his fair borders Yet nought of all he held Esteemed he his save by God's might ... If my noble lord were alive Gwynedd would not now be encamped in the heart of Edeyrnion Edeyrnion (or Edeirnion) was a commote inherited by Owain Brogyntyn and had been the home of his mother (who was not married to his father). Owain may also have been raised there. It was annexed to Gwynedd during Owain's time. The Mabinogion The Mabinogion tale The Dream of Rhonabwy is set during Madog's reign. The central character, Rhonabwy, is one of Madog's retainers sent to bring in Madog's rebellious brother Iorwerth Goch ap Maredudd. His titular dream contrasts his own time with the grandeur of King Arthur's period. Children Llywelyn ap Madog, died 1160 Gruffydd Maelor ap Madog, died 1191 Owain Fychan ap Madog, c. 1125–1187 Owain Brogyntyn ap Madog (illegitimate) Gwenllian ferch Madog, married Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth Marared ferch Madog, married Iorwerth ab Owain Gwynedd and was the mother of Llywelyn the Great Efa ferch Madog, married Cadwallon ap Madog ap Idnerth, prince of Maelienydd Fiction Madog's intervention in the Battle of Lincoln in 1141 forms an important plot element in the detective novel Dead Man's Ransom, part of the Brother Cadfael chronicles by Edith Pargeter (writing as Ellis Peters). Citations References Remfry, P.M., Whittington Castle and the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel, Maminot, Powys and Fitz Warin () Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 176B-26 1160 deaths Monarchs of Powys House of Mathrafal 12th-century Welsh monarchs Year of birth unknown Welsh princes People of The Anarchy