Abt 1095 - 1160 (65 years)
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Name |
Madog ap Maredydd |
Birth |
Abt 1095 |
Powys, Wales |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1160 |
Winchester, Hampshire, England |
Person ID |
I38966 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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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]
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