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Madog was close to his cousin, prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, initially, but gradually distanced himself and also kept aloof from 1212 when his cousin had managed to reform the Welsh Confederacy and looked instead to King John of England, in whose pay he was, as an official ally of the English king. By 1215 he decided to ally with his cousin and ...
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).
Madog ap Maredudd (1132–1160) From 1160 Powys was split into two parts. The southern part was later called Powys Wenwynwyn after Gwenwynwyn ab Owain "Cyfeiliog" ap Madog, while the northern part was called Powys Fadog after Madog ap Gruffydd "Maelor" ap Madog.
The English Maelor is first recorded as a separate lordship from the Maelor in 1202. It was inherited by Gruffydd Maelor II in 1236 when his father, Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor , died and his kingdom was divided between his five sons.
Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr ("Cynddelw the Great Poet"; Middle Welsh: Kyndelw Brydyt or Cyndelw Brydyd Maur; fl. c. 1155–1200), was the court poet of Madog ap Maredudd, Owain Gwynedd (Owen the Great), and Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, [1] and one of the most prominent Welsh poets of the 12th century.
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.
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]
Castell Dinas Bran, near Valle Crucis Abbey, prince Madog was its patron. In 1275, Llywelyn married the daughter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, the arch-enemy of the English king's father, Henry III. Simon's wife was Eleanor of England, the daughter of King John of the House of Plantagenet.