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Arms of Powys. Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn (died c. 1286) was a Welsh king who was lord of the part of Powys known as Powys Wenwynwyn; he sided with King Edward I of England in the latter's conquest of Wales of 1277–1283. Gruffudd was the son of Gwenwynwyn and Margaret Corbet.
Gruffudd was the son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, who had been able to rule both Gwynedd and Powys, and of Angharad ferch Maredudd.On Llywelyn's death in 1023, a member of the House of Aberffraw, Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, became ruler of Gwynedd and began his rise to power in Powys.
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (audio ⓘ) (Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffydd; c. 1097 – 1136) was a 12th-century Welsh rebel and Princess consort of Deheubarth.The daughter of Prince of Gwynedd Gruffudd ap Cynan and member of the House of Aberffraw, she married Gruffydd ap Rhys, the Prince of Deheubarth, and would lead a "patriotic revolt" with him during the Great Revolt of 1136 until her death at ...
Painting of Powys Castle by artist David Cox. Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high Middle Ages. The realm was the southern portion of the former princely state of Powys which split following the death of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys in 1160: the northern portion (Maelor) went to Gruffydd Maelor and eventually became known as Powys Fadog; while the ...
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.
Owain ap Cadwgan had, by now, been pardoned by the King, and was prince of Powys; in 1111, his father had been assassinated by Owain's cousin and former comrade-in-arms, Madog ap Rhiryd, whom Owain captured, castrated, and blinded. Being then on the King's good side, Owain was ordered to rendezvous with a Norman force to proceed against Gruffydd.
1: Kingdom of Deheubarth (later borne by the Talbot family, Earl of Shrewsbury); 2: Philip ap Ivor (Lord of Iscoed); from Prince Owain Gwynedd; 3: Gruffydd ap Cynan; 4: Edwin of Tegeingl; Key features shown are the predominance of the Welsh dragon, the use of colour differences to distinguish branches of a family, and the use of crests. The ...
Owen de la Pole (c. 1257 – c. 1293), also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lord of Powis after the death of his father Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn c. 1287.