Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWAIN ALAW - see OWEN, JOHN
OWAIN ap CADWGAN (d. 1116), prince of Powys Wales. Meanwhile, after two short periods of exile in Ireland, he had succeeded his father, Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, as ' king in Powys (1111). After the royal expedition into Wales in 1114, Henry I, who had always shown considerable patience with Owain, took the precaution of taking him to Normandy where he was knighted in 1115. He left no direct descendants.
OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1236), prince of Deheubarth
OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD ap GWENWYNWYN (d. 1293) - see GRUFFYDD ap GWENWYNWYN
OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD (fl. 1260), prince of Gwynedd 1277, and to establish him as lord over part of Llŷn. The assumption has been that he died before the final catastrophe of 1282, but for another view which has not much to support it, see The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1899-1900, 44-7. Owain was undoubtedly the worst victim of the drive against the custom of partible succession pursued by the two Llywelyns.
OWAIN ap LLYWELYN ap MOEL y PANTRI (fl. 15th century), poet - see LLYWELYN ap MOEL Y PANTRI
OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (d. 1378), soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales 1366. Late in 1369 (Anglo-French hostilities, suspended since 1360, having been resumed in April 1369), he was deprived of his property in England and Wales for adhering to the king's enemies. At this point in his career Owain became involved in the political side of Anglo-French relations. Though himself a stranger to Wales (his father and grandfather had been long resident in England) he was very
OWAIN BROGYNTYN (fl. 1160-1188), prince of Powys
OWAIN CYFEILIOG (c. 1130 - 1197), prince and poet Son of Gruffudd, brother of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys. In 1149 Madog appointed him under-lord of Cyfeiliog. About 1153 Rhys ap Gruffydd attacked this commote, and although Owain was later to marry his daughter, they remained enemies for years. After the death of Madog in 1160, Owain held Cyfeiliog on his own account, and in 1163 he joined, with Owain Fychan, to capture and destroy the
OWAIN FYCHAN ap MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1187), prince of Powys -figyn, near Carreghofa, where he was treacherously attacked by night by Gwenwynwyn and Cadwallon, the sons of Owain Cyfeiliog. His descendants continued to rule over a much diminished realm in Mechain until the end of the 13th century.
OWAIN GLYNDWR (c. 1354 - 1416), 'Prince of Wales' Son and heir of Gruffydd Fychan (II) ap Madog ap Gruffydd Fychan (I), barons of Glyndyfrdwy and Cynllaith Owain in northern Powys, once held in its entirety by Gruffydd Maelor II, father of Gruffydd Fychan I; he was thus descended from Madog ap Maredudd, last king of united Powys, and in him reposed claims of succession to that ancient province. His mother was Helen, daughter and co-heiress to
OWAIN GOCH - see OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD

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