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Owain mab Urien (Middle Welsh Owein) (died c. 595) was the son of Urien, king of Rheged c. 590, and fought with his father against the Angles of Bernicia.The historical figure of Owain became incorporated into the Arthurian cycle of legends where he is also known as Ywain, Yvain, Ewain or Uwain.
Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the enchantress Modron or the sorceress Morgan le Fay. The historical Owain mab Urien, the basis of the literary character, ruled as the king of Rheged in Britain during the late-6th century. Yvain was one of the earliest characters associated with King Arthur.
Canu Urien §§7–27, 'Pen Urien' and 'Celain Urien' (Jesus MS 111) [76] "Pen Urien" English translation "Celain Urien" English translation Penn a borthaf ar [uyn] tu. bu kyrchynat rwng deulu. mab kynuarch balch bieiuu. I carry a head on my side: he was an attacker between two hosts, the proud son of Cynfarch is he whose it was.
The Battle of Argoed Llwyfain was fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Rheged under the command of Urien and Owain mab Urien and the forces of the Kingdom of Bernicia under Fflamddwyn (Firestealer or Flamebearer). [1] Most of what is known about the battle comes from the early Welsh poem Gwaith Argoed Llwyfain by the poet and bard ...
Owain Danwyn (fl. 440, Prince of North Wales, proposed as possible candidate for the "real" King Arthur; Owain mab Urien (died c. 595), son of Urien, King of Rheged. He is remembered as Sir Ywain in Arthurian legend. Owain ap Hywel (Glywysing) (died c. 930), King of Glywysing and Gwent; Owain ap Dyfnwal (fl. 934), King of the Cumbrians
King of Rheged (or Gorre), father of Yvain (Owain mab Urien) and husband of Morgan le Fay. Yvain (Welsh: Owain) Ywain, Ewain or Uwain Based on the historical figure Owain mab Urien: Historia Brittonum, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion: King Urien's son. Yvain the Bastard: Ywain the Adventurous, Uwain le Avoutres: Urien's illegitimate son.
The name Rheged appears regularly as an epithet of Urien (a late 6th-century king of Rheged) in a number of early Welsh poems and royal genealogies. His victories over the Anglian chieftains of Bernicia in the second half of the 6th century are recorded by Nennius and celebrated by the bard Taliesin, who calls him "Ruler of Rheged".
Mother of Mabon, in another folktale, she is the mother of Owain and Morvydd by Urien, Possible source for Morgan le Fay Mordred† Modred, (Welsh: Medrawd, Latin: Medraut) Annales Cambriae, c. 970 Many In some literature, Arthur's illegitimate son through Morgause (or Morgan le Fay), kills and is killed by Arthur Morgan le Fay