Maredudd ap Ifan
Maredudd ab Ifan ab Robert (died 1525), also spelt Maredudd ap Ieuan and Meredith ab Ieuan, was a Welsh noble and the head of the House of Aberffraw following the death of his father, Ieuan ap Robert ap Maredudd (1437–1468). It is not known if he had any siblings. He purchased and rebuilt Gwydyr Castle after it was destroyed in the 1460s and made it the family home. He is an ancestor of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet and was head of the family at that time.[1]
To avoid implication in the feuds of his kinsmen in Eifionydd, Maredudd purchased the lease of Dolwyddelan Castle about 1489. He later built Penamnen. He finally purchased Gwydyr from Dafydd ap Hywel Coetmor about 1500.[2]
He married three times and had multiple natural children by various mistresses. He married firstly Alice, the natural daughter of Gwilym ap Gruffud ap Robin of Cochwilliam, with whom he had sons John Wyn ap Mareddud, who succeeded him, along with three younger sons, Rhys Wyn, William Wyn and Rhydderch, and six daughters.[1]
He married secondly Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Gruffudd ap Hywel y Farf, by whom he had a daughter, Elsbeth. He married thirdly Margaret, daughter of Morus ap John, by whom he had two sons, Humphry Wyn and Cadwaladr and seven daughters.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 4188. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Glyn Roberts, WYNN family, of Gwydir, Caerns, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales/University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.
| Preceded by Ifan ap Robert |
Head of the House of Aberffraw 1469–1525 |
Succeeded by John "Wynn" ap Maredudd |
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