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OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (bu farw 1378), soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales Son of Thomas ap Rhodri ap Gruffydd by one Cecilia - he was therefore a great-great-grandson of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and a great-nephew of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. Born c. 1330, probably on Thomas's estate of Tatsfield in Surrey, he appears to have entered the service of Philip VI of France while still quite young, and except for a brief interval of less than twelve months, spent the remainder of
OWAIN BROGYNTYN (fl. 1160-1188), prince of Powys holding lands in Edeirnion and Dinmael where his descendants are found in occupation until well after the Edwardian conquest. He left three sons, Bleddyn, Iorwerth, and Gruffydd, by Margaret, daughter of Einion ap Seisyll of Mathafarn.
OWAIN CYFEILIOG (c. 1130 - 1197), prince and poet royal castle of Carreghofa. In 1165 he is found with other princes of Powys and the other Welsh provinces in the great muster under Owain Gwynedd facing Henry II's attack in the Berwyn district. The next year, however, he again joined with Owain Fychan to drive Iorwerth Goch from Mochnant, which they divided between them by a line which still remains as the border of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire
OWAIN GWYNEDD (OWAIN GWYNEDD; c. 1100 - 1170), king of Gwynedd Church. By the former he had two sons, Iorwerth Drwyndwn and Maelgwn; and also two sons by Christina - Dafydd and Rhodri He had at least six other sons, of whom two, Hywel and Cynan, survived him, and two daughters, Angharad, wife of Gruffydd Maelor I, and Gwenllian, wife of Owain Cyfeiliog. As a young man during the decade 1120-30 he was associated with an elder brother, Cadwallon, in restoring the
teulu OWEN Peniarth, Elizabeth, daughter of Howel ap Jenkin ab Iorwerth of the neighbouring house of Ynysmaengwyn, and whose heir was known as DAVID LLOYD (will dated 11 July 1570). David Lloyd married Nest (or Annes), daughter of Gruffydd ap John ap Gruffydd of Cefnamwlch, Caernarfonshire but as he died without issue his sister, ELIZABETH, became the heiress of Peniarth By her husband, GRUFFYDD OWEN, of Tal-y-bont, Llanegryn
PEATE, IORWERTH CYFEILIOG (1901 - 1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948-1971, scholar and poet Born 27 February 1901, at Glan-llyn, Llanbryn-Mair, the home of his parents George Howard and Elizabeth Peate (née Thomas). His elder brother Dafydd Morgan Peate (born 1898) became a bank manager and his younger sister Morfudd Ann Mary (born 1910) married Llefelys Davies the chairman of the Milk Marketing Board on New Year's Day 1942. A brother, John Howard Peate, died as a baby in 1899. Iorwerth
POWEL, DAVID (c.1540 - 1598), cleric and historian and her father's right to the principality of Wales. To him, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's heir was Dafydd ap Llywelyn - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and his sons, Llywelyn and Dafydd, to Powel, were not in the legitimate succession; accordingly, on the death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, his heir was his sister, Gwladus Ddu, whose rights descended to the Mortimer family. In other words, the claim of Henry
POWELL, WILLIAM EIFION (1934 - 2009), minister (Cong.) and college principal 'The Theology of D. Miall Edwards.' He had been working on the life and contribution of D. Miall Edwards as his chapter in Athrawon ac Annibynwyr, edited by Pennar Davies, shows. He published, with George Brewer, the two volumes Cristnogaeth a Chrefydd in 1968 and a chapter, 'Yr Annibynwyr Yfory' in Iorwerth Jones, ed., Yr Annibynwyr Cymreig ddoe, heddiw ac yfory (1989). Eifion won several awards in
PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales opponents such as Iorwerth Thomas, Ness Edwards and George Thomas. When James Griffiths succeeded in getting Aneurin Bevan to agree to the policy of devolution in 1959, the call for a Secretary of State for Wales with a seat in the Cabinet was included in the Manifesto for the 1959 General election. Cliff Prothero and the anti-devolution Welsh Labour MPs had to toe the line for the time being. Indeed
RHISIART FYNGLWYD (fl. 1510-1570), poet son of Iorwerth Fynglwyd, and poetic tutor to Dafydd Benwyn. He was also known as Rhisiart Iorwerth. Although his father was a native of S. Bride's Major, Rhisiart lived in Tir-Iarll. In his youth he composed love poems in cywydd metre, and later he sang panegyrics in the strict metres to members of leading families, mainly in Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Brecknock. These poems include several to
RHYS GOCH ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet buried at Beddgelert. According to tradition he lived at Hafod Garegog, and his own references in his poems to Snowdonia confirm that his home was in that mountainous region. According to J. E. Griffith (Pedigrees …, 199, sub Hafod Garegog) he was Rhys ap Dafydd ap Iorwerth ab Evan Llwyd ap Rhirid, but according to B.M. Add. MS. 14866 (511), Gwyneddon MS. 3 (161), and Peniarth MS 112 (815) the lineage
RHYS GRYG (bu farw 1234), prince , and played off king John against Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. Physical bravery he certainly had, but no consistency can be discovered in his actions - other than self-seeking; for his career, see Lloyd, A History of Wales (consult index). From 1215, he was tolerably loyal to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, who at the Aberdovey council of 1216 confirmed him in the possession of the greater part of Cantref Mawr and

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