Madoc (disambiguation)
Madoc or Madog was a legendary Welsh prince who allegedly discovered America in 1170.
Both names are also used as Welsh masculine given names, diminutive forms of the Welsh name Aed, and either may refer to:
People in history:
- Madog ap Rhiryd a 12th-century prince of part of Powys
- Madog ap Maredudd, the last prince of a united Kingdom of Powys
- Princes of Powys Fadog in north-east Wales:
- Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, son of Madog ap Maredudd, prince 1191-1236
- Madog II ap Gruffydd, Lord of Dinas Bran, son of Gruffydd II ap Madog, prince 1269-1277
- Madog Crypl, grandson of Madog II ap Gruffydd, prince 1289-1304, sometimes known as Madog III
- Madog Fychan, probably son of Madog Crypl, prince 1304-c.1325
- Madog ap Llywelyn, a 13th-century prince of the Kingdom of Gwynedd
In culture pertaining to Wales:
- Madoc ap Uthyr, a legendary figure, son of Uther Pendragon, father of Eliwlod and brother of King Arthur
- Maen Madoc, a menhir (standing stone) in the Brecon Beacons
- Madoc (poem), an 1805 poem by Robert Southey
- Madog, a poem by T. Gwynn Jones
Locations
- Madoc, Ontario, a township in Canada
- Madoc, Ontario (town), a nearby village
- Madog River in Guam
See also
- Maedoc, the equivalent Irish name
- Llanmadoc
- Porthmadog
- Tremadog
- Mad Dog (disambiguation)
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