House of Mathrafal

House of Mathrafal
House of Mathrafal
	; Arms of the Mathrafal House of Powys
Parent house	House of Dinefwr
Country	Wales
Founded	1063
Founder	Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd and Powys
Titles	King of Wales; King of Powys; King of Gwynedd; King of Deheubarth; King of Morgannwg; King of the Britons; Prince of Wales; Prince of Powys; Prince of Powys Fadog; Prince of Powys Wenwynwyn; Marcher Lord; Lord of Dinas Bran; Lord of Maelor; Lord of Yale; Lord Bromfield and Yale; Lord of Cynllaith; Lord of Glyndyfrdwy; Lord of Gwyddelwern; Lord of Mechain Is Coed; Lord of Oswestry; Lord of Kymmer-yn-Edeirnion; Lord of Powys; Lady of Powys; Lord Charlton of Powys; Lord of Edeirnion; Lord of Mochnant; Lord of Dinmael; Lord of Rhug; Lord of Nannau; Lord of Cardigan; Lord of Caereinion; Baron Charlton; Baron Charlton of Powys; Baron Grey of Powis; Baron of Gwyddelwern; Baron of Glyndyfrdwy; Baron of Edeirnion; Baron of Main-yn-Meifod; Knight of Jerusalem; Knight of Rhodes; Knight of the Garter;
Connected families	Aberffraw; Plantagenet; Tudor; Courtenay; Grey; Holland; Percy; FitzAlan; Tudors of Penmynydd;
Estate(s)	Castell Dinas Brân; Conwy Castle; Cardiff Castle; Beaumaris Castle; Harlech Castle; Powis Castle; Caerphilly Castle; Dudley Castle; Aberystwyth Castle; Llansteffan Castle; Criccieth Castle; Whittington Castle; Carmarthen Castle; Montgomery Castle; Cardigan Castle; Dryslwyn Castle; Newcastle Emlyn Castle; Sycharth Castle; Tomen-y-faerdre; Oswestry Castle; Caereinion Castle; Carreghofa Castle; Castle Brogyntyn; Caerleon Castle; Picton Castle; Mathrafal Castle; Gwerclas Castle; Manor of Nannau; Corsygedol Hall; Brogyntyn Hall; Strata Marcella Abbey; Valle Crucis Abbey; Manors of Yale; Apley Castle; Charlton Hall;
Cadet branches	House of Corsygedol; House of Gwerclas; Lord of Nannau; House of Yale;

The Royal House of Mathrafal began as a cadet branch of the Welsh Royal House of Dinefwr, taking their name from Mathrafal Castle. They effectively replaced the House of Gwertherion, who had been ruling the Kingdom of Powys since late Roman Britain, through the politically advantageous marriage of an ancestor, Merfyn the Oppressor. King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn would join the resistance of the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, against the invasion of William the Conqueror, following the Norman conquest of England. Thereafter, they would struggle with the Plantagenets and the remaining Welsh Royal houses for the control of Wales. Although their fortunes rose and fell over the generations, they are primarily remembered as Kings of Powys and last native Prince of Wales.

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