Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, king of Powys

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1132.

This date is given by Pryce (ODNB). It is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1129 and in Annales Cambriæ s.a. 1132.

Relationships

Father: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1) and given by Pryce (ODNB). It is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion (Willliams, several places from pp. 68 - 156)

Mother: Haer ferch Gillyn.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1) and given by Baldwin (LaI).

Spouse: Hunydd ferch Einudd.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1) and given by Pryce (ODNB).

Spouse: Cristin ferch Bledrus.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1) and given by Pryce (ODNB).

Children (by Hunydd):

(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.)

Gruffudd (died 1128) married Gwerful ferch Gwrgeneu.

Madog (died 1160) married (1) Susanna ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan; married (2) Arianwen ferch Moriddig Warwyn.

Hywel (died 1142) married Cristin ferch Gronwy.

Children (by Cristin):

Iorwerth Goch of Cae Hywel & Creuddyn married Maud, daughter of Roger de Manley of Cheshire.

Children (mother unknown):

Dafydd married Arddun ferch Cynwrig.

Cadwgon (died 1163).

Dyddgu married Cadwaladr.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).

Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968).

The sources Bartrum gives for Maredudd are:

Mostyn MS. 117. -- a MS from the late 1200s.

3. “Madawc mab Maredud m. Bledyn m. Kynuyn m. Gwerstan m. Gwyn m. Gweithuoet m. Gwinnan …”

Jesus College MS. 20 -- (dated to the first part of the 14th century):

27. “Rees gryc mab merch Madawc m. Meredud m. Bledynt [m.] Kynwyn m. Gwedystan…”

29. “Llewelyn m. Marereda merch Madawc m. Maredudd. (Brawt oed Varedud y Rees gryc.)”

Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (probably based on 15th century MSS):

1. (b): “Mam Llywelyn ap Iorwerth: Marvred verch Madawg ap Meredydd ap Bleddin ap Kynvyn ap Gwerystan ap Gwaithuoed ap Gwrhydr…”

(c.): “Mam Vadawc ap Meredydd: Hunydd verch Einudd ap Gwenllian verch Rys ap Marchan ap Kynwrig ap Kenddelw gam ap Elgudy …”

(d): “Mam Veredudd ap Bleddynt oedd Hyar verch Vleidd rud.”

8. (b): “Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Kynvyn. I vam oedd Haer verch Gillyn (ap) y Blaidd Rrudd or Gest yn Evionydd”;

(f): “Madoc ap Mredudd ap Bleddyn ap Kynvyn, a Gruffydd a Howel i ddav broder. Hvnvdd verch Einvdd ap Gwenllian verch Rys ap Marchan yw mam”;

(g): “Gwenwynwyn ap Ywain Kyveilioc ap Gruffudd ap Meredudd ap Bleddyn ap Kynvyn ap Gwerystan ap Gweithfoet ap Gwny …”

(h): “Iorwerth goch ap Meredudd ap Bleddyn ap Kynvyn. I vam oedd gristin verch Bletrus ap Ednywain benndew ap Miniad ap Gwaithvoed ap Gwrydr.”

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 Susan verch Gruffudd ap Kynan.”

Brut y Tywysogion (43 f)

Bartrum, Peter C.,“Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 1” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

The sources Bartrum cites for Maredudd are Brut y Tywysogion and his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts.

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):

11.1.1 Mam Llewelyn: Mararet ferch Madawg m. Maredudd m. Bledyn m. Kynfyn m. Gwerystan ...

11.1.3. Mam Faredyd ap Bledyn oed <Hyar> ferch Vleid Rud

A 3 Plant Bledyn ap Kynfyn:

A 3.2 Maredud ap Bledyn, a Hyar ferch Kellin <y Blaidd Rhudd> y fam.

A 3.5 Gwehelieith Nanneu: Meibion Maredud ap Bledyn: Madawg, Gruffud a Hywel. Hunud ferch Eunud ap Gwenlliant ferch Rys ap Marchan eu mam.

A 3.6 Gwenwenwen mab Ewein Kefeiliawg m. Gruffud m. Maredud ap Bledyn ap Kynfyn ap Gwerystan ap Gweithfoet ap <Gwyn> ap Gwlyden ap Gwrydyr ap Karadawg ap Lles Llawddeawg ap Ednyfet ap Gwynan ap <Gwynnawc varyfsych> ap Keidiaw ap Koryf ap Kaenawg ap Tegonwy ap Teon ap Gwineu Deu Vreudwyt ap Bywyr Lew ap Bywdeg ap Run Rud Baladyr ap Llary ap <Kasnar> Wledig ap Llud ap Beli Mawr.

Lloyd, John Edward, A History of Wales. 2 volumes (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911-1912).

Pryce, Huw. “Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (d. 1075)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.). Annales Cambriæ (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).

Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.). Brut y Tywysogion; or, The Chronicle of the Princes (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).