The region of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren within medieval Wales
Maelienydd within Rhwng Gwy a Hafren
Maelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering the area from the River Teme to Radnor Forest and the area around Llandrindod Wells. The area, which is mainly upland, is now in Powys. During the Middle Ages it was part of the region known as Rhwng Gwy a Hafren (English: Between the Wye and the Severn) and its administrative centre was at Cefnllys Castle.
Location of MaelienyddMaelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering the area from the River Teme...
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...
A commote (Welsh cwmwd, sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd) was a secular division of land in Medieval...
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...
through inheritance. Powys Brycheiniog Gwrtheyrnion Buellt Pengwern Elfael Maelienydd Morgannwg Glywysing Gwent Ergyng Dumnonia (Located in modern South West...
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...
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...
son of Gruffudd ap Cynan Cadwallon ap Madog (12th century), ruler of Maelienydd Cadwallon (role-playing game), a 2006 game published by Rackham Cædwalla...
(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)...
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...
mountain pass into Maelienydd. The castle's exact origins are unclear, though some scholars believe it belonged to the princes of Maelienydd, considering that...
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...
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...
Mortimer, Cleobury Mortimer and at times, Bridgnorth, Bishop's Castle and Maelienydd. During the Anarchy of King Stephen's reign, Mortimer was an ardent...
comprises the five rural deaneries of Brecon, Builth, Crickhowell, Hay and Maelienydd. The first recorded archdeacons of Brecon occur soon after the Norman...
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)...
turn requested and were assisted by Llywelyn in defending their lands in Maelienydd. After, Llywelyn continued his expansion into south Wales to the Lordship...
Anglo-Norman magnate (Ralph), in which the rights of the Mortimer lordships of Maelienydd and Gwerthrynion, located in eastern-central Wales, are relinquished by...
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...
intended to become the primary settlement of the lordship and cantref of Maelienydd, but was unsuccessful and declined during the 14th century as a result...
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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