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Owain ap Caradog, the Glossary

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Owain ap Caradog (fl. 1081–1140), known as Owain ‘Wan’ (or ‘weak’)Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959), "", Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, retrieved 2016-04-12 was the son and heir of King Caradog ap Gruffydd of Morgannwg, who contested the Kingdom of Deheubarth and was killed in the Battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081.^[1]

27 relations: Battle of Hastings, Battle of Mynydd Carn, Caerleon, Caradog ap Gruffydd, Carucate, Deheubarth, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Domesday Book, Floruit, Gwynllwg, Henry II of England, Herefordshire, Iestyn ap Gwrgant, Ifor Bach, Iorwerth ab Owain, John Edward Lloyd, Kingdom of Morgannwg, Morgan ab Owain, Morgan ap Hywel, Norfolk, Norman invasion of Wales, Rhymney River, River Usk, Turstin FitzRolf, William d'Ecouis, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, William the Conqueror.
1140 deaths
Welsh princes

Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.

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Battle of Mynydd Carn

The Battle of Mynydd Carn took place in 1081, as part of a dynastic struggle for control of the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd and Deheubarth.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales.

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Caradog ap Gruffydd

Caradog ap Gruffydd (died 1081) was a Prince of Gwent in south-east Wales in the time of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and the Norman conquest, who reunified his family's inheritance of Morgannwg and made repeated attempts to reunite southern Wales by claiming the inheritance of the Kingdom of Deheubarth. Owain ap Caradog and Caradog ap Gruffydd are Welsh princes.

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Carucate

The carucate or carrucate (carrūcāta or carūcāta) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season.

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Deheubarth

Deheubarth (thus 'the South') was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia).

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Dictionary of Welsh Biography

The Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB) (also The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 and The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970) is a biographical dictionary of Welsh people who have made a significant contribution to Welsh life over seventeen centuries.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Floruit

Floruit (abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.

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Gwynllwg

Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of mediaeval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref.

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Henry II of England

Henry II, also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England.

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Iestyn ap Gwrgant

Iestyn ap Gwrgant (or Jestyn ap Gwrgant) (Iestyn, son of Gwrgant) (1014–1093) was the last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg, which encompassed the counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.

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Ifor Bach

Ifor Bach (meaning Ivor the Short) (fl. 1158) also known as Ifor ap Meurig and in anglicised form Ivor Bach, Lord of Senghenydd, was a twelfth-century resident in and a leader of the Welsh in south Wales.

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Iorwerth ab Owain

Iorwerth ab Owain (also known as Iorwerth of Gwynllŵg) (d. before 1184) was a Welsh prince of Gwynllŵg and Lord of Caerleon. Owain ap Caradog and Iorwerth ab Owain are Welsh princes.

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John Edward Lloyd

Sir John Edward Lloyd (5 May 1861 – 20 June 1947) was born in Liverpool.

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Kingdom of Morgannwg

Morgannwg was a medieval Welsh kingdom formed via the merger of the kingdoms of Glywysing and Gwent.

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Morgan ab Owain

Morgan ab Owain (died 1158) was a Welsh king and Lord of Caerleon. Owain ap Caradog and Morgan ab Owain are Welsh princes.

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Morgan ap Hywel

Morgan ap Hywel (died) was Lord of Gwynllwg in Wales from about 1215 until his death in 1245, and for many years laid claim to the lordship of Caerleon, which had been seized by the Earl of Pembroke.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Norman invasion of Wales

The Norman invasion of Wales began shortly after the Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror, who believed England to be his birthright.

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Rhymney River

The Rhymney River (Afon Rhymni) is a river in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales, flowing through Cardiff into the Severn Estuary.

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River Usk

The River Usk (Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Turstin FitzRolf

Turstin fitz Rolf, also known as Turstin le Blanc and Tustein fitz Rou (Old Norse: Þorsteinn Hrólfsson) played a prominent role in the Norman conquest of England and is regarded as one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

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William d'Ecouis

William d'Ecouis (sometimes referred to as William de Schoies) was an early Anglo-Norman baron, who is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a substantial holder of land and manors.

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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England who served five English kings: Henry II and his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John, and finally Henry III.

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William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror (Bates William the Conqueror p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_ap_Caradog