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Maredydd ap Owain, King of All Wales
Abt 938 - 999 (61 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Maredydd ap Owain, King of All Wales was born about 938 in Carmarthshire, Wales (son of Owain ap Hywel, Prince of South Wales and Angharad verch Llewelyn); died in 999 in Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: 988; When his father died, he assumed the kingdom of North Wales to the exclusion of the sons of his elder brother, Einion.
Notes:
Name:
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Owain ap Hywel, Prince of South Wales (son of Howell Dha "the Good", Prince of South Wales and Elen verch Llywarch); died in 988 in Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: In 948, he became the Prince of South Wales. From 949 to 950, Jevaf and Iago fought against Owain and his brothers. Owain fought the battle of Aber Conway in Gwynedd in 952. The battle was a draw with major losses on both sides. In 953, the princes of Gwynedd (Javaf and Iago) again invaded Cardigan, and were driven back by Owain and his surviving brothers. In the end, Owain's youngest brother, Eineon, relinquished the Kingdom to Javaf and Iago. In 958, Owain took lands from Morgan Mawr, the Prince of Glamorgan, but King Edgar of England forced him to return it. In 962, Owain paid a tribute of wolf heads to King Edgar of England.
Notes:
Death: MacKenzie (1966) gives his death year as 987.
Owain married Angharad verch Llewelyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Angharad verch Llewelyn (daughter of Llywelyn ap Merfyn). Children:
- Einion ap Owain was born about 933 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 983 in Gwent, Wales.
- Cadwaellon ap Owain died in 961 in Wales.
- 1. Maredydd ap Owain, King of All Wales was born about 938 in Carmarthshire, Wales; died in 999 in Wales.
- Llywarch ap Owain
Generation: 3
4. Howell Dha "the Good", Prince of South Wales (son of Cadell, Prince of South Wales); died in 950 in Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: He was also known as Hywel "Dda" ap Cadell. In 907, he became the Prince of South Wales. In 926, he traveled to Rome. In 942, he became the Prince of Gwyneth (North Wales), thus uniting all Wales under one king.
Notes:
Death: MacKenzie (1966) gives his death year as 948.
Howell married Elen verch Llywarch. Elen died in 943 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elen verch Llywarch died in 943 in Wales. Children:
- 2. Owain ap Hywel, Prince of South Wales died in 988 in Wales.
- Run
- Roderick
- Dyfunwal
- Edwin
- Cynan ap Hywel died in 1003.
- Meridith
- Eineon
- Angharad verch Hywel
6. Llywelyn ap Merfyn was born about 880 in Llandeilo, Carmarthshire, Wales (son of Merfyn ap Rhodri, Prince of Powis). Children:
Generation: 4
8. Cadell, Prince of South Wales (son of Roderick the Great, King of All Wales and the Isle of Man and Angharad verch Meurig); died in 907 in Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- Crowned: 876; In 876, he was crowned the King of Ceredigion.
- Military: 877; He defeated his brother, Merfyn, and took the Kingdom of Powis from him in 877.
- Military: From 892 to 893; In 892 and 893, he fought against an alliance of the English and his brother, Anarawd.
- Last Full Review: 3 Jul 2020
Notes:
Death: Maund (2006) gives his death date as 910.
Children:
- 4. Howell Dha "the Good", Prince of South Wales died in 950 in Wales.
- Myric
- Clydawc died in 917.
12. Merfyn ap Rhodri, Prince of Powis was born about 859 in Cair Seiont, Caernarvonshire, Wales (son of Roderick the Great, King of All Wales and the Isle of Man and Angharad verch Meurig); died in 900 in Wales. Children:
- 6. Llywelyn ap Merfyn was born about 880 in Llandeilo, Carmarthshire, Wales.
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