Gruffydd ap Maredydd Lord of Cyfeiliog

Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Prince of Powys
(-1075)

Haer verch Cillin

Eunydd ap Gwernwy Lord of Dyffryn Clwyd

Maredydd ap Bleddyn
(-1132)

Hunydd verch Einudd

Gruffydd ap Maredydd Lord of Cyfeiliog
(Abt 1101-Abt 1125)

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Spouses/Children:
Gwertyl verch Gwgenas

Owain Cyfeiliog ap Gruffydd+

Gruffydd ap Maredydd Lord of Cyfeiliog

Born: Abt 1101, Cyfeiliog, Merionethshire, Wales
Marriage: Gwertyl verch Gwgenas
Died: Abt 1125, Cyfeiliog, Merionethshire, Wales about age 24

General Notes:

~Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, Vol. II, Pedigree Chart on p. 792, second son of Meredydd and lord of Cyfeiliog. ⁷⁶⁹

Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands.
The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Einon son of Cadwgan son of Bleddyn and Gruffudd son of Maredudd son of Bleddyn joined together to make an attack upon the castle of Uchtryd son of Edwin" in 1113 [Brut y Tywysogion (Williams), p. 141]. Lord of Mawddy. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1128 of "Grifinus filius Meredut" [Annales Cambriæ, p. 38]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Gruffudd son of Maredudd son of Bledyn" died in 1125 [Brut y Tywysogion (Williams), p. 155]. Gryffydd married Gwerfyl, daughter and heiress of Gwrgeno ap Hywel Lord of Caer or Clydewen & his wife.

Gruffydd married Gwertyl verch Gwgenas, daughter of Gwrgeno ap Hywel and Unknown. (Gwertyl verch Gwgenas was born about 1104 in Powys Castle, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales.)