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Ednowain Bendew
- Preferred Name: Ednowain Bendew
- Gender: M
- Death: 1105
- FSID: LB3D-QYZ
- Birth: ABT 1047 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
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Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl or Owain Fradwr (Welsh: "the Traitor"; ?-1105) was lord of the cantref of Tegeingl in north-east Wales at the end of the 11th century. He was the son of Edwin of Tegeingl. He sided with the Normans in their failed invasion of North Wales, and in the 1090s attempted to become ruler of Gwynedd.
His arms were gules three men's legs conjoined at the thighs in triangle argent.
Ancestry
Little is known of Owain's father, Edwin of Tegeingl. However, most medieval pedigrees identify Owain's paternal grandfather as Gronwy, a descendant of Hywel Dda. Owain may have been a great-great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda although this is disputed. His paternal grandmother is believed to have been Ethelfleda or Aldgyth, daughter of Eadwine of Mercia. His mother was Iwerydd, sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Gwynedd and Powys (1063-1075).
Biography
Lordship of Tegeingl
Owain was Lord or Prince of the cantref of Tegeingl. The cantref formed the eastern part of Perfeddwlad (or Y Berfeddwlad) on the northern coast of Wales between the River Clwyd and Deeside. The territory, originally forming part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, had been under the control of the Anglo-Saxons for several centuries and then changed hands several times between the two. Owain's father, Edwin, appears to have been raised to the lordship of Tegeingl by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, ruler of most of Wales between 1055 and 1063. Edwin died in 1073 and Owain succeeded him as lord.
Challenge to the kingship
It appears that Owain made a challenge for the kingship of Gwynedd and may have succeeded in holding it for a time in the 1090s. Links to previous rulers through the female line were very important in establishing a claim, and Owain's relationship with Bleddyn ap Cynfyn through his mother would have been relevant.
Role in the Norman Invasion
In the 1080s and the 1090s, the Normans led by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester made several attempts to invade and gain control of North Wales. Owain ap Edwin transferred his allegiance to the Normans following the defeat of his ally Trahaearn ap Caradog, prince of Gwynedd (1075-1081), at the Battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081, a move which earned him the epithet Fradwr, traitor, among the Welsh. In 1098, Owain participated in a massive invasion of North Wales by Hugh d'Avranches, with Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, forcing Gruffydd ap Cynan, prince of Gwynedd (1081-1137), to retreat to Anglesey. As a result of the intervention of a Norwegian army under Magnus Barelegs, the Normans suffered a defeat and withdrew most of their forces to England. Following the Norman withdrawal, Owain was left in command of a token force to control upper Gwynedd. Over the next three years, Gruffydd ap Cynan reasserted his control over Gwynedd and agreed terms with the Normans. In the meantime, Owain deserted the Normans and led a rebellion himself. He died shortly afterwards in 1105, apparently of consumption.
Descendants
Owain Fradwr married Morfudd, daughter of Goronwy, son of Ednowain Bendew.
Owain's daughter, Angharad, married Gruffudd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd, by whom she had three sons: Cadwallon, Owain Gwynedd (the first Welsh prince to take the title Princeps Wallensium, Prince of the Welsh) and Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd.
His sons were Goronwy, Meilir, Llywelyn, Aldud, and Rhirid. Goronwy was the father of the Cristin who was the second wife of Owain Gwynedd. However, in 1125 a son of Gruffudd ap Cynan killed all Owain's male heirs bringing the direct line of the family to an end.
=== Per "Welsh Surnames and Given Names, and ===
Per "Welsh Surnames and Given Names, and their meanings" by AnnieLloyd
"Edwin" means...."rich, friend" Anglo Saxon name.
Per "Welsh Surnames and Given Names, and their meanings" By AnnieLloyd
"Edwin" means..."rich, friend" Anglo Saxon name.
=== https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwyn-1 ===
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwyn-1
=== This individual has the following other ===
This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File: Edwyn /AP GORONWY/ (AFN:HPFP-4V) and Gwerydd V /CYNVYN/ (AFN:FJGT-LJ)
=== !The Genealogical Society of Utah; Garet ===
!The Genealogical Society of Utah; Gareth Rice;
=== Also Lord of Tegaingl
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Also Lord of Tegaingl
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Owain ap Edwin (d 1104), Welsh chieftain, was the son of Edwain ap Gronw ap Einon ap Owen ap Hywel Dda and Iwerydd, daughter of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan. His father held Counsillt (near Flint) from Robert of Rhuddlan at the time of the Domesday survey, and was probably the most important Welshman at this time in Tegeingl. To this position Owain probably secceeded about 1090. In 1098 he gave assistance to his suzernin, Earl Hugh of Chester, and the Earl Hugh of Shrewsbury in their joint invasion of Anglesey and thereby aquired the name of "Owain Fradwr" (i.e. the Traitor). On the flight of Gruffydd ap Cynan and Cadwgan ap Bleddyn in the same year the invaders set him up as ruler over Gwynedd; but a revolt of the Welsh brought the two leaders back from Ireland in 1099, and Owain's rule came to an end. He died in 1104, after a long illness. His sons, Llywarch, Gronw, Rhiddid, Meilyr and Ieuaf were men of importance in Tengeingl, and some of them founded familied of note in the district. His daughter Angharad was the wife of Gruffydd ap Cynan. [The Dictionary of National Biography; George Smith, Fd., Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee, Ed., 1953, Vol XIV:1284, Owain ap Edwin]
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Owain ab Edwin (d 1105), a landowner in Tengeingl (modern Flints.). He and his brother, Uchtryd, were the reputed sons of Edwin ap Gronw (a great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda by Iwerydd, half-sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn). Though he assisted earl Hugh of Chester in the latter's abortive expedition against Gwynedd in 1098, his daughter, Angharad, m. Gruffudd ap Cynan. His son, Gronw, was the father of Christina, second wife of Owain Gwynedd. He should not be confused with his father's cousin - also Owain ab Edwiin - of the main royal line of Deheubarth. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p689]
=== JOINED IN CONSPIRACY WITH HUGH OF CHEST ===
JOINED IN CONSPIRACY WITH HUGH OF CHESTER AGAINST GRUFFUDD AP CYNAN, HIS SON-IN-LAW. GRUFFUDD FLED TO IRELAND FOR TWO YEARS. HE REPLACED OWAIN AS PRINCE, WHEN HE RETURNED.
=== THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.77, 132; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.18; THE ROYAL LINES OF SUCCESSION, P.23; EMINENT WELSHMEN, P.185; HISTORY OF POWYS GADOG, P.77; THE ROYAL TRIBES OF WALES, P.1 THRU 5; HISTORY OF GWYDIR FAMILY, P.12A; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== Listed as Prince of North Wales and Lord ===
Listed as Prince of North Wales and Lord of Tegaingl
=== Ancestral File Number: FJGV-CG ===
Ancestral File Number: FJGV-CG
=== !#4568-v5-p272,281*,289,291; v9-p628; v1 ===
!#4568-v5-p272,281*,289,291; v9-p628; v12-p870; !#248-v2-p509; #249-NS-v2-p366; #771-v1-p65,94; v3-p18,48; !ORD> TIB: ALBER: Bap>, End> 43586-23-1878; FN #FJGVH5;
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #427. ===
!SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #427.
=== Google: ===
Google:
Community Trees Project Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki > “Welsh Medieval database Primarily of the Nobility and Gentry” submission MMDR-CFK
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Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl or Owain Fradwr (Welsh: "the Traitor"; ?-1105) was lord of the cantref of Tegeingl in north-east Wales at the end of the 11th century. He was the son of Edwin of Tegeingl. He sided with the Normans in their failed invasion of North Wales, and in the 1090s attempted to become ruler of Gwynedd.
His arms were gules three men's legs conjoined at the thighs in triangle argent.
Ancestry
Little is known of Owain's father, Edwin of Tegeingl. However, most medieval pedigrees identify Owain's paternal grandfather as Gronwy, a descendant of Hywel Dda. Owain may have been a great-great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda although this is disputed. His paternal grandmother is believed to have been Ethelfleda or Aldgyth, daughter of Eadwine of Mercia. His mother was Iwerydd, sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Gwynedd and Powys (1063-1075).
Biography
Lordship of Tegeingl
Owain was Lord or Prince of the cantref of Tegeingl. The cantref formed the eastern part of Perfeddwlad (or Y Berfeddwlad) on the northern coast of Wales between the River Clwyd and Deeside. The territory, originally forming part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, had been under the control of the Anglo-Saxons for several centuries and then changed hands several times between the two. Owain's father, Edwin, appears to have been raised to the lordship of Tegeingl by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, ruler of most of Wales between 1055 and 1063. Edwin died in 1073 and Owain succeeded him as lord.
Challenge to the kingship
It appears that Owain made a challenge for the kingship of Gwynedd and may have succeeded in holding it for a time in the 1090s. Links to previous rulers through the female line were very important in establishing a claim, and Owain's relationship with Bleddyn ap Cynfyn through his mother would have been relevant.
Role in the Norman Invasion
In the 1080s and the 1090s, the Normans led by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester made several attempts to invade and gain control of North Wales. Owain ap Edwin transferred his allegiance to the Normans following the defeat of his ally Trahaearn ap Caradog, prince of Gwynedd (1075-1081), at the Battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081, a move which earned him the epithet Fradwr, traitor, among the Welsh. In 1098, Owain participated in a massive invasion of North Wales by Hugh d'Avranches, with Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, forcing Gruffydd ap Cynan, prince of Gwynedd (1081-1137), to retreat to Anglesey. As a result of the intervention of a Norwegian army under Magnus Barelegs, the Normans suffered a defeat and withdrew most of their forces to England. Following the Norman withdrawal, Owain was left in command of a token force to control upper Gwynedd. Over the next three years, Gruffydd ap Cynan reasserted his control over Gwynedd and agreed terms with the Normans. In the meantime, Owain deserted the Normans and led a rebellion himself. He died shortly afterwards in 1105, apparently of consumption.
Descendants
Owain Fradwr married Morfudd, daughter of Goronwy, son of Ednowain Bendew.
Owain's daughter, Angharad, married Gruffudd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd, by whom she had three sons: Cadwallon, Owain Gwynedd (the first Welsh prince to take the title Princeps Wallensium, Prince of the Welsh) and Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd.
His sons were Goronwy, Meilir, Llywelyn, Aldud, and Rhirid. Goronwy was the father of the Cristin who was the second wife of Owain Gwynedd. However, in 1125 a son of Gruffudd ap Cynan killed all Owain's male heirs bringing the direct line of the family to an end.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
ALIA: Lord of /Tegeingl/ Sources: Title: "Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 280 Title: AC.b 1104: "Owinus filius Edwinus obiit."], Welsh chieftan in Tegeingl. [ABT.2] Text: Stewart Baldwin wrote. AC = "Annales Cambriae AC.see Kathleen Hughes, Celtic Britain in the Early Middle Ages (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1980)" ABT.2 ="Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (late medieval), in EWGT, pp 95-110" Title: Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (late medieval), in EWGT, Page: 2b,e,5a Title: Weis, F. L. "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Weis, 1992, seventh edition. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: (239:5) identifies him as ANGHARAD's father. Title: " Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400 & AD 1400-1500" P. C. Bartrun's, 8 vol and 18 vol Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
!#4568-v5-p272,281*,289,291; v9-p628; v12-p870; !#248-v2-p509; #249-NS-v2-p366; #771-v1-p65,94; v3-p18,48; !ORD> TIB: ALBER: Bap>, End> 43586-23-1878; FN #FJGVH5;
!The Genealogical Society of Utah; Gareth Rice;
!SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #427.
This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File: Edwyn /AP GORONWY/ (AFN:HPFP-4V) and Gwerydd V /CYNVYN/ (AFN:FJGT-LJ)
Ancestral File Number: FJGV-H5
!1. Bartrum, 300-1400, pg.272, Edwin 1
Listed as Prince of North Wales and Lord of Tegaingl
!1. Information source: The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116 p 77; Archaeologia Cambrensis Wales Pub A 4s v 7 p 201, 202, v 6 p 227-29, v 8 p 32 51; The Royal Tribes of Wales, Wales 1 p 202: Eminent Welshmen Wales 13 p 365. 2. Note: In "Arch. Cambr. 42 v 7 p 202" it states that the above wife, Morfydd, was wife first of Goronwy ap Owain, and secondly of Rhirid ap Owain. This does not agree with other more reliable sources, and it would appear she was the mother of both Goronwy and Rhirid, rather thand being wife to them. 3. Child # 1 Angharad md Gruffydd Ap Cynan Prince of Wales.
Per "Welsh Surnames and Given Names, and their meanings" by AnnieLloyd
"Edwin" means...."rich, friend" Anglo Saxon name.
Per "Welsh Surnames and Given Names, and their meanings" By AnnieLloyd
"Edwin" means..."rich, friend" Anglo Saxon name.
Also Lord of Tegaingl
________________________
Owain ap Edwin (d 1104), Welsh chieftain, was the son of Edwain ap Gronw ap Einon ap Owen ap Hywel Dda and Iwerydd, daughter of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan. His father held Counsillt (near Flint) from Robert of Rhuddlan at the time of the Domesday survey, and was probably the most important Welshman at this time in Tegeingl. To this position Owain probably secceeded about 1090. In 1098 he gave assistance to his suzernin, Earl Hugh of Chester, and the Earl Hugh of Shrewsbury in their joint invasion of Anglesey and thereby aquired the name of "Owain Fradwr" (i.e. the Traitor). On the flight of Gruffydd ap Cynan and Cadwgan ap Bleddyn in the same year the invaders set him up as ruler over Gwynedd; but a revolt of the Welsh brought the two leaders back from Ireland in 1099, and Owain's rule came to an end. He died in 1104, after a long illness. His sons, Llywarch, Gronw, Rhiddid, Meilyr and Ieuaf were men of importance in Tengeingl, and some of them founded familied of note in the district. His daughter Angharad was the wife of Gruffydd ap Cynan. [The Dictionary of National Biography; George Smith, Fd., Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee, Ed., 1953, Vol XIV:1284, Owain ap Edwin]
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Owain ab Edwin (d 1105), a landowner in Tengeingl (modern Flints.). He and his brother, Uchtryd, were the reputed sons of Edwin ap Gronw (a great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda by Iwerydd, half-sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn). Though he assisted earl Hugh of Chester in the latter's abortive expedition against Gwynedd in 1098, his daughter, Angharad, m. Gruffudd ap Cynan. His son, Gronw, was the father of Christina, second wife of Owain Gwynedd. He should not be confused with his father's cousin - also Owain ab Edwiin - of the main royal line of Deheubarth. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p689]
AKA: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700; By Frederic Lewis Weis (7th Edition); Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland. Aka: Owain ap Edwin - Line 239-5 AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN000466 Aka: Owain ap Edwin Birth: About 1044; Of Llys Edwin,Llaueurguin,Flintshire,Wales Marriage: Morwyl verch Ednywain Death: 1105
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 239-5, 239-6
Text: Obviously by the lineage numbers, cousins got married
*Forrest=fathers direct line,! dna connections
@Stolp=mothers direct line
+Tamer=husbands direct line
#Wallace & ^Stuetelberg=son-in-laws direct lines
all lines separated.With multiple marks cross over lines
without documentations all is speculative/with ???
JOINED IN CONSPIRACY WITH HUGH OF CHESTER AGAINST GRUFFUDD AP CYNAN, HIS SON-IN-LAW. GRUFFUDD FLED TO IRELAND FOR TWO YEARS. HE REPLACED OWAIN AS PRINCE, WHEN HE RETURNED.
Welsh chieftain in Tengeingl.
!TITLE: PRINCE OF NORTH WALES AND LORD OF TAGAINGL
Ancestral File Number: FJGV-CG
!BIRTH RECORD; INFO FROM LDS CHURCH ANCESTRAL FILE MARRIAGE RECORD; " " " DEATH RECORD; " " " 26TH GREAT GRANDFATHER
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce. "Owain ab Edwin". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ Jump up to:a b c d Yorke, Philip & al. The royal tribes of Wales. Accessed 4 Feb 2013.
^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h Wilcott, Darrell "The Ancestry of Edwin of Tegeingl"
Google:
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Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl or Owain Fradwr (Welsh: "the Traitor"; ?-1105) was lord of the cantref of Tegeingl in north-east Wales at the end o
=== u ! From Helen Wilson Mossman Dunwell's ===
u ! From Helen Wilson Mossman Dunwell's Research. Royal Ancestors of Some L.D.S. Families by Michel L. Call. 1975, p.140.
=== AKA: Ancestral Roots of Certain American ===
AKA: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700; By Frederic Lewis Weis (7th Edition); Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland. Aka: Owain ap Edwin - Line 239-5 AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN000466 Aka: Owain ap Edwin Birth: About 1044; Of Llys Edwin,Llaueurguin,Flintshire,Wales Marriage: Morwyl verch Ednywain Death: 1105
=== Lord of Tegaingl, Prince of North Wales, ===
Lord of Tegaingl, Prince of North Wales, "Vradwr",
=== Welsh chieftain in Tengeingl. ===
Welsh chieftain in Tengeingl.
=== !BIRTH RECORD; INFO FROM LDS CHURCH ANC ===
!BIRTH RECORD; INFO FROM LDS CHURCH ANCESTRAL FILE MARRIAGE RECORD; " " " DEATH RECORD; " " " 26TH GREAT GRANDFATHER
=== !#4568-v5-p272*; ===
!#4568-v5-p272*;
=== !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
!Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition line 239-5 !Lord of Tegaingl, Prince of N Wales.
=== https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_ab_Edwin_of_Tegeingl ===
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce. "Owain ab Edwin". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ Jump up to:a b c d Yorke, Philip & al. The royal tribes of Wales. Accessed 4 Feb 2013.
^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h Wilcott, Darrell "The Ancestry of Edwin of Tegeingl"
=== Ancestral File Number: FJGV-H5 ===
Ancestral File Number: FJGV-H5
=== !1. Bartrum, 300-1400, pg.272, Edwin 1 ===
!1. Bartrum, 300-1400, pg.272, Edwin 1
=== !1. Information source: The Plantagenet ===
!1. Information source: The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116 p 77; Archaeologia Cambrensis Wales Pub A 4s v 7 p 201, 202, v 6 p 227-29, v 8 p 32 51; The Royal Tribes of Wales, Wales 1 p 202: Eminent Welshmen Wales 13 p 365. 2. Note: In "Arch. Cambr. 42 v 7 p 202" it states that the above wife, Morfydd, was wife first of Goronwy ap Owain, and secondly of Rhirid ap Owain. This does not agree with other more reliable sources, and it would appear she was the mother of both Goronwy and Rhirid, rather thand being wife to them. 3. Child # 1 Angharad md Gruffydd Ap Cynan Prince of Wales.
=== ALIA: Lord of /Tegeingl/ Sources: Title: ===
ALIA: Lord of /Tegeingl/ Sources: Title: "Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 280 Title: AC.b 1104: "Owinus filius Edwinus obiit."], Welsh chieftan in Tegeingl. [ABT.2] Text: Stewart Baldwin wrote. AC = "Annales Cambriae AC.see Kathleen Hughes, Celtic Britain in the Early Middle Ages (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1980)" ABT.2 ="Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (late medieval), in EWGT, pp 95-110" Title: Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (late medieval), in EWGT, Page: 2b,e,5a Title: Weis, F. L. "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Weis, 1992, seventh edition. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: (239:5) identifies him as ANGHARAD's father. Title: " Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400 & AD 1400-1500" P. C. Bartrun's, 8 vol and 18 vol Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
=== Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americ ===
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 239-5, 239-6
Text: Obviously by the lineage numbers, cousins got married
*Forrest=fathers direct line,! dna connections
@Stolp=mothers direct line
+Tamer=husbands direct line
#Wallace & ^Stuetelberg=son-in-laws direct lines
all lines separated.With multiple marks cross over lines
without documentations all is speculative/with ???
=== Google: ===
Google:
Community Trees Project Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki > “Welsh Medieval database Primarily of the Nobility and Gentry” submission MMDR-CFK
--------------------
Owain ab Edwin of Tegeingl or Owain Fradwr (Welsh: "the Traitor"; ?-1105) was lord of the cantref of Tegeingl in north-east Wales at the end of the 11th century. He was the son of Edwin of Tegeingl. He sided with the Normans in their failed invasion of North Wales, and in the 1090s attempted to become ruler of Gwynedd.
His arms were gules three men's legs conjoined at the thighs in triangle argent.
Ancestry
Little is known of Owain's father, Edwin of Tegeingl. However, most medieval pedigrees identify Owain's paternal grandfather as Gronwy, a descendant of Hywel Dda. Owain may have been a great-great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda although this is disputed. His paternal grandmother is believed to have been Ethelfleda or Aldgyth, daughter of Eadwine of Mercia. His mother was Iwerydd, sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Gwynedd and Powys (1063-1075).
Biography
Lordship of Tegeingl
Owain was Lord or Prince of the cantref of Tegeingl. The cantref formed the eastern part of Perfeddwlad (or Y Berfeddwlad) on the northern coast of Wales between the River Clwyd and Deeside. The territory, originally forming part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, had been under the control of the Anglo-Saxons for several centuries and then changed hands several times between the two. Owain's father, Edwin, appears to have been raised to the lordship of Tegeingl by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, ruler of most of Wales between 1055 and 1063. Edwin died in 1073 and Owain succeeded him as lord.
Challenge to the kingship
It appears that Owain made a challenge for the kingship of Gwynedd and may have succeeded in holding it for a time in the 1090s. Links to previous rulers through the female line were very important in establishing a claim, and Owain's relationship with Bleddyn ap Cynfyn through his mother would have been relevant.
Role in the Norman Invasion
In the 1080s and the 1090s, the Normans led by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester made several attempts to invade and gain control of North Wales. Owain ap Edwin transferred his allegiance to the Normans following the defeat of his ally Trahaearn ap Caradog, prince of Gwynedd (1075-1081), at the Battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081, a move which earned him the epithet Fradwr, traitor, among the Welsh. In 1098, Owain participated in a massive invasion of North Wales by Hugh d'Avranches, with Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, forcing Gruffydd ap Cynan, prince of Gwynedd (1081-1137), to retreat to Anglesey. As a result of the intervention of a Norwegian army under Magnus Barelegs, the Normans suffered a defeat and withdrew most of their forces to England. Following the Norman withdrawal, Owain was left in command of a token force to control upper Gwynedd. Over the next three years, Gruffydd ap Cynan reasserted his control over Gwynedd and agreed terms with the Normans. In the meantime, Owain deserted the Normans and led a rebellion himself. He died shortly afterwards in 1105, apparently of consumption.
Descendants
Owain Fradwr married Morfudd, daughter of Goronwy, son of Ednowain Bendew.
Owain's daughter, Angharad, married Gruffudd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd, by whom she had three sons: Cadwallon, Owain Gwynedd (the first Welsh prince to take the title Princeps Wallensium, Prince of the Welsh) and Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd.
His sons were Goronwy, Meilir, Llywelyn, Aldud, and Rhirid. Goronwy was the father of the Cristin who was the second wife of Owain Gwynedd. However, in 1125 a son of Gruffudd ap Cynan killed all Owain's male heirs bringing the direct line of the family to an end.
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=== !TITLE: PRINCE OF NORTH WALES AND LORD ===
!TITLE: PRINCE OF NORTH WALES AND LORD OF TAGAINGL
=== Alternate given name: "Vradur" (IGI (Int ===
Alternate given name: "Vradur" (IGI (International Genealogical Index))
Surname: ap Edwyn (Family History Library archive record (family group sheet))
Alternate birthplace: Llys Edwin, Llaneurguin, Flint, Wales (IGI (International Genealogical Index))
Alternate death date: 1103 (IGI (International Genealogical Index))
=== dead ===
dead
=== children known ===
children known
Preferred Parents:
Father: Edwin ap Gronwy, b. ABT 1020 in Tegeingl, Flintshire, Wales d. 1073 in Northop, Flintshire, Wales
Mother: Iweydd verch Cynfyn, b. ABT 1024 in Powys, Wales d. ABT 1048 in Montgomeryshire, Wales
Family 2: Morwyl ferch Ednywain, b. ABT 1048 in Stryd Tegeingl, Bagillt, Flint, Wales, United Kingdom d. 1095 in Wales
- Angharad verch Owain, b. ABT 1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales, Great Britain d. ABT 1162 in Tegaingl, Flint, Wales
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