Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
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Name Owain Gwynedd [1] Suffix King of Gwynedd Gender Male Death 1169 [1] Alternate death 23 Nov 1170 [2] Alternate death 28 Nov 1170 [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Burial Bangor Cathedral, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales 
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Siblings3 siblings Person ID I2754 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF Last Modified 15 Sep 2020
Father Gruffydd ap Cynan ab Iago, King of Gwynedd, b. Abt 1055 d. 1137 (Age ~ 82 years) Mother Angharad ferch Owain d. 1162 Marriage Abt 1095 [4] Family ID F5548 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Gwladus ferch Llywarch Children + 1. Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain Gwynedd d. Abt 1174 + 2. Gwenllian ferch Owain Family ID F1660 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2019
Family 2 Cristin ferch Gronwy ab Owain ab Edwin, b. of Tegeingl, Wales Children + 1. Angharad ferch Owain + 2. Rhodri ab Owain Gwynned d. 1195 Family ID F15927 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2019
Family 3 (Unknown mistress of Owain Gwynedd) Children + 1. Gwenllian ferch Owain Gwynedd Family ID F17586 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Aug 2020
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Notes - "Though it was Owain who finally accepted the principle of Angevin overlordship over Gwynedd, he regarded himself as no ordinary vassal (his attitude to episcopal elections in the see of Bangor should be noted) and it is clear that it was he who gave initial direction to the policies of his successors. It was largely due to his example, moreover, that the native rulers of Wales ceased to be mere tribal chieftains and took their place alongside the great feudal magnates of the time. The praises so repeatedly accorded to his many personal qualities by contemporary poets, and indeed by several public figures who could not have been predisposed in his favour, have so genuine a tone about them that the progressive trends in all the arts of peace and war discerned in 12th century Wales, it must be concluded, were in large measure due to the fostering genius of ‘Owain the Great.’" [Dictionary of Welsh Biography, citation details below.]
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Sources - [S885] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table.
- [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.
- [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., year only.
- [S903] The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales, 2007 and ongoing.
- [S977] The Blackmans of Knight's Creek: Ancestors and Descendants of George and Maria (Smith) Blackman by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1980., year only.
- [S3215] Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2004.
- [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982., year only.
- [S885] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table.