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Cantrefs south of the Rhaeadr (Cyfeiliog, Ystlyg, and Caereinion) were allocated to Owain, Prince of Powys Wenwynwyn, (subsequently Owain Cyfeiliog), the son of Madog's deceased brother; The cantref spanning the Rhaeadr – Mochnant – was received by Prince Iorwerth Goch ap Maredudd, Madog's surviving half-brother.
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 .
Dinas Brân (top left), the capital of Powys Fadog viewed from the north west. Powys Fadog split in two in 1160 following the death of Prince Madog ap Maredudd. [1] [2] He was a member of the Royal House of Mathrafal, founded by grandfather, King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, who led a defence with the Anglo-Saxons against William the Conqueror.
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Maelor was a son of Prince Madog ap Maredudd by Susanna, daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of the House of Aberffraw. He is known as Gruffydd Maelor I to distinguish him from his grandson, Gruffydd Maelor II, Lord of Dinas Bran. He was to be the founder of the principal ruling family of northern Powys during the 13th century.
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.
Madog Crypl (or Madog Crippil), also known as Madog ap Gruffydd Fychan (c. 1275–1304/6) was the heir of the sovereign Princes of Powys Fadog and Lords of Dinas Bran. He is sometimes described as Madog III of Powys Fadog. However, he was only lord of some of the family lands under the English crown.
Madog ap Rhiryd (12th-century), prince of part of Powys; Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160), the last prince of a united Kingdom of Powys; Madog ap Owain Gwynedd (c. 1170), a legendary Welsh prince who allegedly discovered America in 1170. Princes of Powys Fadog in north-east Wales: Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, son of Madog ap Maredudd, prince 1191–1236