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LLYWELYN FAWR (fl. early 13th century), lords of Merioneth there is no further mention of either of them. In 1255 the death is recorded of Maredudd, lord of Merioneth, almost certainly the son of the elder Llywelyn. With the expulsion in 1256 of the latter's son, also Llywelyn, for treachery against Llywelyn II, Merioneth passed finally out of the possession of the descendants of Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd. Madog, the son of this last Llywelyn, was the rebel
LLYWELYN FYCHAN ap LLYWELYN ab OWAIN FYCHAN (bu farw c. 1277), lord of Mechain He and his brothers, Maredudd and Owain, succeeded their father as joint lords of Mechain sometime before 1241. Though his adherence to the cause of Gwynedd was an uncertain factor in the early years of Dafydd II, he was among the latter's supporters in 1245, and later was prominent among the native vassal magnates of Llywelyn II. He died before 1277, for in that year his share in Mechain had
LOWE, WALTER BEZANT (1854 - 1928), antiquary he developed a keen interest in the antiquities of Gwynedd; he was one of the early members of the Llandudno Field Club and for many years edited its Proceedings; he was also a member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, and contributed articles, e.g. 'The Price Families of Plas Iolyn and Gilar' (1912) to Archæologia Cambrensis Better known than these are his books, published at his own
MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1236), lord of Powys Elder son of Gruffydd Maelor I, and Angharad, daughter of Owain Gwynedd. With his brother Owen, he succeeded Gruffydd in 1191 and, on Owen's death in 1197, became sole ruler of Powys north of the Rhaeadr and the Tanat. Under his son, Gruffydd Maelor II, this area, comprising Welsh and English Maelor, Iâl, Cynllaith, Nanheudwy, and part of Mochnant, became known as Powys Fadog, in contrast with
MADOG ap MAREDUDD (bu farw 1160), king of Powys Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He was the last of his dynasty to rule as king over the whole of Powys, including, for a time, the Fitzalan lordship of Oswestry (see Owain Brogyntyn). Succeeding his father in 1132, his main pre-occupation, particularly between the years 1149-57, was the defence of Powys against the aggression of Owain Gwynedd. Threatened by the building of the castle of
MAELGWN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (bu farw 1173), prince of Anglesey Son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn, uterine brother of Iorwerth Drwyndwn, and uncle of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's dominions he received Anglesey, but was driven out of the island in 1173 by his half-brother, Dafydd. He fled to Ireland, returned later in the year, and was made a prisoner. His subsequent fate is unknown.
MAELGWN GWYNEDD (bu farw c. 547), king of Gwynedd and monk Son of Cadwallon Lawhir and great-grandson of Cunedda Wledig, he ruled over Venedotia (Gwynedd) in the second quarter of the 6th century. His kingdom seems to have comprised most of north-west Wales, including Anglesey, while tradition credits him with a favourite stronghold at Degannwy on the Creuddyn peninsula. As a fifth and last ruler arraigned by Gildas for his misdeeds, he is addressed as
MAREDUDD ab OWAIN ap HYWEL DDA (bu farw 999), king of Deheubarth He succeeded his aged father as sole ruler of Deheubarth in 986, and in the same year repeated the achievement of his grandfather by reuniting Gwynedd and Deheubarth for the period of his reign. In spite of domestic disharmony, he impressed contemporaries by his bold and aggressive leadership against Saxon and Dane. His greatest claim to fame rests, perhaps, on his relationship to Gruffudd ap
MAREDUDD ap CYNAN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (bu farw 1212), lord of Eifionydd, part of Ardudwy, and Merioneth and co-founder of the Cistercian house of Cymmer From 1173-94 he was lord of Eifionydd and part of Ardudwy, a fact noted by Gerald the Welshman when he passed through the district in 1188. He received Merioneth also from his brother Gruffydd (probably in 1194) when the latter shared the spoils of victory in Gwynedd with his cousin Llywelyn ap Iorwerth whose career in its initial stages owed much to the support of the sons of Cynan. When
MAREDUDD ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (1130 - 1155), prince of Deheubarth Eldest son of Gruffydd ap Rhys by Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan. Six years old when his father died in 1137, he came into prominence at 16 assisting an older half-brother, Cadell, in freeing southern Ceredigion of the Normans, and in defending the recently captured fortress of Carmarthen. In 1151 he took a leading part in driving the men of Gwynedd back beyond the Dovey, and in the
MAREDUDD ap RHYS GRYG (bu farw 1271), prince of Deheubarth sanctuary in Gwynedd, he accompanied Llywelyn ap Gruffydd on his victorious expeditions of 1256, his reward being lands round Llanbadarn and Cantref Buellt. He took a leading part in the Welsh victory of Cymerau (1257), but Rhys Fychan having come over to the Welsh side in the course of the battle, Maredudd's sympathies veered in the opposite direction as early as October 1257. Though he participated in
teulu MARSHAL (earls of Pembroke), baronage in opposition to Henry III and his foreign advisers. The old struggle between the Marshal family and the prince of Gwynedd gave place to an alliance against the forces of the Crown in the war in the Marches, 1233-4. In the first phase of the war the king took Usk from Marshal but a temporary truce was established on 6 September 1233. When Richard refused to restore Caerleon to Morgan ap Hywel

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