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Madog ap Maredudd, Brenin of Powys

Male Abt 1100 - 1160  (60 years)


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  • Name Madog ap Maredudd   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Suffix Brenin of Powys 
    Born Abt 1100  of, , Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1160  Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11, 14] 
    Buried St. Tysilio, Meifod, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Person ID I200002663  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2009 

    Last Modified 27 Aug 2002 
    Family ID F200002124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Research):IDENTITY: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 309 calls him "Reinallt, King of Man (in some books Madog ap Meredydd, of Powys)."
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 250 makes him the son of Efa ferch Bledrus.
      LIVING: Conflict/Error> 'Archaelogica Cambrensis' 6th Series volume 4 pages 129 and 130 state he was living in 1166, but other sources have him dead in 1160.
      MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 1 pages 119 and 320 footnote 5 gives him Maude de Verdon or "Matilda Verdun" who survived him and married John Fitz Alan as second wife.
    • TITLES: Prince of Powys.
      TITLES: Lord of History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog.
      TITLES: Accession> to Powys in 1132. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 54)

      LIVING: 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)
      PROPERTY: Lord of Oswestry. (Derbyshire Feudal History)
      PROPERTY: 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)
      PROPERTY: Lord of Powis Vadoc and of Oswestry. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 2 p. 911)
      PROPERTY: He build the castles fo Oswestry, Caereinion, Carreghofa, and Overton Madoc. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 2 p. 911)

      DEATH: 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)

      REMARKS: Last to rule over the whole of Powys.
      REMARKS: 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'.
      REMARKS: 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. [S200000140] Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table, Baldwin, Stewart, ((http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm)), p. 3.

    2. [S200000302] EWGT - Hanesyn Hen and Related Manuscripts (MFU #4567), Peter C. Bartrum, (Cardiff. University of Wales Press. 1966), FHL 942.9 D2ba., p. 96.

    3. [S200000302] EWGT - Hanesyn Hen and Related Manuscripts (MFU #4567), Peter C. Bartrum, (Cardiff. University of Wales Press. 1966), FHL 942.9 D2ba., p. 95.

    4. [S200000303] EWGT - Mostyn MS. 117 (MFU #4567), Peter C. Bartrum, (Cardiff. University of Wales Press. 1966), FHL 942.9 D2ba., p. 39.

    5. [S200000673] #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. Five volumes in 13. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), FHL book 942.43 H2b., vol. 3 p. 187.

    6. [S200000692] #651 The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall (1873-1879), Maclean, John, (3 volumes. London: Nichols & Son, 1873-1879), FHL book 942.37 K2ma; FHL microfilm 90,276., vol. 2 p. 240.

    7. [S200000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 17, 19, 35, 192, 223, 282*, 291*, 295*, 301, 309, 331*, 392, 393.

    8. [S200001137] #772 Archaeologia Cambrensis: a Record of the Antiquities of Wales and its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association (1846-), Cambrian Archaeological Association (London), (London: W. Pickering, 1846-), FHL book 942.9 B2c., 6th ser. vol. 4 p. 129, 130.

    9. [S200001257] #248 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honors (1834-1838), Burke, John, (4 volumes. London: Published for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley, 1834-1838), FHL book 942 D2bc., vol. 2 p. 17, 643.

    10. [S200001527] #1307 The Montgomeryshire Collections [Periodical] (1944-), (Welshpool: Powys-Land Club, 1944-), FHL book 942.94 C4mp, FHL microfilms 599,552, 8969., ped. chart.

    11. [S200001659] #1358 Stemmata Robertson et Durdin: Being Tables Comprising the Known Ancestors of the Children of Herbert Robertson and His Wife Helen Alexandrina Melian Nee Durdin, and Brothers and Sisters of These Ancestors (1893-1895), Robertson, Herbert, (London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1893-1895), FHL book 929.242 R545r; FHL microfilm 278,018 item., p. 386.

    12. [S200001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 107, 108, 111, 119, 120, 124, 125, 126, 347*; vol. 4 p. 237; vol. 5 p. 209; vol. 6 p. 349.

    13. [S200005033] #235 The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (1847), Lipscomb, George, (Four volumes. London: J. & W. Robins, 1847), FHL book Q 942.575 H2Li; FHL microfilms 990,261-99., vol. 1 p. 71.

    14. [S200001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 5 p. 209.

    15. [S200001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 120.


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