Llywelyn from Owain
Llywelyn from Owain (* around 1270, † around 1308) was a Welsh lord of Deheubarth . He was ruler of a small estate in Ceredigion south of the Ystwyth .
He was a son of Owain, the eldest son of Maredudd ap Owain , and Margaret, a daughter of Maelgwn Fychan . His father had shared their father's lands with his brothers Gruffydd and Cynan after his father's death. After the death of his father in 1275 he inherited his share. However, he was still a child and was therefore treated with leniency by the king after the occupation of Ceredigon during King Edward I's first campaign in the spring of 1277. At the end of April he submitted to the royal general Payn de Chaworth , but did not have to travel to Worcester like the other Welsh lords and pay homage to King Edward I personally. The king declared him a royal ward .
During the conquest of Wales by Edward II in 1282, Llywelyn fled with his uncle Gruffydd in 1282 to the Gwynedd hills , where he supported the resistance of Dafydd ap Gruffydd . After he had to surrender in 1283, he was spared again because of his youth and was allowed to keep a small manor in Is Coed and Mabwynion in return to the other Welsh lords. The king had the Welsh Lord Rhys ap Maredudd , who, as an ally of the king, had also occupied Llywelyn's lands, brought to justice because Llywelyn was still considered a royal ward.
He died around 1308, his two sons Thomas and Owain divided his lands between them according to Welsh law. His granddaughter Elen, daughter of his son Thomas, was the mother of Owain Glyndŵr , who inherited her share and was thus also a descendant of the princes of Deheubarth .
Web links
- JB Smith: Llywelyn from Owain (1275-1283). 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
- ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The revolt of Rhys ap Maredudd, 1287-88 . In: Welsh History Review (3) 1966, p. 126
- ^ AD Carr: An aristocracy in decline: the native Welsh Lords after the Edwardian conquest. In: Welsh History Review (5) 1970/71, p. 112
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| SURNAME | Llywelyn from Owain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Deheubarth in South Wales |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th century or 14th century |