Morgan ex Owain

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Morgan from Owain († 1158 ) was a Welsh king and Lord of Caerleon . He was a son of Owain Wan and thus a grandson of Caradog ap Gruffydd , the last Welsh king of Gwent .

After Caradog ap Gruffydd was killed in action against Rhys ap Tewdwr in 1081 , his son Owain Wan could only take control of Gwynllŵg . Most of Gwent was conquered by the Anglo-Norman Lord Robert Fitzhamon in the following years .

In 1136 Morgan murdered Richard FitzGilbert de Clare , the Anglo-Norman Lord of Ceredigion, in an ambush during the Welsh uprising after the death of King Henry I, together with his brother Iorwerth . He then captured Caerleon and Usk Castle , gaining control of Upper Gwent and Llenfennydd. Although he only ruled over a small territory, he called himself king from then on . Since the neighboring Norman Marcher Lords were themselves involved in the English civil war after the death of Henry I , he was able to hold on to his conquests. In addition, he secured himself through agreements with Robert of Gloucester and, after his death, with Roger FitzMiles . He and his warriors fought several times as a mercenary in the service of Robert of Gloucester or Roger FitzMiles on the side of Empress Matilda , including "as a terrible Welsh mob" together with Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd and Madog ap Maredudd of Powys in the battle of Lincoln . In 1154 he was finally recognized by Henry II as Lord of Caerleon, but in 1158 he was murdered together with his bard Gwrgant ap Rhys in a raid north of Caerphilly by Ifor Bach , the Welsh chief of Senghenydd . Although Morgan left at least two sons, Morgan and Hywel, he was succeeded by his brother Iorwerth ab Owain.

Web links

  • Robert Thomas Jenkins: Morgan ap Hywel. In: Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved December 26, 2013 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Welsh Gentry 2. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 11, 2013 ; Retrieved December 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / welshleigh.org
  2. ↑ Robert Trett: A history of Caerleon Castle. Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
  3. ↑ David Crouch: Roger (Roger fitz Miles), earl of Hereford (Oxford DNB). Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
  4. ↑ David Crouch: The March and the Welsh Kings. In: Edmund King: The Anarchy of King Stephen's Reign. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 1994, ISBN 978-0-19-820364-3 , p. 277
  5. ↑ David Crouch: Iorwerth from Owain (Oxford DNB). Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Morgan ex Owain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh King and Lord of Caerleon
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH 1158