Genealogie Wylie » Madog ap Maredudd , King of Powys (± 1097-1160)

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1. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 176-6
2. Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, UK-Wales Macropaedia p 124
3. Wikipedia, via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Ma...

   Madog ap Maredudd
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   Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160) was the last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys and for a time held the Fitzalan Lordship of Oswestry.
   
   
   Approximate extent of Powys in 1160
   
   
   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 rebuild Oswestry castle a fortress of William Fitzalan. It would seem likely that he had gained both the fortresses of Oswestry and Whittington in 1146.
   
   Contents [hide]
   1 Defeat by Gwynedd
   2 Succession Shared
   3 The Mabinogion
   4 Children
   5 Notes
   6 References
   
   
   
   [edit] 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 (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 Welsh lands. Even so he retained the lordships of Oswestry and Whittington. In 1159 Madog would seem to have been the Welsh prince who accompanied King Henry II in his campaign to Toulouse which ended in failure. Returning home to Wales Madog died about 9 February 1160 in Whittington Castle. He was buried soon afterwards in the church of St. Tysilio at Meifod, the mother church of Powys.
   
   
   [edit] Succession Shared
   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
   
   [edit] The Mabinogion
   The Mabinogion tale The Dream of Rhonabwy is set during Madog's reign. The central character, Rhonabwy, is one of Madog's retainers sent to bring in Madog's rebellious brother Iorwerth. His titular dream contrasts his own time with the grandeur of King Arthur's period.[1]
   
   
   [edit] 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
   Efa ferch Madog, married Cadwallon ap Madog
   
   [edit] Notes
   ^ Gantz, Jeffrey (translator) (1987). The Mabinogion, pp. 177–191. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044322-3.
   
   [edit] References
   John Edward Lloyd (1911). A history of Wales: from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest. Longmans, Green & Co.
   Remfry, P.M., Whittington Castle and the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel, Maminot, Powys and Fitz Warin (ISBN 1-899376-80-1)
   Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 176B-26
   Regnal titles
   Preceded by
   Maredudd ap Bleddyn Prince of Powys
   1132–1160 Succeeded by
   Owain Cyfeiliog
   Gruffydd Maelor
   Owain Fychan
   Owain Brogyntyn
   
   Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madog_ap_Maredudd"
   Categories: Year of birth unknown | 1160 deaths | Monarchs of Powys | House of Mathrafal

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