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[[File:Coat of arms of Powys Fadog.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of Powys Fadog]]
{{Short description|Prince of Powys Fadog, son of Prince Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor}}
'''Gruffydd Maelor II''' (died 1269) was a Prince of [[Powys Fadog]]. He reigned for 33 years and married into the [[House of Stanley]]. Following the Anglo-Welsh [[Treaty of Montgomery]], he submitted to [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]], Prince of Wales.
== Lineage ==

He was the eldest son of Prince [[Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor]] and inherited his father's lands and title in partial succession along with his four brothers Gruffydd Ial, Maredudd, Hywel and [[Madog Fychan]]. The Kingdom of Powys Fadog had previously been unified under one leader but now had five and was subjected to outside forces as well.

His father's policy of alliance with the large and powerful Gwynedd changed over his 33-year reign (12361269); pressure from Gwynedd, and Gruffydd's marriage to the daughter of an English landowner, caused him to seek support from the English king. 

However, support from England failed to arrive and in 1258 he was forced to submit to [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]]. Llywelyn was recognised as [[Prince of Wales]] under the terms of the 1267 [[Treaty of Montgomery]] and Gruffydd was confined to his castle for the rest of his life.

== Marriage ==
[[File:DV405 no.16 Dinas Bran Castle.png|thumb|230px|[[Castell Dinas Bran]], their seat in Wales in the principality of [[Powys Fadog]]]]

He married Emma (1224 – c. 1278), daughter of Lord [[Henry de Audley]] and Bertrade Mainwaring, members of the [[House of Stanley]]. His brother-in-law, [[James Audley (died 1272)|Sir James Audley]], was [[Chief governor of Ireland]] from [[Dublin Castle]], and a companion of [[Richard of Cornwall]], King of the Romans.<ref name="refko1"/> 

His sister-in-law, Ela Longespée, was the daughter of crusader [[William Longespée the Younger]], grandson of king [[Henry II of England]].<ref name="refko1">Gee, Loveday Lewes (2002). Women, Art and Patronage from Henry III to Edward III: 1216–1377. Boydell Press, p. 171.</ref> Longespée's brother, William, also married Maud de Clifford, granddaughter of the prince of North Wales, [[Llywelyn ab Iorwerth]].<ref>Pierce, T. J., (1959). [https://biography.wales/article/s-LLYW-API-1173 LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH (or 'Llywelyn the Great', often styled 'Llywelyn I]', though in strictness the first prince of that name was Llywelyn ap Seisyll; 1173-1240, prince of Gwynedd. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 7 Mar 2024</ref>

== Death and issue ==

He died in 1269 (or 1270) leaving issue:

* [[Madog II ap Gruffydd, Lord of Dinas Bran|Madog II]], succeeded his father and was killed in battle with the English in 1277.
* Llywelyn.
* Owain, whose daughter, [[Gweirca ferch Owain]], has the oldest dated grave slab in [[Wales]].
* [[Gruffydd Fychan I]] succeeded his eldest brother in 1277 and died in 1289.
* Angharad d. 1308.  m (after 1261) [[William le Boteler]] of [[Wem]], [[Shropshire]] (d. 1283). One of their children was [[Baron_Boteler|William Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler (second creation)]]. His son, the [[Baron Boteler|2nd Baron]], married the daughter of [[Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel]], while the 2nd Baron's great-grandson, [[Robert Ferrers of Wem|Sir Robert Ferrers]], married Countess [[Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland|Joan Beaufort]], the daughter of Prince [[John of Gaunt|John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster]].
* Margery ferch Gruffydd (b. 1261), married Sir John de Arderne.

Powys Fadog was divided, in accordance with Welsh custom, between his sons:
* Madog received [[Maelor]].
* [[Gruffydd Fychan I|Gruffudd]] had [[Iâl]] (Yale) and [[Edeirnion]], which included [[Glyndyfrdwy]].<ref>J. E. Lloyd, ''Owen Glendower: Owen Glyn Dŵr'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931), 9–10.</ref>
* [[Chirkland|Swydd y Waun]] (containing the commotes of [[Cynllaith]] and [[Nanheudwy]]) was divided between Llywelyn and Owain.

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