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Madog Ab Owain Gwynedd was a legendary voyager to America, a son (if he existed at all) of Owain Gwynedd (d. 1170), prince of Gwynedd, in North Wales. A quarrel among Owain’s sons over the distribution of their late father’s estate led Madog to sail to Ireland and then westward.
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 positioned himself and his army at Dinas Basing , barring the road to Rhuddlan, setting up a trap in which Henry II would send his army along the direct road on the coast, while he crossed through the woods to out-flank Owain. The King of Gwynedd anticipated this, and dispatched his sons Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd and Cynan into the woods ...
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 forces of Gwynedd against the ...
Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 - 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, north Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called "Owain the Great" (Welsh: Owain Mawr) and the first to be styled "Prince of Wales". In this podcast Dr Gideon Brough of Cardiff University discusses the life and legacy of Owain Gwynedd.
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (fallecido en 1170), fue Príncipe de Gwynedd en 1170, fue un poeta y líder militar galés. Era hijo de Owain Gwynedd, rey de Gwynedd, y de una mujer irlandesa llamada Pyfog. Por ello era también conocido como Hywel ap Gwyddeles (Hywel hijo de la irlandesa). Fue conocido también como el príncipe poeta por sus ...
30 de ene. de 2007 · The age of Owain Gwynedd. An attempt at a connected account of the history of Wales from December, 1135, to November, 1170. To which are added several appendices on the chronology, &c., of the period
