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Created by: David ♥ Lee. Added: Nov 20, 2010. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 61943382. Sponsored by Linda Nix (Winn) Black. Source citation. King Owain was a King of Gwynedd (standard Welsh: Owain ap Gruffydd) Owen the Great was King of Gwynedd from 1137 until his death in 1170. He is occasionally referred to as Owain I of Gwynedd, or Owain I of ...
Owain Gwynedd was a member of the House of Aberffraw, the senior branch of the dynasty of Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great). His father, Gruffudd ap Cynan, was a strong and long-lived ruler who had made the principality of Gwynedd the most influential in Wales during the sixty-two years of his reign, using the island of Anglesey as his power base.
Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd. Owain was the second son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd and Angharad, the daughter of Owain ab Edwin. His epithet is explained by the existence of another Owain ap Gruffudd, known as Owain Cyfeiliog. He married, firstly, Gwladys, the daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn; and secondly, Christina, his cousin ...
Jan 23, 2024 · Owain ap Gruffyd, King of Gwynedd was born circa 1100.1 He was the son of Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain.1 He married, firstly, Gwladus ferch Llywarch, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn. He married, secondly, Cristin ferch Goronwy, daughter of Goronwy ap Owain.1 He died on 28 November 1170.
- Wales
- circa 1100
- Gwenllian Verch Ednywain
- Caernarvonshire, Wales
P. Barbier, The Age of Owain Gwynedd an attempt at a connected account of the history of Wales from December, 1135, to November, 1170 (London 1908) Brut y Tywysogion D. Myrddin Lloyd (ed.), Historical Basis of Welsh Nationalism (1950)
Circa 1080- 28 November 1170. Owain Gwynedd, the second son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd and Angharad ferch Owain, the daughter of Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl was born around the year 1080, probably on the Isle of Anglesey, which his father had established as his power base. Owain and his brothers Cadwallon and later Cadwaladr led the ...
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Sep 10, 2023 · Owain Gwynedd was a prominent ruler in 12th century Wales, reigning as King of Gwynedd from 1137 until his death in 1170. He ruled during a turbulent time when the Welsh kingdoms were engaged in ongoing struggles for power with the invading Normans and the English monarchy. As one of the most successful Welsh princes of the medieval period ...
