Madoc,   b. Abt 1125, Mechoin, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1186, Carreghova, Powys, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +4. Iorwerth ap Madog,   b. Abt 1130   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Llewellyn ap Madog,   b. Abt 1130   d. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Gwenlian ferch Madoc,   b. Abt 1131, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Maraded ferch Madoc,   b. Abt 1130, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Efa ferch Madog,   b. Abt 1130   d. Yes, date unknown
    +9. NN ap Madog,   b. Abt 1130   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F17618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Family 2 Arianwen ferch Moriddig Warwyn,   b. Abt 1130   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F236176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2010 

    Family 3 Efa ferch Eirian,   b. Abt 1130, Maen Gwynedd, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Einion "Efell" ap Madog,   b. Abt 1130   d. 1196 (Age 66 years)
    +2. Cynwrig "Efell" ap Madog,   b. Abt 1130, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F236149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Family 4 NN ferch Maer Ddu,   b. 1105   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Owain "Brogyntyn" ap Madog,   b. 1128, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1188 (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F30785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2010 

  • Notes 
    • Prince of Powys Prominent Welsh Prince. Impressed by Henry II's power, he yielded to him (1156). Convinced he needed Henry to withstand Owain ap Gruffydd of Gwyned. Assisted (1157) Henry II vs. Owain ap Gruffydd of Gwyned. His death caused a struggle for succession. Allowed his nephews Owain & Meurig rule of Cyfeilioc. Such rule was to be as an appendage to the kingdom. When Madoc's son & heir succeeded, Owain was able to keep Cyfieliog separate. Resulted in only northern Powys going to his son Gruffydd. Resulted in Powys' loss of status as equal w/ kingdoms of Gwynedd & Deheubarth.

      When Madog died in 1160 there was a struggle for succession. In 1149 Madog had allowed his nephews, Owain and Meurig, to rule Cyfieliog as an appendage to the kingdom according to the custom of those times - never
      intending that the area should be separated from the kingdom of Powys. When
      Madog's son, Gruffudd, succeeded his father, Owain was able to keep Cyfieliog and some adjacent areas for himself, leaving only northern Powys for Gruffudd. This split the kingdom into two resulting in Powys' loss of generally equal status with the kingdoms of Gwynedd and Deheubarth.

      Brenin of Powys

      Prince of Powys.
      Lord of History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog.
      Accession to Powys in 1132. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 54)

      1138, he put Cynwrig, illegitimate son of Owain "Gwynedd" to death. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 111)

      Lord of Oswestry. (Derbyshire Feudal History)

      Received from his father Powys Fadog. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 108)

      Lord of Powis Vadoc and of Oswestry. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 2 p. 911)

      He build the castles fo Oswestry, Caereinion, Carreghofa, and Overton Madoc. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 2 p. 911)


      He was in prison in Winchester, where he died in 1159. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 119, 120)

      Last to rule over the whole of Powys.
      A elgys to Madog written by Gwalchmai ap Meilir is found written in Welsh and (some translation into English) on pages 128-147 of volume 1 of 'Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog'.

      The term King can be misleading. In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Brenin' meaning chief or high one, and 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2013] John Bernard Burke, Genealogical History of the House of Gwysaney, (London, 1847), Anhang (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S14] Brian Tompsett, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 , , Repository: WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@tardis.ed.ac.uk).

    3. [S10] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 , , Repository: J.H. Garner), line 176 p 151 (Reliability: 0).

    4. [S665] Stewart Baldwin, Baldwin, Stewart, Quaker Marriage Certificates.



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