Madog Fychan was a member of the family of
Princes of Powys Fadog, though he never gained the title, being brother of
Gruffydd Maelor II. He was an ally to
Dafydd ap Llywelyn
Dafydd ap Llywelyn (''c.'' March 1212 – 25 February 1246) was Prince of Gwynedd from 1240 to 1246. He was the first ruler in Wales to claim the title Prince of Wales.
Birth and descent
Though birth years of 1208, 1206, and 1215 have ...
in his campaign to attack English possessions in Wales in 1245 and sided with
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1258 in his claim to the title of
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...
. He died in December 1269.
Ancestry and Ambiguity
Some sources cite Madog Fychan ap Madog ap Gruffydd, also known as Madog Fychan, as the brother of
Gruffydd Maelor II and grandson of
Gruffydd Maelor I
Gruffydd Maelor (died 1191) was Prince of Powys Fadog in Wales.
He is known as Gruffydd Maelor I to distinguish him from his grandson, Gruffydd Maelor II (died 1269).
Lineage
He was a son of Prince Madog ap Maredudd by Susanna, daughter of Ki ...
, Prince of Powys Fadog, existing c.1230–1269. Other genealogical tables insert another generation lower down with Madog Fychan as son of
Madog Crypl
Madog Crypl (or Madog Crippil), also known as Madog ap Gruffydd Fychan (c. 1275–1304/6) was a descendant of the sovereign Princes of Powys Fadog and Lords of Dinas Bran. He is sometimes described as Madog III of Powys Fadog. However, he was on ...
(c. 1275–1304/6). However, it is more likely that Madog Crypl's son was Gruffydd, who was succeeded by
Gruffydd Fychan II
Gruffudd Fychan II was Lord of Glyndyfrdwy and Lord of Cynllaith Owain c.1330–1369. As such, he had a claim to be hereditary Prince of Powys Fadog.
Ancestry
The epithet 'Fychan' implies that his father was also called Gruffudd. However ...
, the father of
Owain Glyndŵr
Owain ap Gruffydd (), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr (, anglicised as Owen Glendower), was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander who led a 15 year long Welsh War of Independence with the aim of ending English rule in Wa ...
.
References
Sewell genealogy
*J. E. Lloyd, ''Owen Glendower: Owen Glyn Dŵr'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931), 9-17 (not mentioned).
*https://biography.wales/article/s-MADO-FYC-1269
*''A History of Wales: from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest''
*''Littere Wallie'', 1940
14th-century rulers in Europe
Monarchs of Powys