MADOG/MADOC

MADOC / MADOC / FADOG

WELSH PRINCE DYNASTIES

See “Famous Maddoxes” on this website for biographies of those marked.

(“t” refers to title)

Kingdom of Powys in NE Wales

(mostly today’s Montgomeryshire)

(see below for Kingdom of Gwynedd)

Generation 1

A. CYNFYN AP GWERSTAN

b. c. 1000 WLS

m. Angharad, dtr. of Maredudd ab Owain of the Dinefwr dynasty of Deheubarth

t. 1063 In-law’s dynasty ended at assassination of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn & takeover by Harold Godwinson)

CH:

A1 BLEDDYN / BLETHYN (see B below)

A2 Rhiwallon (1060 given Powys by Harold Godwinson), d. 1075

Generation 2

B BLEDDYN / BLETHYN (same as A1 above)

b. c. 1030 Deheubarth (S. Wales)

m. Haer of Powys, dtr of Cillin

t. 1060 Harold Godwinson defeated the dynasty and gave Gwynedd (NW Wales) to Bleddyn (gave Powys in NE Wales to bro. Rhiwallon)

1070 Ruled Powys upon brother’s death. Then was King/Prince of Gwynedd and Powys

d. 1075

CH:

B1 MADOC (See pedigree chart for MADOC OF LANCASHIRE, which includes historical documentary evidence for every generation)

B2 Rhiryd (who had ch Madoc and Ithel)

B3 Ithel, d.c. 1090

B4 IORWERTH, (given 1/3 of Powys) (See pedigree chart for MADOC OF SHROPSHIRE, which includes historical documentary evidence for every generation)

B5 Cadwgan, given 1/3 of Powys

B6 MAREDUDD, given 1/3 of Powys (see C below)

Generation 3

C MAREDUDD (same as B6 above)

b. c. 1070 Powys

t. 1075 given 1/3 of Powys to rule as vassal of Robert Belleme, 3^rd Earl of Shrewsbury

d. 1132

CH:

C1 MADOC (see D below)

Generation 4

D MADOC (same as C1 above)

b. c. 1100 Powys

m. Susanna, verch Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd

d. 1160

CH:

D1 Llywelyn

D2 GRYUFFYDD MAELOR (see E below)

D3 Gwenllian, m. Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth

D4 Marared, m. Iorwerth Drwyndwn (had son Llywelyn the Great b. 1173)

Generation 5

E GRYUFFYDD MAELOR (same as D2 above)

b. c. 1135 Powys

CH:

E1 MADOC (see F below)

Generation 6

F MADOC (same as E1 above)

b. c. 1165

m. Isota

t. 1191 Prince of Powys Fadog (consolidated father’s possessions and named them Powys Fadog)

d. 1236

CH:

F1 GRUFFYDD MAELOR II (see G below)

F2 Gruffydd Lal, d. 1238

F3 Maredudd, d. 1256

F4 Hywel, d. 1268

F5 MADOC FYCHAN, d. 1269

F6 Angharad

Generation 7

G GRUFFYDD MAELOR II (same as F1 above)

b. c. 1200

m. Emma, widow of Henry Touchet, dtr of Henry Audley

t. 1236 heriditary Prince of Powys Fadog

1^st Lord of Dinas Bran (Crow Castle)

d. 1269

CH:

G1 MADOC FYCHAN II, succeeded father in 1269, but killed in battle 1277

G2 Llywelyn

G3 Owain

G4 GRUFFYD FYCHAN I (succeeded his brother ~ G1) (see H below)

Generation 8

H GRUFFYD FYCHAN I (same as G4 above)

b. c. 1230

t. 1277 heriditary Prince of Powys Fadog (stripped of power 1284)

t. Lord of Dinas Bran (Crow Castle)

d. 1289

CH:

H1 MADOC CRYPL (same as I below)

Generation 9

I. MADOC CRYPL aka Madoc III (same as H1 above)

1289 hereditary Prince of Powys Fadog

Lord of Dinas Bran (Crow Castle)

d. 1304

CH:

I 1 MADOC FYCHAN (see J below)

I 2 Gruffydd AP MADOC Fychan II (d. before father. His son ~ same name ~ became prince upon Madoc Fychan’s death)

Generation 10

J MADOC FYCHAN (same as I 1 above)

t. 1304 hereditary Prince of Powys Fadog

Lord of Dinas Bran (Crow Castle)

d. c. 1325

CH:

J1 GRUFFYDD I (same as K below)

Generation 11

K GRUFFYDD I (same as J1 above) (Some believe he was son of Madoc Crypl ~ J above, and others son of Gruffydd ap Madoc Fychan ~ J2 above)

m. Elen, dtr of Thomas ap Llwelyn of Iscoed/Deheubarth

t. 1330 hereditary prince of Powys Fadog, Lord of Glyndyfrdwy and Lord of Cynllaith Owain

d. 1369

CH:

K1 MADOC, died young

K2 OWAIN AP GRUFFYDD / OWAIN GLYNDWR, b. 1354 (see L below)

K3 Lowry, m. Robert Puleston

K4 Isabel, m. Adda ap Iorwerth Ddu

K5 Gruffydd

K6 Tudor (killed 1406 at end of brother’s rule of Wales)

K7 Unknown dtr. m. John Hanmer (who pleaded poverty in 1411 after Owain’s war)

Generation 12

L OWAIN AP GRUFFYDD / OWAIN GLYNDWR / OWAIN IV (same as J2 above)

See long article and pictures at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd

Featured in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” as a wild and exotic man.

Today he is seen as the Father of Welsh Nationalism and on a par with King Arthur

He was the last Prince of Wales

b. 1359 or 1369

m. c. 1383 Margaret, dtr of Sir David Hanmer (d. in Tower of London bef. 1415)

t. Hereditary Tywysog/Prince of Powys Fadog and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy

c. 1383 Squire of Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy.

1400 Prince of all Wales (1404 appointed a parliament independent of England)

d. c. 1416. (Disappeared 1412) maybe at his estate at Sycharth

CH: (some not proven)

L1 Gruffudd b.c. 1390

L2 MADOC b.c. 1392

L3 Maredudd b.c. 1394

L4 Tomas b.c. 1396

L5 Tomas b.c. 1398

L6 John b.c. 1400

L7 Dafydd (David) b.c. 1402

L8 Alys (Alice) b.c. 1404, m. Sir Henry Scudamore in Kentchurch, Sheriff of Herefordshire

L9 Margaret b.c. 1406

L10 Isabel b.c. 1406

L11 Jonet b.c. 1406

L12 Catrin, b,c, 1408, m. Sir Edmund Mortimer, d. in Tower of London bef. 1415

L13 Elizabeth, b.c. 1410

L14 Jane, b.c. 1412

Kingdom of Gwynedd in NW Wales

(mostly today’s Carnarvonshire)

Inlaws of Powys Madoc Rulers

Generation 1

A. CYNAN AP IAGO

b. c. 1000

m. Ragnaillt of Dublin

t. 1023 King of Gwynedd

d. 1039

CH:

A1 GRUFFYDD (see B below)

Generation 2

B GRUFFYDD (same as A1 above)

b. c. 1050 Dublin, IRE

m. Angharad verch Owain abs Edwin

t. 1075 attempted to take throne

t. 1081 King of Gwynedd one year

t. c. 1093 attempted to take throne

t. 1101 King of Gwynedd

d. 1137

CH:

B1 Cadwallon, d. 1132

B2 OWAIN GWYNEDD (see C below)

B3 Cadwaladr, m. Alice de Clare, ruled part of Gwynedd 1137-1143

B4 Susanna, m. Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys

B5 Gwenllian, m. Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth

Generation 3

C OWAIN “GWYNEDD” and OWAIN I (same as B2 above)

b. c. 1100 Gwynedd, WLS

m. Gwladus Verch Llywarch

t. 1137 shared rule of Gwynedd with brother Cadwaladr

t. 1143 ruled Gwynedd alone

d. 1170

CH:

C1 Rhun (illegitimate)

C2 Hywel (illegitimate)

C3 Iorwerth “Drwyndwn” (with first wife Gwladys ferch Llywarch) (see D below)

C4 Maelgwn, Lord of Yns Mon

C5 Gwenllion

C6 Dafydd (with 2^nd wife Christina ferch Gronw)

C7 Rhodri

C8 Angharad

C9 Margaret

C10 Iefan

C11 Cynan, b.c. 1138 (see DD Below)

C12 Rhirid (illegitimate)

C13 MADOC, b.c. 1140 (illegitimate)

C14 Cynwrig (illegitimate)

C15 Gwenllian (illegitimate – also same name as sister)

C16 Einion (illegitimate)

C17 Iago (illegitimate)

C18 Ffilip (illegitimate)

C19 Cadell (illegitimate)

C20 Rotpert (illegitimate)

C21 Idwal (illegitimate)

C22 Other dtrs.

Generation 4

D IORWERTH “DRWYNDWN” (same as C3 above)

b. Gwynedd, WLS

m. Margred verch Madoc, Powys, WLS

DD1 Llewelyn “the Great” b. 1173, d. 1240, King of Gwynedd

DD CYNAN II (same as C5 above)

b. c. 1125 Gwynedd, WLS

t. Lord of Meirionydd

CH:

D1 Gruffudd b.c. 1165, d. a monk in 1200

D1 MAREDUDD b.c. 1150 (see E below)

Generation 5

E. MAREDUDD (same as D2 above)

b. c. 1150

t. Lord of Meirionydd

CH:

E1 LLYWELYN, b.c. 1175 (see F below)

Generation 6

F LLYWELYN (same as E1 above)

b. c. 1175

t. Lord of Meirionydd

CH:

F1 MAREDUDD, b.c. 1200 (see G below)

F2 MADOC, b.c. 1205

F3 Dafydd, b.c. 1210

F4 Llywelyn, b.c. 1215

Generation 7

G MAREDUDD (same as F1 above)

b. c. 1200

t. Lord of Meirionydd

d. 1255

CH:

G1 LLYWELYN b.c. 1225 (see H below)

Generation 8

H LLYWELYN (same as G1 above)

b. c. 1225

t. Last vassal Lord of Meirionydd

d. 1263

CH:

H1 MADOC b.c. 1250, death unknown (had two sons whose fates are yet unknown ~ Maredudd and Hywel)

H2 Dafydd

H3 Llywelyn

H4 Maredudd