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Birth:          ABT  913 of Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death:           987 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_ap_Hywel_Dda
Owain ap Hywel (died c.?987) was king of Deheubarth in south Wales and probably 
also controlled Powys.

Owain was one of the three sons of Hywel the Good. Upon Hywel's death around 950, 
Owain, Rhodri, and Edwin divided his lands among themselves according to Welsh 
law. The sons were not able to retain Hywel's hegemony over Gwynedd, which was 
reclaimed for its earlier dynasty by the sons of Idwal Foel.

In 952, two of the sons of Idwal Foel, Iago and Ieuaf, invaded the south, penetrating 
as far as Dyfed. The sons of Hywel retaliated by invading the north in 954, reaching 
as far north as the Conwy valley before being defeated at Llanrwst and being obliged 
to retreat to Ceredigion.

Rhodri died in 953 and Edwin in 954, leaving Owain in sole possession of Deheubarth 
alone. Owain did not again try to reclaim Gwynedd; instead, he and his son Einion 
turned eastwards to attack the kingdom of Morgannwg (modern Glamorgan) in 960, 
970, and 977. Owain was now aging, and it appears that Einion took over the rule of 
the kingdom on behalf of his father. On a further raid on the east in 984, Einion was 
killed by the noblemen of Gwent.

Following Einion's death, Owain's second son Maredudd took over his position. In 
986, he successfully returned to the north and seized Gwynedd, ousting Ieuaf's son 
Cadwallon. The following year Owain died and Maredudd became king of Deheubarth 
as well, although he later consented to share his kingdom with Einion's heirs Edwin 
and Cadell.

The A text of the Annales Cambriae were apparently compiled at Owain's instigation.

Children[edit]

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Cadwallon (died c.?961[1])
Einion
Maredudd

Parents
AP CADELL Hywel "Dda" (ABT  885 -  950)
VERCH LLYWARCH Elen (ABT  883 -  943)

Siblings
VERCH HYWEL Angharad (ABT  902 - )
AP HYWEL Owain (ABT  913 -  987)

Marriage To VERCH LLEWELYN Angharad (ABT  914 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
AP MERFYN Llwelyn (ABT  880 - )
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Children by VERCH LLEWELYN Angharad ABT  914 - 
AP OWAIN Einion (ABT  931 -  984)
AP OWAIN Maredydd (ABT  938 -  999)

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