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Glyndŵr's great seal. The Glyndŵr rebellion was a Welsh rebellion led by Owain Glyndŵr against the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages.During the rebellion's height between 1403 and 1406, Owain exercised control over the majority of Wales after capturing several of the most powerful English castles in the country, and formed a parliament at Machynlleth.
A depiction of Owain's death at Mortagne from a medieval manuscript. Owain is pictured as killed by an arrow, rather than by an assassin' knife. In May 1372 in Paris, Owain Lawgoch (English: Owen with the red hand) announced that he intended to claim the throne of Wales.
The Owain Glyndwr Hotel in Corwen is a historic 18th century coaching inn. [118] The Owain Glyndŵr pub in Cardiff, briefly named Owen Glendower was named in his honour. [99] The waymarked, 132-mile long-distance footpath Glyndŵr's Way runs through Mid Wales near to his homelands. [119] At least two ships and two locomotives have been named ...
In 1377 there were reports that Owain was planning another expedition, this time with help from Castile. The alarmed English government sent a spy, the Scot John Lamb, to assassinate Owain. [16] [17] Lamb stabbed Owain to death in July 1378. [15] With the assassination of Owain Lawgoch the senior line of the House of Aberffraw became extinct.
The exact place and date of this battle is subject to dispute, but the Annals of Owain Glyndwr call it the Battle of Pwll Melyn, near Usk. The result appears to have been a major Welsh defeat, the capture of Gruffudd ab Owain Glyndŵr, and the deaths of Tudur and Rhys Gethin.
However, for many others, the day is significant for another reason – it is Owain Glyndwr Day. On September 16 each year, thousands celebrate the life and legacy of the “rebel” Prince of Wales.
One history of the rebellion says of the battle that the defeat “suggest that the rashness of local initiatives was endangering the revolt as a whole.” [7] It certainly indicates the dangers of Owain's guerrilla warfare tactics when the enemy were prepared. Defeat in the battle and the loss of many good men was to undermine the ...
The monument to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan at Llandovery. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan of Caeo (c. 1341–1401) was a wealthy Carmarthenshire landowner who was executed in Llandovery by Henry IV of England in punishment for his support of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh rebellion.