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John Charlton (also Charleton or Cherleton), 2nd Baron Cherleton, 2nd Lord Charlton of Powys (died 1360) succeeded his father
John Charlton, 1st Baron Charlton John Charlton (also Charleton, Cherleton or Chorleton), 1st Baron Charlton of Powys (1268–1353) came from a family of minor landowners near Wellington, Shropshire. He was the son of Robert Charlton (and elder brother to Alan, and Thomas, Bish ...
to the title in 1353. His mother was
Hawys Gadarn Hawys Gadarn (Hawys ferch Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn), also known as the Hardy, the Powerful, the Intrepid, and Hawise de la Pole, (1291 – ) was the daughter of Owen de la Pole and the heir to Powys Wenwynwyn in Wales. She was married to Jo ...
(1291 – c. 1353), daughter of Joan Corbet and
Owen de la Pole Owen de la Pole (c. 1257 – c. 1293), also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lo ...
, the last Prince of Powys, making her the heiress to the former Welsh kingdom of
Powys Wenwynwyn Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high Middle Ages. The realm was the southern portion of the former princely state of Kingdom of Powys, Powys which split following the death of Madog ap Maredudd of P ...
in Wales. His parents were married after his mother Hawys sought the intervention of
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at the Parliament of Shrewsbury to support her inheritance against the intentions of four of her uncles, led by Gruffydd ap Gruffydd, to take her lands following the death of her brother Gruffydd in 1309. John had a brother Owen, who died without children. Sometimes known as John de Charlton junior to distinguish him from his long lived father, he fought in the Wars of Gascony in the
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and held the office of
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as his father had before him. He married Maud Mortimer (c. 1307 – after August 1345), daughter of
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marr ...
and
Joan de Geneville Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness Mortimer (2 February 1286 – 19 October 1356), also known as Jeanne de Joinville, was the daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of Lusignan. She inherited the estates ...
, Baroness Geneville (1286–1356), before 13 April 1319. They had one son
John Charleton, 3rd Baron Cherleton John Charlton (also Charleton or Cherleton), 3rd Baron Cherleton, 3rd Lord Charlton of Powys (c. 1336–1374). He was the son of John Charleton, 2nd Baron Cherleton (d. 1360) and his wife, Maud Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of M ...
(c. 1336–1374) who succeeded to the title on his father's death. John Charlton died before 30 August 1360.


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