Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Maredudd ap Owain
- 9991. Maredudd ap Owain died in 999. Notes:
His brother Einion was in fact a half-brother.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. Angharad ferch Maredudd (1.Maredudd1) Family/Spouse: Cynfyn ap Gwerystan. Cynfyn (son of Gwerystan) was born about 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd & Powys died in 1075.
- 4. Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn was born about 1020; died about 1069.
Angharad married Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Deheubarth in 994. Llywelyn (son of Seisyll and Prawst) was born about 980; died in 1023. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales died on 5 Aug 1064 in Ireland.
Generation: 3
3. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd & Powys (2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) died in 1075. Family/Spouse: Haer ferch Cillin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn was born in of Powys, Wales; died in 1132.
Family/Spouse: (Unknown fourth wife of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn died in 1111.
Family/Spouse: (Unknown wife of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
4. Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) was born about 1020; died about 1069. Notes:
Died in the Battle of Mechain.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
5. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales (2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) died on 5 Aug 1064 in Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 5 Aug 1063
Notes:
"Gruffudd was one of the most successful British princes of the Middle Ages and the Book of Llandaff claims that he was 'king of all Wales from end to end'. True to the medieval idea of a Wheel of Fate, however, Gruffudd's career ended in exile and violent death." [Dictionary of Welsh Biography, citation details below.] He was killed by Cynan ab Iago.
Gruffydd married Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England about 1057. Ealdgyth (daughter of Ælfgar of Mercia and Ælfgifu) died after 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Nest ferch Gruffydd was born between 1055 and 1057.
Generation: 4
6. Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (3.Bleddyn3, 2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) was born in of Powys, Wales; died in 1132. Family/Spouse: Hunydd ferch Einudd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys Fadog died in 1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in St. Tysilio, Meifod, Powys, Wales.
- 12. Gruffudd ap Maredudd
7. Cadwgon ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (3.Bleddyn3, 2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) died in 1111. Notes:
Killed by Madog ap Rhiryd, where Powys Castle now stands.
Family/Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Family/Spouse: (Unknown wife or mistress of Cadwgon ap Bleddyn). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Owain ap Cadwgon died in 1116.
8. Efa ferch Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (3.Bleddyn3, 2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) Family/Spouse: Llywelyn Eurdorchog ap Coel ap Gweirydd. Llywelyn was born about 1030. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
9. Gwladus ferch Rhiwallon (4.Rhiwallon3, 2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) Family/Spouse: Rhys ap Tewdyr, King of Deheubarth. Rhys (son of Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell ab Einion ab Owain) died in Apr 1093 in Brycheiniog, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Nest ferch Rhys was born about 1085; died before 1136.
10. Nest ferch Gruffydd (5.Gruffydd3, 2.Angharad2, 1.Maredudd1) was born between 1055 and 1057. Family/Spouse: Osbern fitz Richard. Osbern (son of Richard Scrob) was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 17. Nest ferch Osbern
- 18. Hugh fitz Osbern was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died in 1140.