Maredudd ap Gruffudd

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Maredudd ap Gruffudd

Also Known As: "ap Gruffudd"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Death: 1069 (22-31)
Wales (Died of cold, fleeing the battle of Mechain.)
Immediate Family:

Son of Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, King of Wales and Nest ferch Olaf/Afloed
Brother of Owain ap Gruffudd; Ithel ap Gruffydd and Nest (1) verch Gruffudd
Half brother of Cynyn ap Gruffudd; Nest ferch Gruffydd and Idwal ap Gruffydd

Occupation: Prince
Managed by: Brandt Joseph Gibson
Last Updated:

About Maredudd ap Gruffudd

See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6516/TABLES%... (May 27, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

See Darrell Wolcott, http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id173.html, for untangling of the wives and children of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn. (March 11, 2017; Anne Brannen, curator)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Minimum Age for Welsh Kingship in the 11th Century; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id45.html. (Steven Ferry, October 5, 2019.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Powys - End of the Powys Dynasty; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id14.html. (Steven Ferry, October 18, 2019.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Powys - Powys Dynastic Family 945-1385; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id20.html. (Steven Ferry, October 19, 2019.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - The Unofficial "History" of Gruffudd, Nephew of Iago; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id74.html. (Steven Ferry, December 4, 2019.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Shropshire Walcot Family- Chart III: First Powys Dynasty; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id98.html. (Steven Ferry, May 17, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Consorts and Children of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id210.html. (Steven Ferry, July 22, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Ednowain ap Bradwen; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id196.html. (Steven Ferry, September 2, 2020.)

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Record of his death:

The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "the action of Mechain took place between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon, sons of Cynvyn, Maredudd and Ithel, sons of Gruffudd" in 1068, adding that "Ithel was killed in the battle and Maredudd died of cold in his flight, and Rhiwallon son of Cynvyn was slain". 

- See more at: http://www.blythegenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I94274&tree=B...


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Maredudd ap Gruffudd's Timeline

1042
1042
Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
1069
1069
Age 27
Wales