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Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (circa 1120 – 1170), Prince of Gwynedd in 1170, was a Welsh poet and military leader. Hywel was the son of Owain Gwynedd, prince of Gwynedd, and an Irishwoman named Pyfog. In recognition of this, he was also known as Hywel ap Gwyddeles (Hywel son of the Irishwoman). Hywel is also known as the Poet Prince for his bardic ...
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170) was a Welsh warrior-prince and poet who was the first to develop the courtly love lyric in Welsh in the manner of the troubadours. Among his eight extant compositions is a gorhoffedd, or “boasting poem,” which gives exuberant expression to his love for his country. The son of Owain Gwynedd, Hywel played a ...
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In 1143 Cadwaladr was implicated in the murder of Anarawd ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth, and Owain responded by sending his son Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd to strip him of his lands in the north of Ceredigion.
HYWEL ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (died 1170), soldier and poet. Name: Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd. Date of death: 1170. Parent: Pyfog. Parent: Owain ap Gruffydd ap Cynan. Gender: Male. Occupation: soldier and poet. Area of activity: Military; Poetry. Author: Arthur James Roderick. The natural son of Owain Gwynedd by Pyfog, an Irishwoman.
Child: Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd. Parent: Angharad ferch Owain ab Edwin. Parent: Gruffudd ap Cynan. Gender: Male. Occupation: king of Gwynedd. Area of activity: Military; Politics, Government and Political Movements; Royalty and Society. Author: Thomas Jones Pierce.
Gorhoffedd Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd", sometimes known in English as "Hywel's Boast", has historically been considered a poem by the mid-12th-century prince, warrior and poet Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd. However, some scholars now believe it to be two quite separate poems by Hywel which have become fused together in the process of manuscript transmission.
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Owain Gwynedd (died 1170) was the last great king of North Wales (Gwynedd) who helped advance Welsh independence against Norman and English dominance. Together with his brother Cadwaladr, Owain led three expeditions (1136–37) against the English stronghold of Ceredigion to the south.
