Gruffydd Maelor II (died 1269) was a Prince of

Powys Fadog Powys Fadog (English: ''Lower Powys'' or literally ''Madog's Powys'') was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys. The princes of Powys Fadog would build their royal seat at Castell Dinas Brân, and their religious center at ...

. He reigned for thirty-three years and married into the House of Stanley. Following the Anglo-Welsh

Treaty of Montgomery The Treaty of Montgomery was an Anglo- Welsh treaty signed on 29 September 1267 in Montgomeryshire by which Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was acknowledged as Prince of Wales by King Henry III of England (r. 1216–1272). It was the only time an English ...

, he submitted to

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ( – 11 December 1282), also known as Llywelyn II and Llywelyn the Last (), was List of rulers of Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd, and later was recognised as the Prince of Wales (; ) from 1258 until his death at Cilmeri in 128 ...

, Prince of Wales.

Lineage

He was the eldest son of Prince

Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor Madog ap Gruffudd, or Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, was a Prince of Powys Fadog from 1191 to 1236 in north-east Wales, and Lord of Powys. He was the founder of Valle Crucis Abbey in the Lordship of Yale. Early life He was elder son of Prince Gru ...

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 was recognised as

Prince of Wales Prince of Wales (, ; ) is a title traditionally given to the male heir apparent to the History of the English monarchy, English, and later, the British throne. The title originated with the Welsh rulers of Kingdom of Gwynedd, Gwynedd who, from ...

under the terms of the 1267

and Gruffydd was confined to his castle for the rest of his life.

Marriage

He married Emma (1224 - c. 1278), daughter of Lord

Henry de Audley Henry Audley (or Aldithel or Alditheley; c. 1175–1246) was an English royalist baron and marcher lord. He was made Constable to Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. Audley was a royalist baron, born about 1175 to Adam de Alditheley and Emma, daug ...

and Bertrade Mainwaring, members of the House of Stanley. His brother-in-law, Sir James Audley, was

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from

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, and a companion of

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, King of the Romans. His sister-in-law, Ela Longespée, was the daughter of crusader

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, grandson of king

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.Gee, Loveday Lewes (2002). Women, Art and Patronage from Henry III to Edward III: 1216-1377. Boydell Press, p. 171. Longespée's brother, William, also married Maud de Clifford, granddaughter of the prince of North Wales,

Llywelyn ab Iorwerth Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (, – 11 April 1240), also known as Llywelyn the Great (, ; ), was a medieval Welsh ruler. He succeeded his uncle, Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, as King of Gwynedd in 1195. By a combination of war and diplomacy, he dominate ...

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, has the oldest dated grave slab in

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. * Gruffydd Fychan I succeeded his eldest brother in 1277 and died in 1289. * Angharad d. 1308. m (after 1261) William le Boteler of

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(-1283). One of their children was William Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler (second creation). His son, the 2nd Baron, married the daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel, while the 2nd Baron's great-grandson, Sir Robert Ferrers, married Countess Joan Beaufort, the daugher of Prince

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. * 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 The Maelor is an area of north-east Wales along the border with England. It is now entirely part of Wrexham County Borough. The name ''Maelor'' is an old Welsh word: it can be translated as "land of the prince", from ''mael'' ("prince") and ''l ...

. *

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had

Iâl Ial or Yale () was a commote of medieval Wales within the cantref of Maelor in the Kingdom of Powys. When the Kingdom was divided in 1160, Maelor became part of the Princely realm of Powys Fadog (Lower Powys or Madog's Powys), and belonged ...

(Yale) and

Edeirnion Edeirnion or Edeyrnion is an area of the county of Denbighshire and an ancient commote of medieval Wales in the cantref of Penllyn (cantref), Penllyn. According to tradition, it was named after its eponymous founder Edern ap Nudd, Edern or Edey ...

, which included

Glyndyfrdwy Glyndyfrdwy (), or sometimes Glyn Dyfrdwy, is a village in the modern county of Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated on the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road halfway between Corwen and Llangollen in the River Dee (Wales), Dee Valley (the river Dee ...

.J. E. Lloyd, ''Owen Glendower: Owen Glyn Dŵr'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931), 9-10. * Swydd y Waun (containing the commotes of

Cynllaith Cynllaith or Cynllaeth was a commote () of north east Wales in the cantref of (later Chirkland) which was once part of the Kingdom of Powys and later part of the smaller kingdom of Powys Fadog. Cynllaith, or at least the part of it called ''C ...

and

Nanheudwy Nanheudwy was a medieval commote of Wales considered part of the ancient Kingdom of Powys in the cantref of Swydd y Waun. It was traditionally defined as the region between the valleys of the rivers Dee and Ceiriog with a mountain ridge running ...

) was divided between Llywelyn and Owain.

References

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