Angharad ferch Maredudd1,2

F, #4771, b. circa 982

Father*Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda3 b. c 938, d. 999
Mother*Asritha (?)3
Angharad ferch Maredudd|b. c 982|p160.htm#i4771|Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda|b. c 938\nd. 999|p160.htm#i4785|Asritha (?)||p160.htm#i4786|Owain a. H. D. (?)|d. 988|p159.htm#i4751|Angharat (?)||p171.htm#i5104|||||||

Birth*circa 982 of Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales3 
Marriage*994 Groom=Llewelyn ap Seisyll3,4,2 
Marriage*998 1st=Cynfyn ap Gwerystan3,1,2 
Name Variation Ankarat fil Meredith3 

Family 1

Llewelyn ap Seisyll b. c 980, d. 1023
Child

Family 2

Cynfyn ap Gwerystan
Children

Last Edited12 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 188.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 176-1.

Caradoc ap Cynfyn1

M, #4772

Father*Cynfyn ap Gwerystan1
Mother*Angharad ferch Maredudd1 b. c 982
Caradoc ap Cynfyn||p160.htm#i4772|Cynfyn ap Gwerystan||p159.htm#i4770|Angharad ferch Maredudd|b. c 982|p160.htm#i4771|Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed|b. c 950|p160.htm#i4784|Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochwel|b. c 954|p244.htm#i7293|Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda|b. c 938\nd. 999|p160.htm#i4785|Asritha (?)||p160.htm#i4786|

Family
Child

Last Edited27 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Anonyma de Essex1

F, #4773

Father*Robert de Essex (?)1 b. 1007, d. 1071
Anonyma de Essex||p160.htm#i4773|Robert de Essex (?)|b. 1007\nd. 1071|p306.htm#i9175|||||||Wymarche (?)||p306.htm#i9176|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Richard FitzScrob1 

Family

Richard FitzScrob d. 1067
Child

Last Edited27 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Llewelyn ap Seisyll1

M, #4774, b. circa 980, d. 1023

Father*Seissyllt ap Ednowain (?)1
Mother*Trawst verch Elissau (?)1
Llewelyn ap Seisyll|b. c 980\nd. 1023|p160.htm#i4774|Seissyllt ap Ednowain (?)||p171.htm#i5121|Trawst verch Elissau (?)||p171.htm#i5122|Ednowain (?)||p171.htm#i5123||||Eliseg a. A. (?)|d. 941|p171.htm#i5124||||

Birth*circa 980 1 
Marriage*994 1st=Angharad ferch Maredudd1,2,3 
Death*1023 1 

Family

Angharad ferch Maredudd b. c 982
Child

Last Edited12 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 176-1.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 188.

Gwenla fil Griffith (?)1

F, #4775

Father*Gruffydd ap Llywelyn1 b. c 1011, d. 5 Aug 1063
Mother*Aldgyth of Mercia1 d. a 1086
Gwenla fil Griffith (?)||p160.htm#i4775|Gruffydd ap Llywelyn|b. c 1011\nd. 5 Aug 1063|p91.htm#i2712|Aldgyth of Mercia|d. a 1086|p91.htm#i2713|Llewelyn ap Seisyll|b. c 980\nd. 1023|p160.htm#i4774|Angharad ferch Maredudd|b. c 982|p160.htm#i4771|Ælfgar I. Earl of Mercia|b. c 1030\nd. 1062|p156.htm#i4676|Ælgifu of England|b. c 997|p80.htm#i2388|

Marriage* Principal=Fleald (?)1 

Family

Fleald (?)
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 110.

Cadogan (?)1

M, #4776

Father*Elystan Glodrydd (?)1 b. 933
Mother*Gladys fil Rhyn (?)1
Cadogan (?)||p160.htm#i4776|Elystan Glodrydd (?)|b. 933|p160.htm#i4778|Gladys fil Rhyn (?)||p160.htm#i4779|Cynelin (?)||p171.htm#i5125|Gwyn (?)||p171.htm#i5126|Einion a. H. (?)|b. c 926|p171.htm#i5127||||

Marriage* Principal=Margaret fil Brockwell (?)1 

Family

Margaret fil Brockwell (?)
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Margaret fil Brockwell (?)1

F, #4777

Father*Brockwell ap Aeddan (?)1
Margaret fil Brockwell (?)||p160.htm#i4777|Brockwell ap Aeddan (?)||p160.htm#i4780||||Aeddan (?)||p160.htm#i4781||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Cadogan (?)1 

Family

Cadogan (?)
Child

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Elystan Glodrydd (?)1

M, #4778, b. 933

Father*Cynelin (?)1
Mother*Gwyn (?)1
Elystan Glodrydd (?)|b. 933|p160.htm#i4778|Cynelin (?)||p171.htm#i5125|Gwyn (?)||p171.htm#i5126|Ivor (?)||p171.htm#i5128|Isabel v. T. (?)||p171.htm#i5129|||||||

Birth*933 Hereford Castle, Herefordshire, England1 
Marriage* Principal=Gladys fil Rhyn (?)1 
Death* Cefndigoll, Wales1 

Family

Gladys fil Rhyn (?)
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Gladys fil Rhyn (?)1

F, #4779

Father*Einion ap Hywel (?)1 b. c 926
Gladys fil Rhyn (?)||p160.htm#i4779|Einion ap Hywel (?)|b. c 926|p171.htm#i5127||||Howell Dda 'the Good' (?)|d. 948|p207.htm#i6195|Eleanor o. D. (?)|d. 928|p207.htm#i6196|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Elystan Glodrydd (?)1 

Family

Elystan Glodrydd (?) b. 933
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Brockwell ap Aeddan (?)1

M, #4780

Father*Aeddan (?)1
Brockwell ap Aeddan (?)||p160.htm#i4780|Aeddan (?)||p160.htm#i4781||||||||||||||||

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Aeddan (?)1

M, #4781

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Aaron ap Haen Pen1

M, #4782

Father*Haen Pen (?)1
Aaron ap Haen Pen||p160.htm#i4782|Haen Pen (?)||p160.htm#i4783||||||||||||||||

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Haen Pen (?)1

M, #4783

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed1

M, #4784, b. circa 950

Father*Gwaithfoed ap Gynnan2
Mother*Morvydd fil Ynir (?)2
Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed|b. c 950|p160.htm#i4784|Gwaithfoed ap Gynnan||p172.htm#i5136|Morvydd fil Ynir (?)||p244.htm#i7294|Gwrydur H. (?)||p172.htm#i5137||||Ynir (?)||p244.htm#i7295|Joyce d. Baladon||p330.htm#i9872|

Birth*circa 950 Powys, Wales2 
Marriage* Principal=Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochwel2,1 
Name Variation Gweristan of Powys2 

Family

Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochwel b. c 954
Children

Last Edited27 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 201.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda1

M, #4785, b. circa 938, d. 999

Father*Owain ap Hywel Dda (?)2 d. 988
Mother*Angharat (?)2
Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda|b. c 938\nd. 999|p160.htm#i4785|Owain ap Hywel Dda (?)|d. 988|p159.htm#i4751|Angharat (?)||p171.htm#i5104|Howell Dda 'the Good' (?)|d. 948|p207.htm#i6195|Eleanor o. D. (?)|d. 928|p207.htm#i6196|Llewelyn a. M. (?)||p172.htm#i5156||||

Birth*circa 938 Llandilo, Carm, Wales2 
Marriage* Principal=Asritha (?)2 
Death*999 2 
DNB* Maredudd ab Owain (d. 999), king of Gwynedd and of Deheubarth, was the son of Owain ap Hywel Dda of Deheubarth (d. 988). Maredudd ruled the kingdom of Gwynedd and other parts of north Wales from 986 and subsequently Deheubarth in the south from 988 until his death in 999. The extent of his power is uncharacteristic of this period, matched only by that of his paternal grandfather, Hywel Dda ap Cadell, and in records of his death he is called ‘the most famous king of the Welsh’. His father, Owain, had inherited Deheubarth and other southern Welsh regions from Hywel Dda in 950, whereas the northern Welsh lands were reclaimed by a different branch of the dynasty. Owain did not die until 988, but Maredudd had been active for at least two years before this. It was perhaps because of his father's longevity that initially he sought power beyond his hereditary kingdom in the south. Indeed, his brother Einion had also acted seemingly independently of Owain until he died in 984, and it is possible that Einion's death enabled Maredudd to assume a more active political role.

Maredudd seems to have exploited the political divisions that fractured Gwynedd on the death of Hywel ab Ieuaf in 985. In that year Hywel's brother Cadwallon is said to have slain one Ionafal ap Meurig (a possible kinsman and rival) and thus to have assumed control of Gwynedd, Anglesey, and Meirionydd. The year 986 witnessed the killings of Maig ab Ieuaf (or Meurig ab Idwal Foel), possibly by Maredudd, and of Cadwallon, most definitely at Maredudd's instigation. Maredudd was thus able to bring this northern kingdom under his power and he subdued it under tribute to him. There is no strong evidence that he lost his dominance in the north until his death. Thus, in 987, when Godred Haraldsson (Gofraid mac Arailt), king of Man, raided Anglesey, capturing 2000 people (or slaying 1000, according to an Irish chronicle), it was Maredudd who took the survivors southwards into Ceredigion and Dyfed. Furthermore, two years later he ransomed what were probably some of those captured in 987 by paying the vikings known as the ‘Black Host’ a penny per head.

Maredudd no doubt harboured interests in his father's southern kingdom. Thus, if the Llywarch ab Owain blinded in 987 was his brother, this act may indicate a fraternal struggle before Owain's demise. When that king did die, in the next year, it seems likely that Maredudd was in a position to add Deheubarth to his territories. However, he was not free of dynastic rivals: his nephew Edwin ab Einion aspired to this southern part of Maredudd's territories, while Idwal ap Meurig (d. 997) and his brothers sought to exercise their hereditary claim to Gwynedd. In 991 Maredudd attacked ‘Maeshyfaidd’, probably the plain of Radnor, then under Mercian control. This may have antagonized the English, for in 992 Edwin ab Einion, in allegiance with an English leader called Edelisi (possibly Æthelsige), raided Maredudd's southern territories of Ceredigion, Dyfed, Kidwelly, and Gower, taking hostages. One account states that Edwin had taken hostages on at least one previous occasion. Maredudd is also said to have raided the neighbouring kingdom of Morgannwg in 992 with the help of viking mercenaries. His son Cadwallon died in this year. The following year saw trouble in Maredudd's northern territories. On the one hand Anglesey was ravaged by vikings (not necessarily Maredudd's erstwhile allies), and on the other the sons of Meurig ab Idwal Foel raided Gwynedd. Maredudd also fought and was heavily defeated by the sons of Meurig in 994 at Llangwm (in Dinmael), where his nephew Tewdwr ab Einion fell. The political implications of this defeat for Maredudd's position in the north are not apparent. It has been suggested that Idwal had established himself in north Wales before this battle and that it represented an attempt by Maredudd to oust him thence; alternatively, it may have been a further attempt by Idwal and his brothers to regain their rightful kingdom. It is possible that these northern troubles ceased following the death of Idwal ap Meurig in 996 or 997. Maredudd lived for a further two or three years, dying in 999, as far as can be determined of natural causes, despite the aspirations of his dynastic rivals. While none of Maredudd's direct male descendants seems to have succeeded him to the kingship, his daughters Angharad and Lleucu were married into dynasties of later importance.

David E. Thornton
Sources

J. Williams ab Ithel, ed., Annales Cambriae, Rolls Series, 20 (1860) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brenhinedd y Saesson, or, The kings of the Saxons (1971) [another version of Brut y tywysogyon] · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Peniarth MS 20 (1952) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Red Book of Hergest (1955) · P. C. Bartrum, ed., Early Welsh genealogical tracts (1966) · J. E. Lloyd, A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, 3rd edn, 2 vols. (1939); repr. (1988) · D. E. Thornton, ‘Maredudd ab Owain (d.999): the most famous king of the Welsh’, Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, 18 (1996–7), 567–91
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Maredudd ab Owain (d. 999): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/180403 
Name Variation Meredith ap Owen2 

Family

Asritha (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 176-1.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.

Asritha (?)1

F, #4786

Marriage* Principal=Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda1 

Family

Maredudd ap Owain ap Hywel Dda b. c 938, d. 999
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Cillin ap y Blaidd Rhudd (?)1

M, #4787

Father*Blaidd Rhudd (?)1
Cillin ap y Blaidd Rhudd (?)||p160.htm#i4787|Blaidd Rhudd (?)||p306.htm#i9156||||||||||||||||

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Morgen Gwernwy (?)1

M, #4788

Father*Gwaithgenau (?)1
Morgen Gwernwy (?)||p160.htm#i4788|Gwaithgenau (?)||p306.htm#i9157||||Elestan (?)||p159.htm#i4750||||||||||

Birth* of Cardigan, Wales1 
Marriage* Principal=Gwenlian (?)1 

Family

Gwenlian (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Gwenlian (?)1

F, #4789

Father*Rhys Marchien (?)1
Gwenlian (?)||p160.htm#i4789|Rhys Marchien (?)||p160.htm#i4790||||Marchweithian o. L. (?)||p172.htm#i5138||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Morgen Gwernwy (?)1 

Family

Morgen Gwernwy (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Rhys Marchien (?)1

M, #4790

Father*Marchweithian of Llewenny (?)1
Rhys Marchien (?)||p160.htm#i4790|Marchweithian of Llewenny (?)||p172.htm#i5138||||Cyndrick (?)||p172.htm#i5139||||||||||

Birth* of Dyffryrclwyd, Wales1 
Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Llewellyn ap Dolfyn (?)1

M, #4791

Father*Dolfyn ap Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)1
Llewellyn ap Dolfyn (?)||p160.htm#i4791|Dolfyn ap Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)||p160.htm#i4792||||Llewelyn E. (?)||p172.htm#i5141||||||||||

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Dolfyn ap Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)1

M, #4792

Father*Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)1
Dolfyn ap Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)||p160.htm#i4792|Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)||p172.htm#i5141||||Coel (?)||p172.htm#i5142||||||||||

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Amaury (?)1

M, #4793

Marriage*952 Principal=Anonyma (?)1 

Family

Anonyma (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Anonyma (?)1

F, #4794

Father*Isaac (?)1 d. a 30 Apr 948
Mother*Anonyma (?)1
Anonyma (?)||p160.htm#i4794|Isaac (?)|d. a 30 Apr 948|p160.htm#i4795|Anonyma (?)||p327.htm#i9787|||||||Count Raoul de Cambray||p172.htm#i5144||||

Marriage*952 Principal=Amaury (?)1 

Family

Amaury (?)
Child

Last Edited3 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Isaac (?)1

M, #4795, d. after 30 April 948

Marriage* Principal=Anonyma (?)1 
Death*after 30 April 948 1 

Family

Anonyma (?)
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Touroude de Pont-Audemer1

M, #4796, b. circa 949, d. after 1040

Father*Torf de Harcourt1,2 d. a 955
Mother*Eremburga de Bricquebec (?)1,2 b. c 930
Touroude de Pont-Audemer|b. c 949\nd. a 1040|p160.htm#i4796|Torf de Harcourt|d. a 955|p160.htm#i4798|Eremburga de Bricquebec (?)|b. c 930|p160.htm#i4799|Bernard Harcourt|b. c 904\nd. 955|p162.htm#i4851|Sphreta de Bourgogne|b. c 908|p162.htm#i4852|Lancelot de Briquebec||p318.htm#i9526||||

Of Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France1 
Birth*circa 949 2 
Marriage* Principal=Dulcelina de Crepon1,2 
Death*after 1040 (strangled)1 
Burial* Preaux, Normandy, France1,2 

Family

Dulcelina de Crepon b. c 942
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 16.

Avelina de Crepon1

F, #4797, b. say 956

Father*King Harald III Blaatand "Blue Tooth"2 b. 911, d. 1 Nov 986
Avelina de Crepon|b. s 956|p160.htm#i4797|King Harald III Blaatand "Blue Tooth"|b. 911\nd. 1 Nov 986|p147.htm#i4392||||Gormdel Gammel 'the Old' (?)|d. 950|p162.htm#i4845|Thyra o. J. (?)|d. c 935|p162.htm#i4856|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Osbern de Bolebec1,3 
Birth*say 956 4 
Name Variation Wevia4 

Family 1

Osbern de Bolebec
Children

Family 2

Walter Giffard b. c 978
Child

Last Edited9 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 184-1.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 104.
  4. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 121.

Torf de Harcourt1

M, #4798, d. after 955

Father*Bernard Harcourt2,1 b. c 904, d. 955
Mother*Sphreta de Bourgogne2,1 b. c 908
Torf de Harcourt|d. a 955|p160.htm#i4798|Bernard Harcourt|b. c 904\nd. 955|p162.htm#i4851|Sphreta de Bourgogne|b. c 908|p162.htm#i4852|||||||||||||

Birthcirca 928 1 
Birth937 Normandy, France2 
Marriage*955 Principal=Eremburga de Bricquebec (?)2,1 
Death*after 955 2 
Name Variation Forfulus2 

Family

Eremburga de Bricquebec (?) b. c 930
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 16.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Eremburga de Bricquebec (?)1

F, #4799, b. circa 930

Father*Lancelot de Briquebec1,2
Eremburga de Bricquebec (?)|b. c 930|p160.htm#i4799|Lancelot de Briquebec||p318.htm#i9526||||||||||||||||

Of Normandy, France1 
Birth*circa 930 2 
Marriage*955 Principal=Torf de Harcourt1,2 
Name Variation Ertemberge (?)2 

Family

Torf de Harcourt d. a 955
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 16.

Hugh I (?)1

M, #4800, d. after 25 August 1005

Father*Galeran II (?)1
Hugh I (?)|d. a 25 Aug 1005|p160.htm#i4800|Galeran II (?)||p161.htm#i4802||||Waleran I. (?)|d. 11 Nov 987|p172.htm#i5149|Liegard (?)|d. 12 Nov 991|p320.htm#i9582|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Adelaide of Amiens (?)1 
Death*after 25 August 1005 1 

Family

Adelaide of Amiens (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
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