Kingdom of Powys Fadog

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The Kingdom of Powys Fadog was a medieval Welsh principality in northeastern Wales that formed part of the heartland of native Welsh rule and resistance to English domination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
medieval Welsh principality
associatedDynasty Mathrafal dynasty
borderedBy Cheshire
Kingdom of Gwynedd
Powys Wenwynwyn
Shropshire
capital Castell Dinas Brân
Llangollen
country Wales
currency Welsh coinage
dissolutionCause Edward I’s conquest of Wales
endTime 1277
era Middle Ages
event Edwardian conquest of Wales
division of the Kingdom of Powys
firstRuler Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor
governmentType monarchy
historicalStatus native Welsh polity independent of England (for much of its existence)
includedRegion Edeirnion
Iâl (Yale)
Maelor Gymraeg
Nanheudwy
Swyd Is Coed
Swyd Uwch Coed
language Welsh
lastRuler Gruffudd Fychan I
locatedIn northeastern Wales
militaryFeature hillfort castles
modernTerritory Denbighshire
Flintshire
Powys (eastern parts)
Wrexham County Borough
namedAfter Madog ap Maredudd
notableSite Valle Crucis Abbey
overlord Kingdom of England (late period)
linked to: Kingdom of England

Kingdom of Gwynedd (at times)
linked to: Kingdom of Gwynedd
partOf Wales
heartland of native Welsh rule
predecessor Kingdom of Powys
religion Celtic Christianity
Roman Catholicism
role center of resistance to English domination
ruledBy House of Mathrafal
startTime c. 1191
subdivisionOf Kingdom of Powys
successor Kingdom of England
Principality of Wales (English crown)

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Owain Glyndŵr birthPlace Kingdom of Powys Fadog
Kingdom of Powys successor Principality of Powys Fadog
linked to: Kingdom of Powys Fadog
Owain ap Gruffydd birthPlace Kingdom of Powys Fadog
Castell Dinas Brân locatedIn former kingdom of Powys Fadog
linked to: Kingdom of Powys Fadog