Lineage
Madog was the son of Llywelyn ap Maredudd, the last vassal Lord of Meirionydd who had been deprived of his patrimony in 1256 for opposing Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the Prince of Wales at the Battle of Bryn Derwin. Llywelyn ap Maredudd had lived out his days in exile in England dying in 1263. His eldest son, Madog, who had probably been born in exile, is known to have received substantial monetary gifts from King Edward I of England in 1277 and used this money to sue the Prince of Wales in 1278 in an attempt to have his father's cantref of Meirionydd returned to him. It appears that Madog returned to Gwynedd after the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1282 and received lands from the King of England in Anglesey.
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