Maredudd ap Bleddyn 
Maredudd ap was born in Monmouthshire, Wales. Maredudd ap's father was Bleddyn "Sais" ap Cynfyn and his mother was Hear of Powys. His paternal grandparents were Cynfyn ap Gwerystan and Angharad verch Maredudd. He had three brothers and a sister, named Cadwgon of, Iorwerth ap, Madog ap and Gwenllian verch. He died about 1132.General Notes
Maredudd ap Bleddyn (d 1132), prince of Powys, was the son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (d 1075), founder of the last native dynasty of Powys. During his earlier years he played only a subordinate part in Welsh affairs, being overshadowed by his brothers Iorwerth and Cadwgan ( d 1112). He joined them in the support which they gave to their over-lord, Earl Robert of Shrewsbury, in his rebellion against Henry I (1102), but Iorwerth soon went over to the king and, whicke making his peace with Cadwgan, consigned Maredudd to a royal prison. In 1107 Maredudd escaped and returned to Powys. He remained, however, without territory for several years. Even when Iorwerth and Cadwgan were slain in succession in 1112, he did not improve his position. According to 'Brut y Tywysogion,' he was in 1113 'penteulu' (captain of the gmacrd), to Owain ap Cadwgan, an office specially reserved by Welsh custom for landless members of the royal family. In that year, however, Owain divided with him the forfeited domains of Madog ap Rhiryd. Though the gift seems to have been resumed, Maredudd recovered it on Owain's death in 1116, and henceforward appears regulary among the princes of Powys. In 1118 he took part in the feud between Hywel of Rhos and Rhufoniog and the sons of Owain ab Edwin. In 1121 he was leader of the resistance offered by Powys to the invasion of Henry I. Guring the few remaining years of his life his power grew apace; in 1123 his nephew, Einon ap Cadwgan, bequeathed him his territory; in 1124 a second son of Cadwgan, Maredudd, was murdered; and in 1128 a thrid, Morgan, died on pilgrimage. Two other enimies to his progress - his hephew, Ithel ap Rhiryd, and his great-nephew, Llywelyn ab Owain - Maredudd himself removed, the former by murder, the latter by mutilation. Thus at his death in 1132 he was lord of all Powys. [Dictionary of National Biography XII:1015-16]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0890 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0924 in Powys, Wales d.1038
- b.BET 945 AND 960 in Powys, Wales d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 978 AND 982 in Powys, Wales d.~ 1061 in Powys Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 0928 in Powys, Wales d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 945 AND 960 in Powys, Wales d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1011 AND 1025 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1075 in Powys Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 0887 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0950 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0913 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0987
- b.BET 890 AND 893 in Dyfed, Wales d.0943
- b.~ 0938 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0999
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0982 in Deheubarth, Monmouth, Wales d.1033
- b.~ 0943 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1047 AND 1052 in Monmouthshire, Wales d.~ 1132
- b.BET 1013 AND 1024 in Gest near Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.UNKNOWN
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They had a son named Madog ap.
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Children
Madog ap Maredudd
Madog ap was born in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He died in 1160 in Winchester, Herefordshire, England. He was buried in St. Tylilio at Meifod, Powys, Wales.
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