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Madog. Book illustration by A.S. Boyd, 1909. Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd (also spelled Madog) was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who sailed to the Americas in 1170, over 300 years before Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492. According to the story, Madoc was a son of Owain Gwynedd who went to sea to flee internecine violence at home. The ...
Jerry Michael Tate Shriver was born on 24 September 1941 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida to Dale Leroy Shriver and Dorothy Madelyn Shriver. Shriver had 3 sisters and 2 brothers, Shriver's family moved to Sacramento, California while he was still in school where he enlisted. [15]
A story popularized in the 16th century claimed that the first European to see America was the Welsh prince Madoc in 1170. A son of Owain Gwynedd, prince of Gwynedd, he had supposedly fled his country during a succession crisis with a troop of colonists and sailed west.
Evans's map. John Thomas Evans (April 1770 – May 1799) was a Welsh explorer who produced an early map of the Missouri River.. Evans was born in Waunfawr, near Caernarfon.In the early 1790s there was an upsurge of interest in Wales in the story of Madog having discovered America, and there were persistent rumours in North America of the existence of a tribe of Welsh Indians, identified with ...
Madog was the son of King Maredudd ap Bleddyn and grandson of King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn.He followed his father on the throne of Powys in 1132. He is recorded as taking part in the Battle of Lincoln in 1141 in support of the Earl of Chester, along with Owain Gwynedd's brother Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd and a large army of Welshmen.
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
It was briefly named Hastings but was renamed Madoc Township after the legendary Welsh prince Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd, credited by some with discovering North America in 1170. When people traveled by horse and carriage during the 19th century from Toronto to Ottawa, Madoc was the halfway stop over, allowing the passengers and horses to rest.
Madog ap Llywelyn is known to have had the following children: Maredudd ap Madoc ap Llywelyn (died c. 1334) Hywel ap Madoc ap Llywelyn (died c. 1352) who had descendants who got confused on who Madog was and claimed he was an unknown son of Llywelyn the Last as per P.C. Bartrums Welsh genealogies.