Maredudd from Owain († 1265)

Maredudd from Owain († 1265 ) was a Welsh Lord of Deheubarth from the Dinefwr dynasty . He was a son of Owain ap Gruffydd , whose possessions in Ceredigion he inherited after his death in 1236.

After the death of Prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth von Gwynedd in 1240, his loyalty wavered between Llywelyn's son Dafydd ap Llywelyn and the English King Henry III. At the beginning of the Anglo-Welsh War from 1244 he joined the anti -English coalition of Dafydd ap Gruffydd, but surrendered to the English king after Dafydd's death together with his relative Maredudd ap Rhys von Dryslwyn in April 1246. Together with Maredudd ap Rhys he supported and accompanied Nicholas de Moels , the royal constable of Cardigan and Carmarthen Castle , on his campaign from Carmarthen to Deganwy Castle in North Wales and received Perfedd , part of the possessions of his relative Maelgwn Fychan .

At the end of 1256 he had to recognize the supremacy of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , the new ruler of Gwynedd, when he advanced to South West Wales. 1257 he occupied together with Maredudd ap Rhys after the expulsion of his relative Rhys Fychan from Dinefwr part of its lands. When Rhys Fychan wanted to recapture his property with English support, Maredudd ab Owain was together with Maredudd ap Rhys one of the leaders of the Welsh army, which inflicted a heavy defeat on the English army under Stephen Bauzan at the Battle of Cymerau . After the battle, however, he had to return the occupied lands to Rhys Fychan under pressure from Llywelyn ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd. He then switched sides and allied himself again with the English king in 1257, only to submit again the following year to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, who had since declared himself Prince of Wales . Until his death he was one of the leading Welsh lords who supported Llywelyn.

Maredudd had married Eleanor, a daughter of Maelgwn Fychan and his wife Angharad. He had the following children:

Owain († 1275)
Gruffydd
Cynan
Eve

After his death, his three sons divided his empire among themselves and ruled as poor chiefs in Ceredigion south of Ystwyth .

Web links

JB Smith: Maredudd from Owain (d. 1265). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

^ John Edward Lloyd: History of Wales from the earliest times to the edwardian conquest , part 2, Longmans, Green, London 1912. p. 710
^ David A. Carpenter: The struggle for mastery. Britain, 1066-1284. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003. ISBN 0-19-522000-5 , p. 364
^ John Edward Lloyd: A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest . Vol. II. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1912, p. 750

personal data
SURNAME	Maredudd from Owain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Welsh Lord of Deheubarth from the Dinefwr dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH	1265

[1] John Edward Lloyd: History of Wales from the earliest times to the edwardian conquest , part 2, Longmans, Green, London 1912. p. 710

[2] David A. Carpenter: The struggle for mastery. Britain, 1066-1284. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003. ISBN 0-19-522000-5 , p. 364

[3] John Edward Lloyd: A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest . Vol. II. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1912, p. 750