Northern Powys (medieval)
Northern Powys Powys Fadog (Welsh) | |||||||||
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| 1160 – 1284 | |||||||||
Banner of Northern Powys
Coat of Arms of Northern Powys
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The divisions of Powys in about 1200 | |||||||||
| Capital | Castell Dinas Brân | ||||||||
| Common languages | Middle Welsh | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• 1160–1191 | Gruffudd Maelor (I) | ||||||||
• 1191–1236 | Madog (I) | ||||||||
• 1236–1269 | Gruffudd Maelor (II) | ||||||||
• 1269–1277 | Madog (II) | ||||||||
• 1277–1282 | Gruffudd ap Madog | ||||||||
• 1282 | Llywelyn Fychan ap Gruffudd | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Death of Madog ap Maredudd and Llywelyn ap Madog | 1160 | ||||||||
| 1284 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Wales | ||||||||
Northern Powys, or Powys Fadog (Welsh for 'Madog's Powys'), was the northern portion of the Kingdom of Powys following that kingdom's dissolution in 1160. The lords of northern Powys had their royal seat at Castell Dinas Brân and their religious center at Valle Crucis Abbey. Some of its lordships included those of Maelor, Mochnant, Glyndyfrdwy, Yale, and Bromfield and Yale.
Following the division of Powys, their cousin branch, the princes of Powys Wenwynwyn, had their seat at Powis Castle. The principality's first prince was Gruffydd Maelor I, and its last sovereign prince was Madog II ap Gruffydd, following the Conquest of Wales by king Edward Longshanks.