Abt 1025 - 1075 (50 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Maredudd ap Bleddyn (1.Bleddyn1) was born about 1047 in Montgomeryshire, Wales; died in 1132. Notes:
Sixth in descent from Mervyn ap Rhodri Mawr was Meredith ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys, who adopted the "black lion of Powys" (arg., a lion rampant, sa.) in substitution of his father's arms, "or, a lion rampant, gu." By his 2nd wife, Efa, dau. of Blettrws ap Ednowain Bendew, Lord of Tegeingle (Flint), he was father of Jorwerth, alias Gervase Goch ap Meredith, Lord of Mochnan-is-Rhayadr. Meredith ap Bleddyn, whose demise took place in 1132, was father, by his 1st consort Hunydd, dau. of Eunydd ap Gwernwy, Lord of Dyffryn Clwyd, with other issue, of two sons, Madoc ap Meredith, Prince of Lower Powys, and Griffith ap Meredith. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 113, Cherlton, Barons Cherlton, of Powys]
Family/Spouse: Hunydd verch Einudd. Hunydd was born about 1063 in Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbigshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Madog ap Maredydd was born about 1095 in Powys, Wales; died in 1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
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Generation: 3
3. | Madog ap Maredydd (2.Maredudd2, 1.Bleddyn1) was born about 1095 in Powys, Wales; died in 1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Notes:
Madoc ap Meredith, Prince of Lower Powys, from him called Powys Fadoc, who d. at Winchester in 1160, and was buried in Meifod Church, near Mathrafal, his castle-palace on the banks of the Vwrnwy, where the carved stone lid of his coffin, with the cognizance of the dragon, is still to be seen. According to the Welsh chronicle, he was "one who feared God and relieved the poor." By the Princess Susanna his consort, dau. of Griffith ap Cynan, King of North Wales, this monarch had, with other issue, Griffith Maelor ap Madoc and Owen Vychan ap Madoc. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 113, Cherlton, Barons Cherlton, of Powys]
Madog married Susannah verch Gruffydd about 1128. Susannah was born about 1095. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
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