Griffith Maelor ap Madog (1121 - 1191)

Born 1121 in Montgomeryshire, Wales

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1191 at about age 70 in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales

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Biography

Griffith ap Madog is Notable.

Name

Gruffudd Maelor ap Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ^[1]

Lineage and Birth Year Estimation

Wolcott has estimated Gruffudd Maelor's birth as, say, 1130. ^[2]

1025 Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (obit 1075).
. 1065 Maredudd ap Bleddyn(obit 1132)
.. 1098 Madog ap Maredudd (obit 1160)
... 1130 Gruffudd Maelor I ap Madog (obit 1191)
.... 1160 Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor (obit 1236)
..... 1195 Gruffudd Maelor II ap Madog (obit 1269)^[2]

1160 Father's Death and Division of Lands

When his father, Madog ap maredudd, died in 1160, territories north of the Rhaeadr were divided among Gruffudd and his brother Owain. He had Maelor and Ial (Yale) and added Nanheudwy. When his brother Owain Fychan died in 1187 hge gained Cynllaith and lower Mochnant, so that he reunited northern Powys except for Penillyn and Ediernon. ^[3]

Marriage

Gruffudd married Angharad ferch Owain Gwynedd as her second husband. ^[1]

1191 Death

Gruffudd Maelor died in 1191. ^[1]

When Gruffydd Maelor, the last Prince of Powys, died in 1191 the kingdom was divided into Powys Fadog in the north and Powys Wenwynwyn in the south. ^[4]

Issue

Children, listed by Bartrum:

1. Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, born 1160, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died 1236; married Gwladus ferch Itghel," Frenin Gwent." ^[1]
2. Owain, d. 1197 ^[1]
3. Cristin, m. Meurig ap Sir Robert (William of Elberth of Brompton, who d. 1224. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2004. Gruffudd Maelor I is #31 on page 16.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Darrell Wolcott, Ancient Wales Studies. The Ancestry of Owain Glyndŵr
3. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 318, cited by Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2004. Gruffudd Maelor I is #31 on page 16.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Castell_Dinas_Brân Accessed 1/6/2019 jhd

• GRUFFYDD ap MADOG or GRUFFYDD MAELOR I, National Library of Wales, Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964), Aberystwyth
• The Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 23. By Sir Sidney Lee
• Ashkey, Mike, The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens
• Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties
• Wikipedia: Gruffydd Maelor I
• Wikidata: Item Q1033027, en:Wikipedia