Individual Details
Dafydd "Prince of Gwynedd" ab Owain Gwynedd
(Abt 1136 - May 1203)
[[Category: Gwynedd, Wales]]
[[Category: House of Aberffraw 742-1499]]
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==Biography==
'''Dafydd ab Owain''', Prince of North WalesDouglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol I pp 22-23, ENGLAND #3.ii.: Prince of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn and Rhodri.Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_ab_Owain_Gwynedd Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd]
: Ruler of "the whole of Gwynedd" from 1174 to 1194,[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#DafyddIdied1203 Dafydd (d 1203)]: "He succeeded his half-brother in 1174 as Prince of Gwynedd. He was deposed in 1194 by his nephew." * [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CONTENTS.htm MEDIEVAL LANDS]: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley 2000-2017 (accessed June 11, 2017). when he was defeated in battle by his nephew [[ap_Iorwerth-26|Llywelyn ap Iorwerth]].Richardson does not state so positively that Dafydd's reign ended in 1194, but he does state: * In 1194 Dafydd was defeated by his nephew Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in a battle at Aberconwy.
* In 1197 Dafydd was imprisoned by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.* He was released in January 1198 and spent the rest of his life in England.
'''Parents''':
: [[Ap_Gruffydd-45|Owain Gwynedd]] and [[Goronwy-3|Christina]], daughter of Gronw ab Owain ab Edwin. :: ''married'' before 1136[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet%2Dt&id=I5042 Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffudd], [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet%2Dt&id=I6711 Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd], from the Rootsweb database for [http://celticroyalgenealogy.co.uk/ Celtic Royal Genealogy] by Sir Arthur E Turner-Thomas V.C., G.C., K.G. (Wales), K.C.B. (accessed June 11, 2017)
: Dafydd's parents, Owain Gwynedd (d.1170) and Cristin verch Goronwy, were first cousins.[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Owaindied1170B Owain ap Gruffydd] married (2nd) "his first cousin, CRISIANT . . . The Gwentian Chronicle names 'Crisiant daughter of Goronmy son of Owain son of Ednywain' as the mother of 'David son of Owain'." ([[#MedLands]]). The marriage was not accepted by the church, which regarded Dafydd as illegitimate.Dictionary of Welsh Biography: [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-DAFY-ABO-1203.html Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd], by Sir John Edward Lloyd, D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A. (1861-1947), Bangor (1959).
See also [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-OWAI-GWY-1100.html Owain Gwynedd], by Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964), Aberystwyth (1959).
: '''Born''' 1133 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, CymruDatafields as of June 10, 2017 had his birth as 1138, in Caernarvon, Gwynedd. June 11, 2017: changed birth location but left 1138 birth year - same source that gives 1133 as birth year says parents were married before 1136 (& Dafydd was 2nd son).
:'''Siblings''':
* Rhodri ab Owain
* Angharad ferch Owain
* Cadwallon ab Owain
* [half-brother] Hywel ab Owain (d.1170)* [half-brother] Cynan (d.1174)[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Owaindied1170B Owain ap Gruffydd], King of Gwynedd, d. 1170 ([[#MedLands]])
* [half-brother] Maelgwn ab Owain
* ''many more half-siblings''various sources
'''Married''', in the summer of 1174, [[Plantagenet-159|Emma of Anjou]], half-sister of Henry II of England; illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou.
:Emme of Anjou is sometimes confused with "another Emme (living in 1208), wife of Guy V de Leval, . . . 'daughter of Renald, Earl of Cornwall'."
'''Children''':
* Owain ap Dafydd
* Einion ap Dafydd* Gwenhwyfar ferch Dafydd, married Meurig ap Roger Powys
* Gwenllian, married Gruffudd ap Cadwgon
'''Died''' in exile about May 1203 in England. His widow, Emma, was living in 1212.
==Timeline==
1157: appears on scen when Henry II of England invades Gwynedd; involved in skirmish near Basingwerk where Henry was almost killed.
1165 settled in Vale of Clwyd; attacked and plundered Tegeingl
1170: father dies - sons fighter over Gwynedd. Dafydd and Rhodri kill Hywel
1173: drives out Maelgwn, who flees to Ireland.
1174: Cynan, dies; Dafydd captures and imprisoned brothers Rhodri and Maelgwn (who returned from Ireland); sole ruler of Gwynedd.
1175: Rhodri escapes ... seizes all Gwynedd west of the River Conwy. Dafydd keeps eastern part
1177: King Henry gives Ellesmere and Hales manors in England. He had a castle at Rhuddlan where Giraldus Cambrensis spent a night in 1188 on his journey round Wales with Archbishop Baldwin.
: "Having crossed the river Conwy, or rather an arm of the sea, under Deganwy, leaving the Cistercian monastery of Conwy on the western bank of the river to our right hand, we arrived at Ruthlan, a noble castle on the river Cloyd, belonging to David, the eldest son of Owen, where, at the earnest invitation of David himself, we were handsomely entertained that night."
1194: nephew Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, defeats him at battle of Aberconwy with aid of cousins
1197: dispossessed and imprisoned by sons of Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd
1198: released thanks to Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury.
May 1203: dies in England
1214 or after: Emme dies - disappears from Pipe Rolls.
==Sources==
* Sir Richard Colt-Hoare (1894), p.456
* The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis
* The Itinerary of Wales and the Description of Wales
:'''Notes''': * Datafield information had death location as "Aberconwy, Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd", but he died in exile in England.* WikiTree profile Owain-94 renamed in accordance with Cymru project guidance - [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Name_Fields_Welsh_Aristocrats Name Fields for Welsh Aristocrats] - which says to include ab or ap (or ferch for "daughter of") in the LNAB field. While the guidance does not allow for a string of names, such as "ab Owain ap Gruffudd", it does allow for an additional descriptive name, such as "ab Owain Gwynedd", which is what the profile was renamed, considering the consistency with which reputable sources refer to his father as "Owain Gwynedd". In addition, "ab" is correct in this case (with the vowel sound - see [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1995-09/0811805168 this Gen-Medieval Rootsweb post] by William A. Reitwiesner, September 1995 & also [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ap_Iorwerth-26#Notes_on_a_Name this section] of his nephew's profile).
[[Category: House of Aberffraw 742-1499]]
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==Biography==
'''Dafydd ab Owain''', Prince of North WalesDouglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol I pp 22-23, ENGLAND #3.ii.: Prince of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn and Rhodri.Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_ab_Owain_Gwynedd Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd]
: Ruler of "the whole of Gwynedd" from 1174 to 1194,[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#DafyddIdied1203 Dafydd (d 1203)]: "He succeeded his half-brother in 1174 as Prince of Gwynedd. He was deposed in 1194 by his nephew." * [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CONTENTS.htm MEDIEVAL LANDS]: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley 2000-2017 (accessed June 11, 2017). when he was defeated in battle by his nephew [[ap_Iorwerth-26|Llywelyn ap Iorwerth]].Richardson does not state so positively that Dafydd's reign ended in 1194, but he does state: * In 1194 Dafydd was defeated by his nephew Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in a battle at Aberconwy.
* In 1197 Dafydd was imprisoned by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.* He was released in January 1198 and spent the rest of his life in England.
'''Parents''':
: [[Ap_Gruffydd-45|Owain Gwynedd]] and [[Goronwy-3|Christina]], daughter of Gronw ab Owain ab Edwin. :: ''married'' before 1136[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet%2Dt&id=I5042 Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffudd], [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet%2Dt&id=I6711 Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd], from the Rootsweb database for [http://celticroyalgenealogy.co.uk/ Celtic Royal Genealogy] by Sir Arthur E Turner-Thomas V.C., G.C., K.G. (Wales), K.C.B. (accessed June 11, 2017)
: Dafydd's parents, Owain Gwynedd (d.1170) and Cristin verch Goronwy, were first cousins.[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Owaindied1170B Owain ap Gruffydd] married (2nd) "his first cousin, CRISIANT . . . The Gwentian Chronicle names 'Crisiant daughter of Goronmy son of Owain son of Ednywain' as the mother of 'David son of Owain'." ([[#MedLands]]). The marriage was not accepted by the church, which regarded Dafydd as illegitimate.Dictionary of Welsh Biography: [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-DAFY-ABO-1203.html Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd], by Sir John Edward Lloyd, D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A. (1861-1947), Bangor (1959).
See also [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-OWAI-GWY-1100.html Owain Gwynedd], by Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964), Aberystwyth (1959).
: '''Born''' 1133 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, CymruDatafields as of June 10, 2017 had his birth as 1138, in Caernarvon, Gwynedd. June 11, 2017: changed birth location but left 1138 birth year - same source that gives 1133 as birth year says parents were married before 1136 (& Dafydd was 2nd son).
:'''Siblings''':
* Rhodri ab Owain
* Angharad ferch Owain
* Cadwallon ab Owain
* [half-brother] Hywel ab Owain (d.1170)* [half-brother] Cynan (d.1174)[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Owaindied1170B Owain ap Gruffydd], King of Gwynedd, d. 1170 ([[#MedLands]])
* [half-brother] Maelgwn ab Owain
* ''many more half-siblings''various sources
'''Married''', in the summer of 1174, [[Plantagenet-159|Emma of Anjou]], half-sister of Henry II of England; illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou.
:Emme of Anjou is sometimes confused with "another Emme (living in 1208), wife of Guy V de Leval, . . . 'daughter of Renald, Earl of Cornwall'."
'''Children''':
* Owain ap Dafydd
* Einion ap Dafydd* Gwenhwyfar ferch Dafydd, married Meurig ap Roger Powys
* Gwenllian, married Gruffudd ap Cadwgon
'''Died''' in exile about May 1203 in England. His widow, Emma, was living in 1212.
==Timeline==
1157: appears on scen when Henry II of England invades Gwynedd; involved in skirmish near Basingwerk where Henry was almost killed.
1165 settled in Vale of Clwyd; attacked and plundered Tegeingl
1170: father dies - sons fighter over Gwynedd. Dafydd and Rhodri kill Hywel
1173: drives out Maelgwn, who flees to Ireland.
1174: Cynan, dies; Dafydd captures and imprisoned brothers Rhodri and Maelgwn (who returned from Ireland); sole ruler of Gwynedd.
1175: Rhodri escapes ... seizes all Gwynedd west of the River Conwy. Dafydd keeps eastern part
1177: King Henry gives Ellesmere and Hales manors in England. He had a castle at Rhuddlan where Giraldus Cambrensis spent a night in 1188 on his journey round Wales with Archbishop Baldwin.
: "Having crossed the river Conwy, or rather an arm of the sea, under Deganwy, leaving the Cistercian monastery of Conwy on the western bank of the river to our right hand, we arrived at Ruthlan, a noble castle on the river Cloyd, belonging to David, the eldest son of Owen, where, at the earnest invitation of David himself, we were handsomely entertained that night."
1194: nephew Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, defeats him at battle of Aberconwy with aid of cousins
1197: dispossessed and imprisoned by sons of Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd
1198: released thanks to Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury.
May 1203: dies in England
1214 or after: Emme dies - disappears from Pipe Rolls.
==Sources==
* Sir Richard Colt-Hoare (1894), p.456
* The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis
* The Itinerary of Wales and the Description of Wales
:'''Notes''': * Datafield information had death location as "Aberconwy, Caernarvonshire, Gwynedd", but he died in exile in England.* WikiTree profile Owain-94 renamed in accordance with Cymru project guidance - [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Name_Fields_Welsh_Aristocrats Name Fields for Welsh Aristocrats] - which says to include ab or ap (or ferch for "daughter of") in the LNAB field. While the guidance does not allow for a string of names, such as "ab Owain ap Gruffudd", it does allow for an additional descriptive name, such as "ab Owain Gwynedd", which is what the profile was renamed, considering the consistency with which reputable sources refer to his father as "Owain Gwynedd". In addition, "ab" is correct in this case (with the vowel sound - see [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1995-09/0811805168 this Gen-Medieval Rootsweb post] by William A. Reitwiesner, September 1995 & also [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ap_Iorwerth-26#Notes_on_a_Name this section] of his nephew's profile).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1136 | Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Cymru | |||
| Death | May 1203 | England | |||
| Reference No | 16396205 | ||||
| Reference No | 17641478 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Owain ap Gruffydd (1078 - 1170) |
| Mother | Cristin Goronwy (1105 - ) |
| Sibling | Iefan Owain (1128 - ) |
| Sibling | Prince Rhodri Owain (1135 - 1195) |
| Sibling | Angharad Owain (1135 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret ferch Owain (1141 - ) |
| Sibling | Angharad "of Gwynedd" Gwynedd (1148 - ) |