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Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145 – 1203) fue Príncipe de Gwynedd de 1170 a 1195. Durante un tiempo, gobernó conjuntamente con sus hermanos Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd y Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd. Dafydd era hijo de Owain Gwynedd y Cristin ferch Goronwy ab Owain (casados c. 1145).
Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145 – 1203) was Prince of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd. Dafydd was the son of Owain Gwynedd by Cristin ferch Goronwy ab Owain (married c. 1145).
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.
- Early Life
- Accession to The Throne and Early Campaigns
- War with King Henry II
- Disputes with The Church and Succession
- Heirs and Successors
- Fiction
- References
Owain Gwynedd was a member of the House of Aberffraw, the senior branch of the dynasty of 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. His mother, Angha...
On behalf of his father, Gruffydd ap Cynan, Gwynedd directed military operations to the "cantrefs of Meirionydd, Rhos, Rhufoniog, and Dyffryn Clwyd to Gwynedd proper", and it was against the Normans, with Gruffydd ap Rhys he secured a victory at the Battle of Crug Mawr and the temporary occupation of Kingdom of Ceredigion. On Gruffydd's death in 11...
All went well until the accession of King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry invaded Gwynedd in 1157 with the support of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys and Owain's brother Cadwaladr. The invasion met with mixed fortunes. Henry's forces ravaged eastern Gwynedd and destroyed many churches thus enraging the local population. The two armies met at Ewloe. O...
The last years of Owain's life were spent in disputes with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, over the appointment of a new Bishop of Bangor. When the see became vacant Owain had his nominee, Arthur of Bardsey, elected. The archbishop refused to accept this, so Owain had Arthur consecrated in Ireland. The dispute continued, and the see re...
Gwynedd was married, firstly to Gwladus daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn, and then his cousin Cristin verch Goronwy. Owain had originally designated Rhun ab Owain Gwynedd as his successor. Rhun was Owain's favourite son, and his premature death in 1146 plunged his father into a deep melancholy, from which he was only roused by the news that his fo...
Owain is a recurring character in the Brother Cadfael series of novels by Ellis Peters, often referred to, and appearing in the novels Dead Man's Ransom and The Summer of the Danes. He acts shrewdly to keep Wales’ borders secure, and sometimes to expand them, during the civil war between King Stephen and Matilda, and sometimes acts as an ally to Ca...
Sources
1. Barbier, Paul (1908). The age of Owain Gwynedd. An attempt at a connected account of the history of Wales from December, 1135, to November, 1170. Newport, Wales.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 2. Lloyd, John Edward (2004). A History of Wales: From the Norman Invasion to the Edwardian Conquest. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-0-7607-5241-8. 3. Penman, Sharon Kay. The Welsh Trilogy. Ballantine Books. 4. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Owain Gwynedd" . Dictionary of National Bi...
Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1100-23 o 28 de noviembre de 1170) fue Rey de Gwynedd, Gales del Norte, a partir de 1137 hasta su muerte en 1170, sucediendo a su padre Gruffudd ap Cynan.
Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd (1170–1173), gobernó Ynys Mon y apoyó las reclamaciones de su hermano mayor Hywel ap Owain al trono. A la muerte de Hywel, Maelgwn consiguió mantener en su poder Ynys Mon frente a Dafydd el Usurpador.
Dafydd ab Owain may refer to: Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145–1203), Prince of Gwynedd. Dafydd ab Owain (bishop), bishop of St Asaph, 1503–1512.
