Maredydd ap Owain

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Dynevor Castle, Carmenthenshire, Wales

Owain ap Hywel

Angharad verch Llewelyn

Hywel (The Good) ap Cadell

Elen verch Llywarch

Llywelyn ap Merfyn

Einion

Cadwallon

Llywarch

Iestyn

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MEREDITH AP OWEN who succeeded Cadwallon ap Jevaf as Prince of North Wales 986 and his father as Prince of South Wales and Powis 987; lost North Wales to Edwal ap Meyric 992 and died 1003.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 182)

Maredudd ap Owain (died 999) was a Prince of Gwynedd and of Deheubarth.
Maredydd was the grandson of Hywel Dda. His father, Owain ap Hywel Dda, was king of Deheubarth. As Owain grew too old to lead in battle his son Maredydd took his place, and in 986 captured Gwynedd from Cadwallon ab Ieuaf. On Owain's death in 988 Maredydd also became ruler of Deheubarth. He may have controlled all Wales apart from Gwent and Morgannwg.
He is recorded as raiding Mercian settlements on the borders of Radnor and as paying a ransom of one penny a head to rescue some of his subjects who had been taken captive in Viking raids. Danish raids were a constant problem during Maredudd's reign. In 987 Godfrey Haroldson raided Anglesey, killing one thousand and carrying away two thousand as captives. Maredudd died in 999 and was described by the annalists as "the most famous king of the Britons". Following his death, the throne of Gwynedd was recovered for the line of Idwal Foel by Cynan ap Hywel.
(Wikipedia)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Merfyn (The Freckled) Frych ap Gwriad ^*
  - b.0764 in Wales d.0844 in Battle of Cyfeil, Ketell, Wales
  
  Rhodri (Mawr, The Great) ap Merfyn
  - b.~  0820 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.~  0878 in Anglessey, Wales
  
  Nest verch Cadell ^*
  - b. in Powys, Wales
  
  Cadell ap Rhodri
  - b.~  0861 in Deheubarth, Wales d.0909
  
  Meurig ap Dyfnwallon ^*
  - b.~  0780 in Ceredigion, Wales
  
  Angharad verch Meurig
  - b.~  0825 in Ceredigion, Wales
  
  Hywel (The Good) ap Cadell
  - b.~  0880 d.0950
  
  Rheingar
  - b.~  0865 in Carmarthenshire, Wales
  
  Owain ap Hywel
  - b.~  0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  
  Bleiddig
  - b.~  0790 in Dyfed, Wales
  
  Hyfaidd ap Bleiddig
  - b.~  0820 in Dyfed, Wales d.0893
  
  Tangwystl verch Owain ^*
  - b.~  0794 in Dyfed, Wales
  
  Llywarch ap Hyfaidd
  - b.~  0867 in Dynevor, Wales d.0909
  
  Elen verch Llywarch
  - b.~  0893 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0943
  
  Maredydd ap Owain
  - b.~  0938 in Dynevor Castle, Carmenthenshire, Wales d.0999
  
  Merfyn (The Freckled) Frych ap Gwriad ^*
  - b.0764 in Wales d.0844 in Battle of Cyfeil, Ketell, Wales
  
  Rhodri (Mawr, The Great) ap Merfyn
  - b.~  0820 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.~  0878 in Anglessey, Wales
  
  Nest verch Cadell ^*
  - b. in Powys, Wales
  
  Merfyn ap Rhodri
  - b.~  0859 d.0901
  
  Meurig ap Dyfnwallon ^*
  - b.~  0780 in Ceredigion, Wales
  
  Angharad verch Meurig
  - b.~  0825 in Ceredigion, Wales
  
  Llywelyn ap Merfyn
  - b.~  0880 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  
  Angharad verch Llewelyn
  - b.~  0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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