Biography of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Paternal Family Tree: Mathrathal

1069 Battle of Mechain

1132 Death of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

In 1047 Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys was born to [his father] Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys.

In 1063 [his father] Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys succeeded King Gwynedd.

Battle of Mechain

In 1069 at the Battle of Mechain fought in Radnorshire, Powys the brothers Maredudd Cadelling and Idwal Cadelling attempted to regain control of Radnorshire, Powys from brothers [his father] Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys and [his uncle] Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn Mathrafal. Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn Mathrafal and Idwal Cadelling were killed. Maredudd Cadelling died of exposure following the battle.

In 1069 [his father] Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys succeeded King Powys.

In 1073 [his father] Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys was killed by his cousin. His son Maredudd (age 26) succeeded King Powys.

Death of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

On 9th February 1132 Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys (age 85) died. His son Madog succeeded Prince Powys.

[his son] Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys was born to Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys. He married before 1150 his second cousin once removed Susanna Aberffraw, daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd, and had issue.

[his son] Gruffydd ap Maredudd Mathrafal was born to Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys.

Royal Ancestors of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Kings Gwynedd: Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 3 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys

Royal Descendants of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

King Robert II of Scotland [1]

King Richard II of England [1]

King Henry V of England [1]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [2]

King Edward IV of England [5]

King Richard III of England [5]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [8]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [3]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [8]

Queen Jane Seymour [9]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [14]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [6]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [2]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [15]

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [2]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [2]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [2]

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [2]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [4]

George Wharton [89]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [4]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [4]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [4]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [4]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [4]

Frederick I King Sweden [6]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [4]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [4]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]

President George Washington [4]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [4]

William Elector of Hesse [6]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [2]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [4]

Frederick William III King Prussia [2]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [4]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [6]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [4]

William I King Prussia [4]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [10]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [12]

King Christian IX of Denmark [6]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [8]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [10]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [22]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [22]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [361]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [12]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [12]

Constantine I King Greece [6]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [16]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [28]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [34]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [26]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [40]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [1487]

Carl XVI King Sweden [54]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [529]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [4441]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [15]

Ancestors of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed Mathrafal

GrandFather: Cynfyn ap Gwersytan Mathrafal

Great x 1 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys

Father: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys

Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys