Cadwalader, son
of Gruffydd, in North Wales; 5. Gruffydd of Maelor in Powys; 6.
Rhys, son of Gruffydd, in South Wales; 7. David, son of Owen, in
North Wales; 8. Howel, son of Iorwerth, in South Wales.
1. Owen Gwynedd, son of Gruffydd ap Conan, died in 1169, having
governed his country well and worthily for the space of thirty-two
years. He was fortunate and victorious in all his affairs, and
never took any enterprise in hand but he achieved it. 2. Meredyth
ap Gruffydd ap Rhys, lord of Caerdigan and Stratywy, died in 1153,
at the early age of twenty-five; a worthy knight, fortunate in
battle, just and liberal to all men. 3. Owen Cyfeilioc was the son
of Gruffydd Meredyth ap Meredyth ap Blethyn, who was created lord of
Powys by Henry I., and died about the year 1197, leaving his
principality to his son Gwenwynwyn, from whom that part of Powys was
called Powys Gwenwynwyn, to distinguish it from Powys Vadoc, the
possession of the lords of Bromfield. The poems ascribed to him
possess great spirit, and prove that he was, as Giraldus terms him,
"linguae dicacis," in its best sense. 4. Cadwalader, son of
Gruffydd ap Conan, prince of North Wales, died in 1175. Gruffydd of
Maelor was son of Madoc ap Meredyth ap Blethyn, prince of Powys, who
died at Winchester in 1160. "This man was ever the king of
England's friend, and was one that feared God, and relieved the
poor:
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