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Hywel ab Iorwerth (also known as Hywel of Caerleon) (d. around 1216) was a Welsh lord of Caerleon. He was the eldest surviving son of Iorwerth ab Owain , a grandson of Caradog ap Gruffydd and Lord of Caerleon.
At the beginning of 1175, however, violent clashes broke out within the family. Iorwerth's son Hywel blinded and castrated his uncle Owain Pen-Carn, his father's younger brother. From then on, Iorwerth's nephew Morgan, a son of Morgan ab Owain, supported the English who recaptured Caerleon Castle and Lower Gwent.
1.1 Iorwerth redaction. 1.2 Blegywryd redaction. 1.3 ... This page lists all manuscripts known to contain versions of the Cyfraith Hywel first codified by Hywel Dda ...
Cynddelw composed poems for a number of the later rulers of Powys, now divided into two parts, such as Owain Cyfeiliog and Gwenwynwyn.He also composed poems addressed to the rulers of Gwynedd and Deheubarth, and notably poems addressed to Owain Gwynedd and to his son Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd and later to Rhys ap Gruffudd of Deheubarth and to the young Llywelyn the Great.
In 1172 men of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester killed Iorwerth's son Owain, and Iowerth and his surviving son Hywel launched a rebellion against the Normans. [1] Iowerth attended the council of Gloucester in June 1175, where Caerlon was restored to him at the urging of Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–97), lord of Deheubarth . [ 3 ]
Iorwerth Drwyndwn, known as Iorwerth mab Owain Gwynedd ("the flat-nosed"; [1] c. 1130 – 1174), was the eldest legitimate son of Owain Gwynedd (the king of Gwynedd) and his first wife Gwladus ferch Llywarch. Owain had already other children born to various mistresses, but in c. 1128, a son, Iorwerth, was born to his wife.
Iorwerth married Maud de Manly, who gave him two sons, Gruffydd Fychan (c. 1150), and Hywel ap Iorwerth [2] [3] He had one brother, Hywel ap Maredudd, and two half-brothers, Madog ap Maredudd and Gruffydd ap Maredudd. Iorwerth is known to have taken Tomen y Rhodwydd (castle of Yale) in 1157, situated in Llandegla, Denbighshire, Wales. [4]
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1120–1170), [2] [3] King of Gwynedd in 1170, was a Welsh poet and military leader. Hywel was the son of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd and an Irishwoman named Pyfog. [3] 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 ...