Post-kingdom Powys
Owen de la Pole (Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn) apparently surrendered the principality of Powys Wenwynwyn (southern Powys) to Edward I in 1283, receiving it back as a marcher lordship. Previously, the principality had already been the subject of constant fighting and dispute between the Kings of England and Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wales. The lordship descended in Owen's family until 1587, when it was sold to Sir Edward Herbert, whose descendants were created Baron Powis and Marquesses and Earls of Powis, living at Powis Castle
Powys Fadog (northern Powys) largely became the English lordship of Bromfield and Yale (the latter now spelt Iâl), but the lordship of Glyndyfrdwy and half the commote of Cynllaith (known as Cynllaith Owain), including Sycharth remained in Welsh hands until the defeat of Owain Glyndŵr.
The name Powys for this area disppeared (at latest) with the introduction of the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 when its marcher lordships were incorporated into the new counties of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire.
Powys would not be resurrected until the boundary changes in 1974 created a new and enlarged county of Powys that merged the counties of Montgomeryshire, Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. However, Brecknockshire had not traditionally been within the bounds of the old kingdom, Radnorshire had not been part of it since the mid-10th century, and large areas of the north formerly within Powys were placed in the new county of Clwyd.
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