Maredudd Ddu ap Gronwy ap Maredudd

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 3) gives Maredudd a number of 8 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of, very roughly, about 1270.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Gronwy ap Maredudd ab Iorwerth.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 3).

Mother: Adles ferch Gronwy ab Ednyfed.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 3).

Spouse: Nest ferch Ithel Fychan.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 3) and given by Carr (p. 264).

Spouse: Catrin Fechan ferch Cynchwr of Ireland.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Llywarch ap Brȃn 3). Bartrum notes that Cynchwr gave his name to Porth Cynchwr, near Porthaml, Menai.

Children (by Nest):

(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.)

Angharad married Bleddyn Fychan.

Cynwrig of Porthaml married Angharad ferch Madog.

Alswn married Sidin ab Ednyfed Goch.

Children (by Catrin):

Ieuan Wyddel married Alice ferch Philip ap Maredudd.

Children (mother unknown):

Arddun married Hywel ap Gwyn.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Llywarch ap Brȃn 3” 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, 117, 119, 123), copied about 1500 from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; and Peniarth 127 (55), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523.]

Carr, A.D. Medieval Anglesey. (Anglesey Antiquarian Society, 2011 2nd ed.).