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Madoc o Madog ab Owain Gwynedd fue, según la tradición popular, un príncipe galés que navegó hasta América en 1170, 322 años antes que Cristóbal Colón llegase a dicho continente en 1492. Existe mucha especulación entre los historiadores sobre el real alcance del viaje de Madoc, pero la mayoría opinan que dicho príncipe nunca hizo ...
3 de ago. de 2009 · Owain became the heir to the kingdom of Gwynedd in 1132, on the death of his older brother Cadwallon in battle. He proved himself in battle a capable warlord, and he and his other brother ...
Contents. Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd. Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd ( c. 1147 – 1195) was prince of part of Gwynedd, one of the kingdoms of medieval Wales. He ruled from 1175 to 1195. On the death of Owain Gwynedd in 1170, fighting broke out among his nineteen sons over the division of his kingdom. Rhodri and his brother Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, Owain ...
Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd 1137-70, was born circa 1109. In 1137 he succeeded his father Gruffydd ap Cynan (1081-1137) to the kingdom of Gwynedd, which covered most of north Wales. While England was engaged in civil war, Owain used his skill as statesman and soldier to extend his frontiers. In 1157 Henry II led his first campaign against ...
Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd (also spelled Madog) was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who sailed to the Americas in 1170, over three hundred years before Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492. According to the story, he was a son of Owain Gwynedd , and took to the sea to flee internecine violence at home.
Owain, further, made no attempt to break his new-found feudal link with the English when, at the climax of his reign after the general Welsh uprising of 1165, he destroyed the royal strongholds of Tegeingl and re-established the power of Gwynedd along the Dee estuary. For Owain regarded himself as no ordinary vassal (as shown by his attitude to ...
Owain died peacefully in 1170 and the mantle of Welsh leader passed to the aggressive warrior Rhys ap Gruffudd of Deheubarth. Owain’s long, successful reign saw him build the most comprehensive Welsh alliance yet seen, draw the king of France into his affairs, and provide Gwynedd with strength, stability, and security.
