Maredudd ab Iorwerth ap Llywarch

A prominent minister of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Stephenson, p. 110).

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 2) gives Maredudd a number of 6 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of, very roughly, about 1200.

Living: 1247.

The date is given by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 2).

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Iorwerth ap Llywarch ap Brȃn.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 2) and given by Stephenson (pp. 110-111).

Mother: Gwenllian ferch Hywel ab Ieuaf.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 2).

Spouse: Angharad ferch Hywel.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 2; Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 43). Hywel was said to be a son or descendant of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. The chronology suggests he came a couple of generations after Maredudd.

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.)

Gronwy married Adles ferch Gronwy.

Gruffudd,

Ednyfed.

Hywel Penclais (?).

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Llywarch ap Brȃn 2” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources that Bartrum cites for Maredudd are: Peniarth 131 (105), written by Gutun Owain about 1480; Peniarth 129 (63, 73), copied about 1500 from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 127 (54), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523; Peniarth 128 (164a), “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582; and Peniarth 132 (257) by Gruffudd Hiraethog and Lewys ab Edward.]

Stephenson, David. The Governance of Gwynedd. (University of Wales, 1984).