Llywelyn ap Maredudd (died 1263) was a minor Welsh prince of the

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who was the last

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Lord of

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. He lived during the mid 13th century. He was the son of

Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan was a Welsh prince, the only known son of Llywelyn Fawr ap Maredudd and a great-great-grandson of Owain Gwynedd, an important prince of north Wales in the 12th century. This obscure Welsh prince is import ...

and was a direct descendant of

Owain Gwynedd Owain ap Gruffudd ( 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called Owain the Great ( cy, Owain Fawr) and the first to be ...

through his son Prince

Cynan Cynan (also spelled Conan or Kenan) is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to: * Cynan, the bardic name of Albert Evans-Jones (1895–1970), Welsh poet and dramatist * Cynan ab Iago (11th century), prince of Gwynedd and father of Gruffyd ...

, Lord of

. Llywelyn sided with Owain and Dafydd Gwynedd against their brother Llywelyn II in the battle of Bryn Derwin in 1255. After their defeat he went into exile in England until June 1262 when he reconciled with the Prince of Wales. He died the next year on 27 April fighting against the English Marcher Lords. Llywelyn ap Maredudd was a distant cousin and contemporary of

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282), sometimes written as Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, also known as Llywelyn the Last ( cy, Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf, lit=Llywelyn, Our Last Leader), was the native Prince of Wales ( la, Princeps Wall ...

the last native

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and is known to have had the following sons; *

Madog ap Llywelyn Madog ap Llywelyn (died after 1312) was the leader of the Welsh revolt of 1294–95 against English rule in Wales and proclaimed "Prince of Wales". The revolt was surpassed in longevity only by the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr in the 15th century. Ma ...

ap Maredudd * Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd * Llywelyn ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd * Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd His eldest son, Madog, led an uprising against English occupation between 1294-1295. He was survived by two sons whose fates are unknown.

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* J. Beverley Smith (1998) Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Tywysog Cymru * 1263 deaths 13th-century Welsh nobility Monarchs of Gwynedd Year of birth unknown Welsh people of Irish descent {{Wales-bio-stub