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Llywelyn ap Maredudd (died 1263) was a minor Welsh prince of the House of Gwynedd who was the last vassal Lord of Meirionydd. He lived during the mid 13th century. He was the son of Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan and was a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd through his son Prince Cynan, Lord of Meirionydd. [1]
Llywelyn was the son of Seisyll, about whom little is known. He first appears on the record in 1018, when he defeated and killed Aeddan ap Blegywryd and his four sons, subsequently obtaining control of Gwynedd and Powys.
Seal of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, used on official documents. Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd died in 1200 and left Llywelyn the undisputed ruler of Gwynedd. In 1201, he took Eifionydd and Llŷn from Maredudd ap Cynan on a charge of treachery. [13] In July, the same year Llywelyn concluded a treaty with King John of England.
Llywelyn Fawr ('the Elder') ap Maredudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd was a second cousin of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Dafydd ap Llywelyn of the royal house of Gwynedd in the 13th century. [1] Llywelyn's father was Prince Maredudd, who fought alongside his brother in an alliance with Llywelyn the Great to depose their uncle Dafydd in 1195. [2]
The kingdom of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn—the King of Wales from 1055 to 1063—was shattered by a Saxon invasion in 1063 just prior to the Norman invasion of Wales, but the House of Aberffraw restored by Gruffudd ap Cynan slowly recovered and Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd was able to proclaim the Principality of Wales at the Aberdyfi gathering of ...
It is known with certainty that he was a witness to documents relating to Gwynedd between 1258 and 1268, under Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. As seneschal, he led a powerful force together with Maredudd ap Rhys, Rhys Fychan, and Maredudd ab Owain of Deheubarth (blood relations to Goronwy) against the Normans of Gwent and the forces of the king of ...
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Owain ap Hywel (950–986) (Mathrafal dynasty, cadet branch of the House of Dinefwr) Maredudd ap Owain (986–999) Llywelyn ap Seisyll (999–1023), husband of Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain; Rhydderch ap Iestyn (1023–1033) Iago ap Idwal (1033–1039) Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, invader and prince of Gwynedd (1039–1063)