Maredudd ab Ifan ab Robert (died 1525), also spelt Maredudd ap Ieuan and Meredith ab Ieuan, was a Welsh landed Gentleman and succeeded his father Ieuan ap Robert ap Maredudd (1437–1468). He had two full brothers Robert and John and three half siblings born of his father Ieuan ap Robert’s second marriage to Gwenhwyfar ferch Madog Vaughan of Llwyn Dyrus they being: Gruffudd Vaughan, Ieuan and an unnamed sister. He purchased and rebuilt
Gwydyr Castle after it was destroyed in the 1460s and made it the family home. He is an ancestor of Sir
John Wynn, 1st Baronet.
To avoid implication in the feuds of his kinsmen in Eifionydd, Maredudd purchased the lease of
Dolwyddelan Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle ( ; cy, Castell Dolwyddelan; ) is a Welsh castle located near Dolwyddelan in Conwy County Borough in North Wales. It is thought to have been built in the early 13th century by Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd and Wal ...
about 1489. He later built Penamnen. He finally purchased
Gwydyr
Gwydir Forest, also spelled Gwydyr, is located in Conwy county borough and the Snowdonia National Park in Wales. It takes its name from the ancient Gwydir Estate, established by the John Wynn family of Gwydir Castle, which owned this area.
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from Dafydd ap Hywel Coetmor about 1500.
[Glyn Roberts]
WYNN family, of Gwydir, Caerns
''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'', National Library of Wales/University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.
He married three times and had multiple natural children by various mistresses. He married firstly Alice, the natural daughter of Gwilym ap Gruffud ap Robin of Cochwilliam, with whom he had sons
John Wyn ap Mareddud, who succeeded him, along with three younger sons, Rhys Wyn, William Wyn and Rhydderch, and six daughters.
He married secondly Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Gruffudd ap Hywel ''y Farf'', by whom he had a daughter, Elsbeth. He married thirdly Margaret, daughter of Morus ap John, by whom he had two sons, Humphry Wyn and Cadwaladr and seven daughters.
In total he is said to have had 26 children.
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15th-century births
1525 deaths
Welsh royalty
House of Cunedda