Owain ap Cadwgan

Sir Owain ap Cadwgan (* around 1085, † 1116 ) was a prince of the Welsh principality of Powys . He was a son of Prince Cadwgan ap Bleddyn and his wife Gwenllian, a daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan .

In 1106 he kills his distant cousins ​​Griffri and Meurig, two younger sons of Trahern ap Caradog . At Christmas 1108 or 1109 Owain raids Cenarth Bychan , a castle belonging to the Anglo-Norman nobleman Gerald of Windsor . He captured and destroyed the castle and robbed Gerald's wife, the Welsh princess Nest ferch Rhys . The crime was later fabulously transfigured, so that the exact course of events is no longer certain, and whether the castle was Cilgerran or Carew Castle is still a matter of dispute.

As a result of this act, his cousins Madog and Ithel ap Rhiryd drove his father from Powys and Ceredigion on behalf of the Anglo- Normans , whereupon Owain fled to Ireland. In 1110 he returned to Powys and, together with his cousin Madog ap Rhiryd, raided settlements of the Anglo-Norman and Flemish settlers, killing William of Brabant , a leader of the Flemish settlers. They were then expelled from Powys by their uncle Iorwerth ap Bleddyn , who had succeeded his brother as ruler of Powys. Owain fled again to Ireland, while his father Cadwgan was again expelled from Ceredigion, which he had briefly regained. After the murder of his uncle Iorwerth and his father Cadwgan in 1111 by Madog ap Rhiryd, Owain was allowed to return to Powys and received control of the greater part of the country from the Anglo-Normans. In 1113 his uncle Maredudd ap Bleddyn , the commander of his bodyguard, seized the fugitive Madog and handed him over to Owain. Owain blinded the murderer of his father and uncle and, as a reward , let Maredudd rule over part of Powys.

When the English King Henry I led a campaign to Wales in 1114, Owain had to submit to the king and then accompany him to Normandy . There he was knighted by the king and was allowed to return to Wales in 1115. On the orders of the king, Cadwgan took part in the search and pursuit of the rebellious Gruffydd ap Rhys , the prince of Deheubarth. At Carmarthen he met Gerald of Windsor and a troupe of Flemish settlers who killed him in revenge.

progeny

Owain von Nest had two sons, Llywelyn and Einion. After his death, Nest returned to Gerald de Windsor with the children.

Web links

• Huw Pryce: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (d. 1075). 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
• Welsh Biography Online: Owain ap Cadwgan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ancient Welsh Studies: Darrell Wolcott: Trahaearn ap Caradog of Arwystli. Retrieved October 1, 2013 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Cadwgan ap Bleddyn	Prince of Powys 1111–1116	Maredudd ap Bleddyn