Hywel from Iorwerth

Hywel of Caerleon coat of arms

Hywel ab Iorwerth (also called Hywel of Caerleon) († 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 Welsh Lord of Caerleon. In 1173 he captured Caerleon Castle and the plains of Gwent from Richard Strongbow , Lord of Chepstow . In 1175 he blinded and castrated his uncle Owain Pen-Carn, his father's younger brother, to secure his successor. In 1184 at the latest he became heir of his father and lord of Llefennydd, Caerleon and the wooded mountainous region of Gwynllŵg . He is considered to be the founder of the Cistercian Llantarnam Abbey , which may have been founded by his father. In 1182 he burned down in retaliation for the massacre of his uncle Seisyll ap Dyfnwal Abergavenny Castle , a castle of the Anglo-Norman baron William de Braose . During the uprising after the death of William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester in 1184 and 1185, however, he was the only Welsh lord in South East Wales on the side of the English. He led a force to defend Glamorgan against Welsh attacks and served as castellan of Newcastle near Bridgend . In the following years he stood on the side of the English and signed documents as Hywel, Lord of Caerleon . After 1199 he lost a lawsuit against his sister Nest , who after the death of her husband won an estate at Newport from him.

He was succeeded by his son Morgan ap Hywel . His daughter Gwenllian married Maredudd Gethin, a son of Lord Rhys .

literature

David Crouch: Hywel ab Iorwerth (d. In or before 1216). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

^ Robert R. Davies: The age of conquest. Wales, 1063-1415. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-820878-5 , p. 72
↑ Eija Kennerly: The Priory, Caerleon (Gwent Local History, No. 62 (1987)). Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
^ Castles of Wales: Abergavenny Castle. Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
↑ David Crouch: Nest Bloet. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
↑ Acient Welsh Studies: The Children of Lord Rhys. Retrieved August 29, 2013 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hywel from Iorwerth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hywel of Caerleon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Welsh Lord of Caerleon
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	around 1216

[1] Robert R. Davies: The age of conquest. Wales, 1063-1415. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-820878-5 , p. 72

[2] Eija Kennerly: The Priory, Caerleon (Gwent Local History, No. 62 (1987)). Retrieved December 4, 2013 .

[3] Castles of Wales: Abergavenny Castle. Retrieved December 4, 2013 .

[4] David Crouch: Nest Bloet. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

[5] Acient Welsh Studies: The Children of Lord Rhys. Retrieved August 29, 2013 .