Gruffydd Maelor II (died 1269) was Prince of
Powys Fadog.
Lineage
He was the eldest son of Prince
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.
His father's policy of alliance with the large and powerful Gwynedd changed over his thirty-three year reign (1236-1269); pressure from Gwynedd, and Gruffydd's marriage to the daughter of an English landowner, caused him to seek support from the English king. However, support from England failed to arrive and in 1258 he was forced to submit to
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. Llywelyn was recognised as
Prince of Wales under the terms of the 1267
Treaty of Montgomery and Gruffydd was confined to his castle for the rest of his life.
Marriage
He married Emma (1224 - c. 1278), daughter of
Henry de Audley and of Bertrade 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
Gweirca ferch Owain (possibly Gwerica) was a medieval Welsh noblewoman, granddaughter of Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor and daughter of Owain ap Gruffydd ap Madog.
Death and burial
Gweirca died in 1290 and is buried at Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llang ...
, has the oldest dated grave slab in
Wales.
*
Gruffydd Fychan I succeeded his eldest brother in 1277 and died in 1289.
* Angharad d. 1308. m (after 1261)
William le Boteler
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...
of
Wem
Wem may refer to:
* HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a minesweeper of the Royal Navy during World War I
*Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland
* Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England
*Wem (musician), hip hop musician
WEM may stand for:
* County Westmeath, ...
,
Shropshire (-1283). One of their children was
William Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler (second creation).
* Margery ferch Gruffydd b. 1261 She married Sir John de Arderne.
Powys Fadog was divided, in accordance with Welsh custom, between his sons:
* Madog received
Maelor.
*
Gruffudd had
Iâl and
Edeirnion, which included
Glyndyfrdwy.
[J. E. Lloyd, ''Owen Glendower: Owen Glyn Dŵr'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931), 9-10.]
*
Swydd y Waun (containing the commotes of
Cynllaith and
Nanheudwy) was divided between Llywelyn and Owain.
References
Medieval Lands Project on the Princes of Northern Powys
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madog, Gruffydd Ii Ap, Lord Of Dinas Bran
1236 births
1269 deaths
Monarchs of Powys
13th-century Welsh monarchs