Gruffydd II ap Madog, Lord of Dinas Bran

Gruffydd Maelor II (died 1269) was Prince of Powys Fadog.

Lineage

He was the eldest son of Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor and inherited his father's lands and title in partial succession along with his four brothers Gruffydd Ial, Maredudd, Hywel and Madog Fychan.

The Kingdom of Powys Fadog had previously been unified under one leader but now had five and was subjected to outside forces as well.

Marriage

He married Emma, the widow of Henry Touchet, and daughter of Henry Audley and Bertred Mainwaring.

Death & Issue

He died in 1269 (or 1270) leaving issue:

• Madog II, succeeded his father and was killed in battle with the English in 1277.
• Llywelyn.
• Owain, whose daughter, Gweirca ferch Owain, has the oldest dated grave slab in Wales.
• Gruffydd Fychan I succeeded his eldest brother in 1277 and died in 1289.
• Angharad 1308. m (after 1261) William Le Botiler of Wem, Shropshire (-1283).
• Margery verch Gruffydd b. 1261 She married Sir John de Arderne.

Powys Fadog was divided in accordance with Welsh custom between his sons:

• Cynllaith was divided between Llywellyn and Owain.
• Gruffudd had Iâl and Edeirnion, which included Glyn Dyfrdwy.^[1]

References

• Medieval Lands Project on the Princes of Northern Powys

1. ↑ J. E. Lloyd, Owen Glendower: Owen Glyn Dŵr (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931), 9-10.