Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MAELGWN ap RHYS (d. 1295), rebel of 1294 a son of Rhys Fychan, last lord of Geneu'r Glyn in north Cardiganshire, and a descendant of Maelgwn ap Rhys ap Gruffydd. When in 1294 a general uprising against alien rule broke out in Wales, led by Madog ap Llywelyn in North Wales, and Morgan in Glamorgan, Maelgwn assumed the leadership of the insurgents in Cardiganshire. The campaign in west Wales comprised a hard, but unsuccessful, siege of
MANSEL family Oxwich, Penrice, Margam abbey, . Following him came RICHARD (ROBERT ?) MANSEL, RICHARD MANSEL, Sir HUGH MANSEL (who married Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Penrice of Penrice castle in Gower), and PHILIP MANSEL, slain in the Wars of the Roses and attainted. Philip Mansel's wife was Mary, daughter of Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Newton; their son JENKIN MANSEL of Oxwich, ' The Valiant,' had the attainder reversed in 1485. It was Sir
MAREDUDD ab OWAIN ab EDWIN (d. 1072), king of Deheubarth He stood five generations from Hywel Dda and was second cousin in the senior line to Rhys ap Tewdwr. When Gruffudd ap Llywelyn fell in 1063, the old dynasty was restored under his leadership. His reign coincides with the first impact of the Norman conquest on South Wales. After a brief and unequal struggle, he acquiesced in the conquest of the border lands of Gwent and was rewarded by grants of
MAREDUDD ab OWAIN ap HYWEL DDA (d. 999), king of Deheubarth He succeeded his aged father as sole ruler of Deheubarth in 986, and in the same year repeated the achievement of his grandfather by reuniting Gwynedd and Deheubarth for the period of his reign. In spite of domestic disharmony, he impressed contemporaries by his bold and aggressive leadership against Saxon and Dane. His greatest claim to fame rests, perhaps, on his relationship to Gruffudd ap
MAREDUDD ap CYNAN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1212), lord of Eifionydd, part of Ardudwy, and Merioneth and co-founder of the Cistercian house of Cymmer Gruffydd died in 1200, Maredudd acquired Llŷn, of which he was deprived in 1201 for suspected treachery against Llywelyn. In 1202 his other territories were taken from him, but Merioneth at least was later restored to his family - see Llywelyn Fawr and Llywelyn Fychan. He was co-founder in 1198 or 1199 of the Cistercian house of Cymmer. His elegy was sung by 'Prydydd y Moch' (Llywarch ap Llywelyn).
MAREDUDD ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (1130 - 1155), prince of Deheubarth Eldest son of Gruffydd ap Rhys by Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan. Six years old when his father died in 1137, he came into prominence at 16 assisting an older half-brother, Cadell, in freeing southern Ceredigion of the Normans, and in defending the recently captured fortress of Carmarthen. In 1151 he took a leading part in driving the men of Gwynedd back beyond the Dovey, and in the
MAREDUDD ap IEUAN ap ROBERT ap MAREDUDD Gwydir (fl. end of 15th century) - see WYNN
MAREDUDD ap MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN - see MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN
MAREDUDD ap RHOSER (fl. c. 1530), poet who may have been a native of South Wales. No proof is available for connecting him, as Iolo Morganwg did, with Meisgyn (Miskin) in Glamorgan. Examples of his work exist in MSS., including a love poem, an awdl in praise of Ewyas, an elegy to Sir Charles Herbert, another to reconcile William Herbert of Colebrook with William Siôn ap Rhoser of Wern-ddu, and poems in praise of William Evans
MAREDUDD ap RHYS - see MEREDYDD ap RHYS
MAREDUDD ap RHYS GRYG (d. 1271), prince of Deheubarth Llewelyn in 1261 were severe, but his services to the royal cause were rewarded by the deliberate retention of his homage by the king in the peace of Montgomery (1267). In 1270 this homage was conceded to Llywelyn. Maredudd died on 27 July 1271, at Dryslwyn, and was buried at Whitland abbey. Rhys ap Maredudd was his son.
MARSHAL family (earls of Pembroke), to the honour of Carmarthen - the commotes of Ystlwyf and Emlyn above Cuch which the earl then granted to Maredudd ap Rhys Grug. After succeeding to the earldom (1234) he seems to have played no important part in Welsh affairs. ANSELM MARSHAL (died 1245) He was the last of the sons of William Marshal the regent, and died in December 1245, before he was invested with the earldom. Like his brothers

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