Owain ap Gruffydd, King of Gwynedd

Abt 1100 - 1170  (70 years)

• Name	Owain ap Gruffydd
  Title	King of Gwynedd
  Birth	Abt 1100	Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GRCM-YTF
  Death	23 Nov 1170	Yorkshire, England
  Person ID	I9554	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Gruffydd Ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd ,   b. Abt 1055, County Dublin, Ireland d. 1137, Yorkshire, England (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Angharad Verch Owain,   b. Abt 1065, Yorkshire, England d. Abt 1162 (Age 97 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1095	Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F4358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwladys ferch Llywarch,   b. 1098, Yorkshire, England d. 1155, Yorkshire, England (Age 57 years)
  Children	+ 1. Iorwerth ab Owain,   b. Abt 1130, Yorkshire, England d. 1174, Yorkshire, England (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 - 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwyned d , N o r t h Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his fathe r G r u f f udd ap Cynan. He was called Owain the Great (Welsh: Owain Fawr)[ 1] a n d t h e f irst to be styled "Prince of Wales", and the "Prince of the W e l s h " . He is considered to be the most successful of all the North Wels h p r i n c es prior to his grandson, Llywelyn the Great. He became known as O w a i n G w ynedd (Middle Welsh: Owain Gwyned, "Owain of Gwynedd") to distin g u i s h h im from the contemporary king of Powys Wenwynwyn, Owain ap Gruff y d d a p M a redudd, who became known as Owain Cyfeiliog.[2][3] Owain Gwynedd was a member of the House of Aberffraw, the senior branch o f t h e d y n asty of Rhodri the Great. His father, Gruffudd ap Cynan, was a s t r o n g a nd long-lived ruler who had made the principality of Gwynedd the m o s t i n f luential in Wales during the sixty-two years of his reign, using t h e i s l a nd of Anglesey as his power base. His mother, Angharad ferch Owa i n , w a s t he daughter of Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl. Owain Gwynedd was t h e s e c o nd son of Gruffydd and Angharad. His elder brother, Cadwallon, w a s k i l l ed in fighting in Powys in 1132 against Meirionnydd.

  
  

• Sources

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