OWAIN FYCHAN ap MADOG ap MAREDUDD
(d.
1187
),
prince of Powys
.
He was one of the sons of
Madog ap Maredudd
(q.v.)
by
Susanna
, daughter of
Gruffudd ap Cynan
. His share of his father's territories, according to a contemporary poem, lay in
Mechain
,
Cynllaith
, and
Mochnant-is-Rhaeadr
, wedged between the dominions of his eldest brother,
Gruffydd ap Madog
(q.v.)
, and those of his cousin,
Owen Cyfeiliog
(q.v.)
. A
minor prince
of more than ordinary personality, he met his end at
Gwern-y-figyn
, near
Carreghofa
, where he was
treacherously attacked
by night by
Gwenwynwyn
(q.v.)
and
Cadwallon
, the sons of
Owain Cyfeiliog
. His descendants continued to rule over a much diminished realm in
Mechain
until the
end of the 13th cent.
Bibliography:
-
A History of Wales
, 1911, 1930
Author:
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964),
Aberystwyth.
