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Tradiotional arms of Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, later the Banner of the princely realm of Powys Fadog. Madog ap Gruffudd, or Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, was a Prince of Powys Fadog [1] from 1191 to 1236 in north-east Wales, and Lord of Powys. [2] He was the founder of Valle Crucis Abbey in the Lordship of Yale.
The principality religious center was at Valle Crucis Abbey, built by Prince Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, next to the Pillar of Eliseg, erected during the 800s by King Cyngen ap Cadell after a pilgrimage to Rome. [10] [11] It was the last Cistercian monastery to be founded in Wales. [12] Valle Crucis Abbey, religious center of Powys Fadog
Valle Crucis Abbey was founded in 1201 by Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, [2] and was the last Cistercian monastery to be built in Wales. Founded in the principality of Powys Fadog, in the ancient commote of Iâl (Yale), Valle Crucis was the spiritual centre of the region, while Dinas Bran was the political stronghold. [3]
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Madog II, succeeded his father and was killed in battle with the English in 1277. Llywelyn. Owain, whose daughter, Gweirca ferch Owain, has the oldest dated grave slab in Wales. Gruffydd Fychan I succeeded his eldest brother in 1277 and died in 1289. Angharad d. 1308. m (after 1261) William le Boteler of Wem, Shropshire (-1283).
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The earliest certain reference to a seafaring man named Madoc or Madog occurs in a cywydd by the Welsh poet Maredudd ap Rhys (fl. 1450–1483) of Powys that mentions a Madog who was a descendant of Owain Gwynedd and who voyaged to the sea. The poem is addressed to a local squire, thanking him on a patron's behalf for a fishing net.