Buried At Valle Crucis Abbey
Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor died in 1236 and is buried at Valle Crucis Abbey, his own foundation, and the last Cistercian monastery to be founded in Wales.
In 1956 his heraldic slab was excavated at the Abbey.
He is either a great grandfather or great-great-great grandfather of Owain Glyndŵr.
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