King of Powys
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1190.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Stephenson. Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1191 records the death of Gruffudd Maelor, king of Powys.
Place of Burial: Meivod.
The place is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1191.
Relationships
Father: Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 3), and given by Carr, by Stephenson, and by Davies (p. 130).
Mother: Susanna ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 3).
Spouse: Angharad ferch Owain Gwynedd.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 4), and given by Stephenson (p. 50), and by Carr.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Bartrum.)
Madog (died 1236) married Gwladus ferch Ithel.
Owain (died 1197).
Cristin married Meurig ap Robert.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 3”, “Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 4” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.
[The sources Bartrum cites for Gruffudd Maelor are: Brut y Tywysogion and his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts.]
Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968).
The sources Bartrum gives for Gruffudd Maelor include:
Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (probably based on a 15th century MSS):
2b. “Dauydd a Rodri a Chatwallawn abad Enlli ag Yngharad, wraig Gruffudd Maelawr, plant Ywain Gwynedd, a Christin verch Oronw ap Owain ap Edwyn eu mam.”
12. “Gruffudd Maelor ac Ywain vychan ac Elisse plant Madoc ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Kynvyn ap Gwerystan ap Gweithfoet ap Gwledden ap Gwrydyr ap Karadawg … Beli mawr. I mam oedd Susana verch Gruffudd ap Kynan.”
Brut y Tywysogion 173.
Carr, A.D. “Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor (d. 1236)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Davies, R.R. The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dŵr. (Oxford U.P., 1995).
Guy, Ben. Medieval Welsh Genealogy. (The Boydell Press, 2020).
From Guy’s critical edition of the Llywelyn ab Iorwerth genealogies, which were based on an archetype created no later than the first half of the fourteenth century from an original compilation dating to the early thirteenth century, partly based on earlier written sources (Note that Guy is striving for textual rather than genealogical accuracy):
32 Gwehelieith Powys:
32.1 Gruffud Maelor <ac> Ewein Vychan ag <Elisse>, meibyon Madawg ap Meredyd ap Bledyn ap Kynfyn ap Gwerystan ap Gweit[h]foet ap Gwleden ap Gwrdyr ap Karadawg ap Lles Llawdeawg ap <Edenyvet> ap Gwynnan ap Gwynnawg Varyfsych ap Keidiaw ap Koryf ap <Kaenawc> ap Tegonwy ap Teon ap Gwineu Deu Vreudwyt ap Bywyr Lew ap Bywdeg ap Run Rud Baladyr mab Llary ap Kasnar Wledig m. Llud ap Beli Mawr.
32.1.1. Sussanna ferch Gruffudd ap Kynan oed fam Gruffudd Maelor a mam Ewein Vychan a mam Elisse ap Madog.
Stephenson, David. Medieval Powys: Kingdom, Principality and Lordships, 1132-1293. (The Boydell Press, 2016).
Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.). Brut y Tywysogion; or, The Chronicle of the Princes (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).