Iorwerth Owain
Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain, Male 1122 - 1174
Born, Aberffraw Castle, Aberffraw, Anglsy.
Died, Pennant Mehangell, Wales.
Married to Magared Madog. Son of Owain Gruffydd and Gwladys Llywarch. Brother of Madog Owain and Angharad Owain and Einion Owain and Rhiryd Owain and Cadell Owain and Maelgwn Owain and Ii Owain. Half-brother of Iwven Owain and Gwenllian Owain and Dafydd Owain and Angharad Owain and Margred Owain and Rhodri Owain.
[440.ged]stral File:Reunion>Documents-sourcey of Wales,p. 82]ate sons tooutlive him, was his f ather's heir, but his nickname (trwyndwn)suggests that he may have suffered from some disabi lity; kings had tobe without blemish -- that was the motive for the blindings and thecastra tions. An entry in BRUT Y TYWYSOGYONynedd wasdivided between his vari ous descendants, but the English sources showthat the authorities in England considered tha t the ruler of Gwyneddwas Dafydd, the son of Owain by his second wife (and cousin), Cristin. [History, pp. 127-8]garet ferchMadog; father of Llewe lyn. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]edd, Kingof Gwynedd, and Gwladu s ferch Llywarch; m. Marared, Princess ofPowys; father of Llywelyn ap Jorworth Fawr. [Charle magne & Others,Chart 2936]der son ofOwain Gwyneed by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn. He. m. aprincess of Powys, namely Marared, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, bywhom he had one son, the future Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partitionof his father's territories he received Arfon and probably Nanconwy.Shortly afterwards he disappears from view, probably dying about thetime of the usurpation of power in Upper Gwynedd by his half-brother,David I, in 1174. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography 417]
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