Iorwerth Goch

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Iorwerth Goch ( Welsh for Iorwerth the Red ), actually Iorwerth ap Maredudd (* around 1110, † 1171 ), was a lord of the Welsh principality of Powys .

origin

He was an illegitimate son of Prince Maredudd ap Bleddyn and his lover Christian. This made him a younger half-brother of Madog ap Maredudd and his brothers Gruffudd and Hywel.

Life

After Hywel's murder, his brother Madog offered him command of his Teulu , his household troops, in 1142 . Iorwerth refused, however, and went on his own raid to Shropshire . Around 1155 he finally served his brother as Penteulu, and he and Maredudd were allies of the English King Henry II when he undertook a campaign against Gwynedd in 1157 . After Owain Gwynedd , the prince of Gwynedd , had to submit to Henry II, Iorwerth took advantage of the weakness of the prince of Gwynedd and, on behalf of his brother Owain Gwynedd, captured Tomen y Rhodwydd 's castle , thereby regaining control of Iâl.

After the death of his brother, when Powys was divided under the sons of Madog, he received a rule in Mochnant and probably also Cynllaith , Glyndyfrdwy and Nanheudwy . In 1165 he participated in the Welsh coalition that was formed to repel the new campaign of Henry II , but after the failure of the campaign and the withdrawal of the English troops, he concluded a peace treaty with the English, who gave him Chirk Castle and him Supported cash payments. This broke the alliance of the Welsh princes as early as 1166. As a result of Iorwerth's alliance with the English, his nephews Owain Cyfeiliog and Owain Fychan conquered his lands on Lake Vyrnwy in Mochnant. As early as 1167, however , Owain Fychan, allied with Lord Rhys von Deheubarth and Owain Gwynedd, turned against Owain Cyfeiliog, who had to flee into English exile with Iorwerth Goch. The two now allied and were able to return towards the end of the year with English help. Iorwerth remained Lord of Mawddwy in North West Wales.

Presumably he fell in late summer 1171 as an ally of Owain Cyfeiliog in a skirmish with the troops of Lord Rhys when the latter attacked Cyfeiliog.

Family and offspring

He married Maud, a daughter of the Anglo-Norman Lord Roger de Manley of Cheshire . His heirs were his sons Iorwerth Fychan and Madog. Madog's descendants remained landlords in Mawddwy in North West Wales into the 14th century.

literature

  • Rhian Andrews; D. Stephenson: Draig Argoed: Iorwerth Goch ap Maredudd, c.1110-1171 . In: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 52 (November 2006), pp. 65-91

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415 . Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 1991. ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 67
  2. ^ Welsh Biography Online: Owain Cyfeiliog. Retrieved July 3, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Rhian Andrews; D. Stephenson: Draig Argoed: Iorwerth Goch ap Maredudd, c.1110-1171 . In: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 52 (November 2006), p. 76
  4. ^ CP Lewis: Anglo-Norman studies XXX: proceedings of the Battle Conference 2007. Boydell, Woodbrige 2008. ISBN 978-1-84383-379-6 , p. 209
personal data
SURNAME Iorwerth Goch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Iorwerth ap Maredudd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Powys (Wales)
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1171