Owen de la Pole
Owen de la Pole (also Owain ap Gruffydd ap Wenwynwyn ) (* after 1241; † 1293 ) was a Welsh nobleman.
Owen de la Pole was Owain ap Gruffydd, the eldest son of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn and his wife Hawise Lestrange. His father was Lord of the Welsh dominion Powys Wenwynwyn . Because of his opposition to Prince Llywelyn of Wales , he had to hold his eldest son Owen hostage in 1274. After the English conquest of Wales in 1283, his father was one of the few English allies to retain his rule as Marcher Lord under the law of the Welsh Marches . Owen himself served as the Knight Banneret in the household of the English king, which was very unusual for a Welshman at the time. After the death of his father, he took over the rule in Powys Wenwynwyn around 1287. Allegedly he is said to have handed over his rule to King Edward I , who then returned it to him as a fief . However, there is no evidence of this. However, Owen continued the conversion of Welsh rule into a feudal barony, which his father had begun, with the main town of Welshpool . He also dropped his traditional Welsh name and named himself after Welshpool, near whose residence Powis Castle was.
Owen married the English noblewoman Joan Corbet , a daughter of Sir Robert Corbet . With her he had at least two children:
- Hawyse ap Owen (* July 25, 1290; † between August 1345 and 1353) ∞ John Cherleton, 1st Baron Cherleton
- Gruffydd ap Owen (around 1291 - before June 25, 1309)
His heir was first his underage son Gruffydd, after his untimely death his daughter Hawise became his heiress according to the English inheritance law. This led to a dispute with Owen's brother Gruffydd ap Gruffydd, who claimed rule under Welsh inheritance law. Eventually, Hawise remained the heir to the lands of Owen de la Pole.
Web links
- Owen ap Gruffydd ap Wenwynwyn on thepeerage.com , accessed October 22, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ TF Tout, AD Carr: Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn (d. 1286). 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
- ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 172
- ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 152
- ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 205
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De la Pole, Owen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Owain ap Gruffydd ap Wenwynwyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Powys (Wales) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1293 |