Maredudd, also found in the form Meredydd and in other spellings, is a Welsh male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. The English-language name ''Meredith'' derives from it. A pet form of the name was ''Bedo'', which has also entered the English language in names such as ''Beddoe'' and ''Beddoes''. Below is a list of people who have borne the name.

Maredudd

* Maredudd ab Ieuan ap Robert (died 1525), a landed gentleman * Maredudd ab Owain (died c. 999), king of

Deheubarth Deheubarth (; , thus 'the South') was a regional name for the Welsh kingdoms, realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to kingdom of Gwynedd, Gwynedd (Latin: ''Venedotia''). It is now used as a shorthand for the various realms united under ...

* Maredudd ab Owain Glyndŵr ( late 14th – early 15th centuries), a participant in his father

Owain Glyndŵr Owain ap Gruffydd (28 May 135420 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, , anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh people, Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the Wales in the late Middle Ages, late Middle ...

's revolt against English rule * Maredudd ab Owain ab Edwin (died 1072), a prince of Deheubarth *

Maredudd ap Bleddyn Maredudd ap Bleddyn (1047 – 9 February 1132) was a prince and later King of Powys in eastern Wales. He was involved in the rebellions against Henry I of England, son of William the Conqueror, who launched the Norman invasion of Wales. He was fea ...

(1047–1132), king of

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

* Maredudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd ({{circa, 1150 – 1212), a member of the royal house of

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

* Maredudd ap Gruffydd (1131–1155), prince of Deheubarth *

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 impor ...

(died 1255), thought to have been lord of

Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a , a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. It is currently a committee area within the county Gwynedd. Kingdom (Meirion, with as a Welsh suffix of land, literally 'La ...

* Maredudd ap Rhobert (died 1244), lord of

Cedewain Cedewain (or Cydewain) was a medieval cantref in the Kingdom of Powys. It possibly consisted of the commotes (''cymydau'') of Cynan, Hafren and Uwch Hanes. Other sources give the commotes as Cedewain, Eginlle and Ceri. It lay at the south of the ...

Maredudd ap Rhys Maredudd ap Rhys (fl. 1450–1485), also spelt Meredudd ap Rhys, was a Welsh language poet and priest from Powys. He was born in gentry, having pedigree blood, as discovered from the Peniarth Manuscripts. He is thought to have been the bardic tu ...

(fl. 1450 – 1485), a poet and priest *

Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg Maredudd ap Rhys Grug (died 1271), was the son of Rhys Gryg (a Welsh prince of Deheubarth) and Mathilde de Clare (a daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, Marcher Lord of Cardigan). Maredudd initially ruled north east of Ystrad Tywi, ...

(died 1271), a prince of Deheubarth *

Maredudd ap Tewdws Maredudd ap Tewdws (; died c. 797) was a king of Dyfed in South Wales. His father was Tewdws son of Rhain ap Cadwgan. His sons, who both reigned after him, were Rhain and Owain. His lineage is included among the Harleian Genealogies __NOTOC__ ...

(died c. 797), king of

Dyfed Dyfed () is a preserved county in southwestern Wales, covering the modern counties Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It is mostly rural area with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel. Between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed w ...

Maredudd ap Tudur Maredudd ap Tudur (died c. 1406) was a Welsh soldier and nobleman from the Tudor family of Penmynydd. He was the youngest of six sons of Tudur ap Goronwy and was the father of Owen Tudor. Maredudd supported his cousin the Welsh patriot Owain Gl ...

(c. 1406), a soldier and nobleman of the family subsequently known as the

Tudors The House of Tudor ( ) was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois. The Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of Engl ...

Meredydd

Meredydd Barker Meredydd Barker is a Welsh playwright working in both Welsh and English. Barker originally trained as a sculptor. His plays include ''The Rabbit'' (2001), ''Buzz'' (2004), ''Acqua Nero'' (2007), ''Two Princes'' (2007), and ''Nye and Jennie'' (2 ...

, a playwright *

Meredydd Evans Meredydd Evans (9 December 1919 – 21 February 2015), known colloquially as Merêd, was a collector, editor, historian and performer of folk music of Wales. A major figure in Welsh media for over half a century, Evans has been described as influ ...

(1919–2015), a singer and scholar of Welsh folk music; also a television producer and activist *

Meredydd Hughes Meredydd John Hughes is a retired British police officer. He served as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police from 1 September 2004 to 2011. Hughes started his career at South Wales Constabulary in 1979, and was transferred to West Yo ...

, a police officer

Maredudd

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