Owain Brogyntyn
Owain Brogyntyn († after 1215) was a lord of the Welsh principality of Powys Fadog .
He was an illegitimate son of Madog ap Maredudd . The city and rule Oswestry in Shropshire was from 1149 to 1157 in the possession of his father. Owain grew up in the nearby village of Porkington, which is called Brogyntyn in Welsh and after which he was nicknamed. After the death of his father and eldest half-brother Llywelyn, Powys was split between his two half-brothers Gruffydd Maelor I and Owain Fychan and his cousin Owain Cyfeiliog and himself in 1160 . He received Dinmale, Edeirnion, and Penllyn in North Wales. Like his father, he maintained good relations with the English King Henry II , because he received a royal pension until 1169. Owain donated lands for the three Cistercian abbeys Basingwerk , Valle Crucis and Strata Marcella Abbey .
He was married to Margaret, a daughter of Einion ap Seisyll von Mathafarn. He had five sons, Bleddyn, Iorwerth, Gruffydd, Cadwgan and Hywel. Owain's descendants remained lords of Edeirnion and Dinmale until the end of the 13th century, even after the English conquest of Wales.
Web links
- Huw Pryce: Owain Brogyntyn (1160-1215). 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
- Thomas Jones Pierce: Owain Brogyntyn (fl. 1160-1188) Dictionary of Welsh Biography, The National Library of Wales
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| SURNAME | Owain Brogyntyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Owain ap Madog |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Powys (Wales) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1215 |