Owain ap Gruffydd (1190 - 1235)

Born 1190 in Wales

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Jan 1235 at about age 45 in Strata Florida Abbey, Cardiganshire, Wales

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Biography

Owain ap Gruffydd^[1]

Born: 1190^[2]

Father: Gruffydd ap Rhys (died 1201), son of Rhys (d 1197) ap Gruffydd ap Rhys King of Deheubarth ^[1]

Rhys (d 1197) "succeeded his half-brother in 1153 as King of Deheubarth, jointly with his brother"^[1]

Gruffydd succeeded his father in 1197^[1]

Mother: Maud Braose, daughter of William de Braose and his wife Mathilde de Saint-Valéry^[1]

Wife: unknown^[1] / "a daughter of Gwion Sais"^[2]

Son:

• Maredudd (died March 1264, Llanbadarn)^[1]

Died: January 1234/5,^[1] 18 January 1236, Strata Florida Abbey, Cardiganshire, Wales^[2][3]

"Owain son of Gruffudd son of the lord Rhys…died at Strata Florida on the Wednesday after the octave of the Epiphany"^[4][5]

Research Notes

MedLands shows many of this family buried "in the chapter house of the monks of Strata Florida"^[1]

• Gruffydd ap Rhys (his father, 1201)
• Maud Braose (his mother, 1209)
• himself, 1235
• Maredudd ab Owain (his son, 1265)
• Owain ap Maredudd (his grandson, 1275)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Rhys ap Gruffydd, entry in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), 2000-2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} From his father's profile: "Owain ap Gruffydd, b. Abt 1190, d. 18 Jan 1236, Strata Florida Abbey, Cardiganshire, Wales (Age ~ 46 years); m. a daughter of Gwion Sais"
3. ↑ Dictionary of Welsh Biography: Professor Thomas Jones Pierce. "Owain ap Gruffydd (died 1236), prince of Deheubarth" (accessed 14 July 2020).
4. ↑ MedLands, quoting The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales (aka Brut y Tywysogion):
   • "1235. The ensuing year, Owain, son of Gruffudd, son of the lord Rhys a gentleman by race, and courteous in manners, wise, generous, and praiseworthy, died at Strata Florida, on the Wednesday after the octave of the Epiphany^[51], and was buried with Rhys, son of the lord Rhys his brother, in the chapter house of the monks. That year, king Henry married the daughter of the earl of Provence, and held his nuptial solemnities in London, at Christmas, after having assembled the bishops, and most of the earls and barons of England together."
     ^[51] Jan. 14?
5. ↑ The octave of the Epiphany is 6-13 January ([Wikipedia]). In 1236, the Wednesday after was 16 January; in 1235, it was 17 January; in 1234, it was 18 January (this perpetual calendar, and this Catholic Liturgical Calendar). See also Sue Roe's, The Problem of Dates.