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Owain Cyfeiliog (c. 1130–1197), Prince of part of Powys; Owain Goch ap Gruffydd (died c. 1282), ruler of part of Gwynedd in the late 1240s and early 1250s, brother of Llywelyn the Last of Gwynedd; Owen de la Pole, also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (c. 1257–c. 1293), lord of Powys; Owain Glyndŵr (1354–1416), Prince of Wales
Owain Gwynedd was a member of the House of Aberffraw, the senior branch of the dynasty of Rhodri Mawr (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.
Owain ap Gruffydd (c. 1130–1197) was a prince of the southern part of Powys and a poet. He is usually known as Owain Cyfeiliog to distinguish him from other rulers named Owain, particularly his contemporary, Owain ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd , who is known as Owain Gwynedd .
Attributed arms of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales of the House of Aberffraw, Kingdom of Gwynedd. Owain ap Gruffydd, King of Gwynedd and Prince of Wales Attributed arms of King Owain ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd, later titled as the first Prince of Wales. [25] Seen in the coat of arms of the Caernarvonshire County Council. [4]
Owen de la Pole (c. 1257 – c. 1293), also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lord of Powis after the death of his father Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn c. 1287.
Owain ap Gruffydd succeeded his father to the greater portion of Gwynedd in accordance to conventional Welsh law and custom, the Cyfraith Hywel, the Laws of Hywel. [34] Later historians refer to Owain ap Gruffydd as Owain Gwynedd to differentiate him from another Owain ap Gruffydd, the Mathrafal ruler of Powys, known as Owain Cyfeiliog. [35]
Owain was the eldest son of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and the grandson of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great). He was imprisoned together with his father in Criccieth Castle in 1239 by his uncle Dafydd ap Llywelyn and accompanied his father to England two years later when Dafydd was forced to hand Gruffudd over to King Henry III of England.
Owain ap Gruffydd (c. 1354 – 20 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr], anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the late Middle Ages, who led a 15-year-long Welsh revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales.