Owain Fawr ap Gruffydd 
Owain Fawr ap was born about 1095 in Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd, North Wales. Owain Fawr ap's father was Gruffydd ap Cynan and his mother was Angharad Verch Owain. His paternal grandparents were Cynan ap Iago and Raduplha of Dublin; his maternal grandparents were Owain ap Edwyn and Gwerdd Verch Cynvyn. He had a brother and three sisters, named Cadwallader Ap, Gwladys Verch, Gwenllian Verch and Susanna Verch. He was the oldest of the five children. He died in December 1169 in Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd, North Wales.General Notes
Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd from 1137 until his death in 1170, took advantage of the troubled reign of King Stephen of England and seized some neigbouring territories. In 1157, Henry II led an army into Wales and Owain acknowledged Henry II as overlord. Owain kept all the territory he had gained with the exception of Tegeingl in the extreme north east.
Owain died on November 28, 1170 and was interred at Bangor Cathedral.
Owain married Gwladys, a daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn ap Cardogog whose father Trahaearn ap Cardogog had been killed in 1081 by Owain's father Gruffydd ap Cynan. Apparently, our ancestors didn't hold long grudges over killings and murders, perhaps because these events were so common.
* _FA1: Acceded: 1137. Interred: Bangor. 9 10
* _FA2: Target of Henry II's campaign(s) in Wales.
* _FA3: Threatened Madoc ap Maredudd Prince of Powys.
* _FA4: Excommunicated by Thomas a' Becket when he didn't abjure his 2nd wife Cristin. 11
* _FA5: AKA Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd. 12 9 3
* _FA6: Expanded borders & took back districts lost to the English & other Welsh Princes 13
* _FA7: Able to do so because of King Stephen's pre-occupation with English civil war. 13
* _FA8: Prince of North Wales. 14
* Note:
REF: "Yale Genealogy and History of Wales", 1908, Rodney Horace Yale p. 40: During King Stephen's reign of 17 years in England, he left Wales much to
itself and Owain materially added to the resources of his country & re-occupied several districts, which the Welsh had lost in former years. In the meantime however, he and Cadwaladr quarreld and the latter fled to England. Also during these years (C25) Rhys ap Gruffydd, a son of Gruffydd ap Rhun, who was son of Rhys ap Tewdwr, had won several comparatively important engagements and successes in the south.
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1. Title: University of Hull Royal Database (England)
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
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Text: Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd Prince of Gwynedd
2. Title: Royal Genealogies DB
Author: Denis R. Reid
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Text: Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd
3. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
Note: Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6
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4. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
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Page: line 239 pp 202-203
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5. Title: Gwydir Family & Memoirs
Author: J.Gwynfor Jones
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Text: Says died 1170.
6. Title: University of Hull Royal Database (England)
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
Publication: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996
Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
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Text: Dec 1169, no place
7. Title: Royal Genealogies DB
Author: Denis R. Reid
Publication: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258
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Text: 1170 given as end of reign
8. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
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Note: good to very good
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Note: J.H. Garner
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Page: line 239 pp 202-203
Text: d 1170, no place
9. Title: University of Hull Royal Database (England)
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
Publication: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996
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Note: WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@@tardis.ed.ac.uk
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10. Title: Royal Genealogies DB
Author: Denis R. Reid
Publication: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258
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Text: Reigned 1137-1170
11. Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons", p. 248
12. Title: Gwydir Family & Memoirs
Author: J.Gwynfor Jones
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13. Title: Yale Genealogy & History of Wales
Author: Rodney Horace Yale
Publication: 1908
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14. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
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Page: line 176 p 151
15. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
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Text: his 1st m, no date
16. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
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Text: his 2nd m, they were cousins
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0912 in Gwynedd, Wales d.0986
- b.~ 0940 d.0996
- b.~ 0970 in Gwynedd, Wales
- b.~ 1014 in Aberffro, Wales d.~ 1060
- b.~ 0914
- b.~ 0944
- b.~ 0974
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Gwynedd, North Wales
- b.~ 0927 in Dublin, Ireland d.0981 in Iona, Scotland
- b.~ 0970 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 0950 in Naas, Leinster, Ireland d.1030
- b.~ 1000 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland d.1034
- b.0941 in Munster, Ireland d.1014
- b.~ 0977 in Munster, Ireland
- b.~ 0950 in Naas, Leinster, Ireland d.1030
- b.~ 1031 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 0890 in Leinster, Ireland d.0956
- b.~ 0955 in Leinster, Wales d.1014
- b.~ 1000 in Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 1095 in Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd, North Wales d.Dec 1169 in Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd, North Wales
- b.0933 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthen, Wales d.0984 in Gwen, Manmouth, England
- b.~ 0957 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthen, Wales
- b.~ 0934 in Devon, England
- b.1020 in Tegaingl, Flint, Wales d.1073 in Northop, Coleshill, Flint, Wales
- b.~ 0963 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthen, Wales
- b.~ 1044 in Llys Edwin, Llaneurguin, Flint, Wales d.1105
- b.~ 0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1002 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1024 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0938 in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthshire, Wales d.0999
- b.~ 0982 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flint, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 0933
- b.~ 0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0940
- b.~ 1002 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0928
- b.~ 0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1027
- b.~ 0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0987
- b.~ 0938 in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthshire, Wales d.0999
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0982 in Deheubarth, Wales
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They had six sons and a daughter, named Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap, Owain ap, Dafydd ap, Maelgwn ap, Rhodri ap, Cynan ap and Angarad verch.
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Children
Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain
Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap was born about 1140 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsey, Wales. He died about 1176 in Anglsy, Wales.
They had two sons and three daughters, named Ievan Ap, Dafydd Ap, Margaret Verch, Gwenllian Verch and Angharad verch Owain.
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Children
Dafydd Ap Owain
Dafydd Ap was born in 1136 in Gwynedd, North Wales. He died at the age of 68 in 1204 in Aberconwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales.
He had a biological son and a biological daughter, named Madoc Ap and Gwenllian Verch.
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Children
Gwenllian Verch Owain
Gwenllian Verch was born about 1124 in Caernarvonshire, Wales. Gwenllian Verch is no longer alive.
He had a biological son named Riryd Ap.
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