Maredudd Ap Bleddyn Prince Of Powys

Maredudd married Hunydd Verch Efnydd between 1075 and 1107. Hunydd (daughter of Efnydd Ap Morien Lord Duffryn and Efa Verch Llywelyn) was born about 1063 in Of Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales; died between 1094 and 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Interred: Meifod Yn Powys. Prominent Welsh Prince.; Fact 1
• Fact 10: Kingdoms Of Gwynedd & Deheubarth.; Resulted In Powys' Loss Of Status As Equal W
• Fact 2: Impressed By Henry Ii's Power, He Yielded To Him (1156).; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Convinced He Needed Henry To Withstand Owain Ap Gruffydd Of Gwyned.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Assisted (1157) Henry II Vs. Owain Ap Gruffydd Of Gwyned.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: His Death Caused A Struggle For Succession.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: Allowed His Nephews Owain & Meurig Rule Of Cyfeilioc.; Fact 6
• Fact 7: Such Rule Was To Be As An Appendage To The Kingdom.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: When Madoc's Son & Heir Succeeded, Owain Was Able To Keep Cyfieliog Separate.; Fact 8
• Fact 9: Resulted In Only Northern Powys Going To His Son Gruffydd.; Fact 9

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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.

Family/Spouse: Susanna Verch Gruffydd, Of Gwynedd. Susanna (daughter of Gruffydd Ap Cynan Prince Of Gwynedd and Angharad Verch Owain, Of Tegaingl) was born about 1095 in , Caernarvonshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Interred: Meifod.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Could Not Contain Rebellion Of His Cousin Owain Cyfieliog.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Loss Of Cyfieliog & Adjacent Areas Resulted In Breakup Of Kingdom Of Powys.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Kingdoms Of Gwynedd & Deheubarth.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Backed Nephew Llywelyn Fawr When The Latter Began Warring For Crown Of Gwynedd.; Fact 5

Family/Spouse: Angharad Verch Owain Gwynedd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marared married Iorwerth Drwyndwn Ap Owain Gwynedd, Of Gwynedd about 1163. Iorwerth (son of [Prince Of Wales Owain Fawr Ap Gruffydd Prince Of Gwynedd and Gwladys Verch Llywarch) was born in 1145 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales; died about 1184 in Pennant Mehangell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1188, Discouraged & Caused Her Husband Rhys Not To Go On Pilgrimage To Palestine.; Fact 1

Family/Spouse: Rhys Ap Gruffydd Prince Of Deheubarth. Rhys (son of Gruffydd Ap Rhys Prince Of Deheubarth and Gwenlian Verch Gruffydd, Of Gwynedd) died on 4 May 1196. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 1200, Rhiwabon, Denbigh.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Built Cistercian Abbey Of Llanegwest DE Valle Crucis In The Vale Of Llangollen.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Prince Of Upper Powys.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Staunchly Allied With Llywelyn Fawr.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Aft May 1211, Allied With John Against Llywelyn Fawr Aft John's Victory Was Inevitable.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: 1212, Only Major Welsh Prince To Refuse Llywelyn Fawr's Alliance Vs. John.; Fact 6

Family/Spouse: Gwyladys Verch Ithel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: The "Great Prince, " United All Of Wales Under His Tumulteous Rule.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Acceded: 1194 As Prince Of Gwynedd. Interred: Conway.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Prince Of Gwynedd & Aberffraw, Lord Snowdon.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Began Siezing Gwynedd From His Paternal Uncles At Age 14.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Brilliant Battle Commander & Long Range Strategist.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: Broke Welsh Tradition By Naming Son Dafydd His Sole Heir To His Titles.; Fact 6
• Alt. Birth: 1173, Wales; Alt. Birth
• Fact 7: 1212, Forged Welsh Princes Into Alliance Against John.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: May 1215, Captured Shrewsbury, Shropshire.; Fact 8
• Fact 9: Jul 1216, Refused John's Call For Support To Defend Throne Against Louis Capet.; Fact 9
• Fact 10: 1218, Aft Years Of Enmity, Allied With Ranulf DE Blundeville Eearl Of Chester.; Fact 10
• Fact 11: Between Mar 1239 and 1240, Took Holy Vows; Knew He Was Dying.; Fact 11
• Alt. Death: 1240, Aberconway, Wales; Alt. Death

Notes:

(Medical):Suffered a partial stroke April 1237 (left his speech & cognizance intact).

Died:
Heart disease.

Llywelyn married Joanna Of England in 1205 in St. Werburgh Benedictine Abbey, Chester, Chestershire. Joanna (daughter of John Lackland Plantagenet King Of England and Agatha De Ferrers) was born between 1188 and 1191 in Of London, Middlesex, England; died between 2 Feb 1236 and 1237 in Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Uchaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Llywelyn married Tangwystl Goch Verch Llywarch, Of Rhos between 1186 and 1218. Tangwystl (daughter of [Lord Of Rhos] Llywarch Goch Ap Iorwerth Lord Rhos and Tangwystl Verch Llywarch) was born about 1168 in Of Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales; died between 1201 and 1209. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Brother Maelgwn After Their Father's Death.; Split Deheubarth W
• Fact 2: Shortly Thereafter, Rebelled Against John.; Fact 2
• Fact 4: Called Rhys "Gryg" Or "Rhys The Hoarse" From A Throat Injury.; Fact 4
• Fact 3: 1212, Joined Llywelyn Fawr's Alliance Against John.; Fact 3
• Fact 5: May 1213, Captured By John's Forces & Held At Royal Castle At Carmarthen.; Fact 5

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From "A Baronial Family In Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314", by Michael
Altschul, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965 says he died 1233.

(Medical):Balding, freckled, bloodshot blue eyes, harsh rasping voice from a throat injury.

Rhys married Matilda De Clare after 1210. Matilda (daughter of Richard Fitzroger De Earl Of Hereford and Amicia Fitzrobert Cts De Gloucester) was born between 1175 and 1184 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire; died in 1213. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]