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    Location of Maelienydd Maelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering the area from the River Teme...
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  • was instrumental in the killing of Cadwallon ap Madog, the prince of Maelienydd and Elfael, both of which he coveted, and was imprisoned until June 1182...
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    Commote (section Maelienydd)
    A commote (Welsh: cwmwd, sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd) was a secular division of land in Medieval...
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  • son of Gruffudd ap Cynan Cadwallon ap Madog (12th century), ruler of Maelienydd Cadwallon (role-playing game), a 2006 game published by Rackham Cædwalla...
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    (d. 1140) Cadwallon ap Madog (d. 1179), ruled Maelienydd and Elfael Einion Clud (d. 1177) ruled Maelienydd and Elfael Maelgwn (d. 1197) Cadwallon (d. 1234)...
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    Montgomery (part) Powys Radnorshire Cwmwd Deuddor Elfael Glasbury Gwrtheyrnion Maelienydd Radnor Brecknockshire Blaenllyfni Brecon Builth Hay Monmouthshire Abergavenny...
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  • their father's lands in Rhwng Gwy a Hafren: Cadwallon ap Madog ruled Maelienydd and his younger brother Einion Clud ruled Elfael. The two fell out and...
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  • through inheritance. Powys Brycheiniog Gwrtheyrnion Buellt Pengwern Elfael Maelienydd Morgannwg Glywysing Gwent Ergyng Dumnonia (Located in modern South West...
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    Powys Wenwynwyn Arwystli Cedewain Cyfeiliog Caereinion Mechain Mochnant Gorfynydd Gwynllwg Gŵyr Penychen Senghenydd Gwrtheyrnion Elfael Maelienydd Buellt...
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  • mountain pass into Maelienydd. The castle's exact origins are unclear, though some scholars believe it belonged to the princes of Maelienydd, considering that...
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    a site movement from Ty-faenor, but Maredudd ap Maelgwn was prince of Maelienydd in 1215 under Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth of Gwynedd, who then controlled...
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    always consistent: generally, the lists include the cantrefs of Elfael and Maelienydd and the commote of Gwrtheyrnion. The cantref of Buellt is also often associated...
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    also known as Dineithon or Cefnllys) was a commote within the cantref of Maelienydd, in the medieval region of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren in Wales. It was situated...
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    cousin, Maelgwn ap Cadwallon, was the ruler of the adjacent state of Maelienydd, and used his forces to destroy Rhayader castle, while William de Braose...
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  • historic county of Radnorshire and was formerly part of the cantref of Maelienydd. Heartsease has a chapel with a cemetery belonging to the Presbyterian...
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    Middle Ages. As the seat of the fiercely contested lordship and cantref of Maelienydd, Cefnllys became a source of friction between Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and...
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  • Montgomery (part) Powys Radnorshire Cwmwd Deuddor Elfael Glasbury Gwrtheyrnion Maelienydd Radnor Brecknockshire Blaenllyfni Brecon Builth Hay Monmouthshire Abergavenny...
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    turn requested and were assisted by Llywelyn in defending their lands in Maelienydd. After, Llywelyn continued his expansion into South Wales to the Lordship...
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    make up the county of Radnorshire in 1536 (the others were Gwrtheyrnion, Maelienydd and Llythyfnwg, the latter being known in English as the lordship of Radnor)...
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    Syfaddan (Llangorse Lake) Lower Caerfaelog Pastures Lower Garth Meadows Maelienydd Marcheini Uplands, Gilfach Farm and Gamallt Mawnog Gwaunynog Mochdre Dingles...
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    known as Ferlix); in the century after his death, Fferreg split into Maelienydd and Elfael Very little is known about Elystan himself, but his descendants...
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  • comprises the five rural deaneries of Brecon, Builth, Crickhowell, Hay and Maelienydd. The first recorded archdeacons of Brecon occur soon after the Norman...
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    Radnorshire from a number of former territories, including the cantrefs of Maelienydd and Elfael and the commotes of Gwrtheyrnion and Deuddwr. The act also...
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  • Mortimer, Cleobury Mortimer and at times, Bridgnorth, Bishop's Castle and Maelienydd. During the Anarchy of King Stephen's reign, Mortimer was an ardent...
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    Fferllys was divided between Madog's surviving sons, Cadwallon (who received Maelienydd) and Einion Clud (who received Elfael). This battle is featured in the...
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  • the Norman invaders. 1144 The Marcher lord Hugh de Mortimer re-takes Maelienydd. 1145 Gilbert de Clare rebuilds Carmarthen Castle. 1149 Madog ap Maredudd...
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  • Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Ralph de Mortimer that concerns the lands of Maelienydd and Gwerthrynion, and appears to date to 1241, makes note of a witness...
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    Chronicle says the battle site was 'upon the hill called Bryn Glas in Maelienydd near Knighton'. Nicholas Bysshop wrote in about c.1432, that it was 'on...
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    Anglo-Norman magnate (Ralph), in which the rights of the Mortimer lordships of Maelienydd and Gwerthrynion, located in eastern-central Wales, are relinquished by...
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  • earldom and died a year later. Elizabeth's dower included the estates of Maelienydd and Comot Deuddwr in the Welsh Marches. In 1335, just over three years...
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