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Owain "Brogyntyn" ap Madog, arglwydd of Dinmael and Edeirnion

Male Abt 1130 - Aft 1215  (86 years)


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  • Name Owain "Brogyntyn" ap Madog   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Suffix arglwydd of Dinmael and Edeirnion 
    Nickname Brogyntyn 
    Born Abt 1130  of, Porkington, Selatyn, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 1215 
    Person ID I100002711  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2006 

    Family Jonet ferch Hywel,   b. Abt 1130, of, Maelienydd cantref, Radnorshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    • CONFLICT/ERROR: Descendants> 'Lloyd, Powys Fadog' volume 1 page 126 and volume 6 page 56 state there was no issue from this marriage.
    Children 
     1. Efa ferch Owain "Brogyntyn",   b. Abt 1170, of, Porkington, Selatyn, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Bleddyn ab Owain "Brogyntyn", arglwydd of Dinmael and Rûg,   b. Abt 1170, of, Maesmor, Llangwm, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1218  (Age 49 years)
     3. Iorwerth ab Owain "Brogyntyn", arglwydd of Cymer and Llangar,   b. Abt 1170, of, Cymer, Llangar, Merionethshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Gruffudd ab Owain "Brogyntyn", arglwydd of Yr Hendwr,   b. Abt 1170, of, Yr Hendwr, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, Merionethshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1245  (Age 76 years)
     5. Madog ab Owain "Brogyntyn",   b. Abt 1230, of, , Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Llywelyn ab Owain "Brogyntyn",   b. Abt 1230, of, , Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2006 
    Family ID F100002170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Investigate> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 1 page 125 and 126 show two other sons, Cadwgan and Hywel of Edeyrnion, who witness a deed to monks in 1215.

      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 392 makes him the son of Efa ferch Eurien.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 6 page F15 makes him the son of Susanna ferch Gruffudd.
      MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 pages 109 and 122 gives him a second wife and assigns the children to her. This wife was Margred ferch Einion ap Seisyll. According to Bartrum's 'Welsh Genealogies 300-1400' this Margred was married to Thomas ap Rhodri and living in the early 1200s. The marriage as found in Dwnn is probably erroneous.
      MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 244 gives him a second wife and assigns the children to her. This wife was Margred ferch Einion ap Seisyll. According to Bartrum's 'Welsh Genealogies 300-1400' this Margred was married to Thomas ap Rhodri and living in the early 1200s. The marriage as found in Griffith is probably erroneous.
      MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 1 page 126 and volume 6 page 56 give him a second wife and assigns the children to her. This wife was Margred ferch Einion ap Seisyll. According to Bartrum's 'Welsh Genealogies 300-1400' this Margred was married to Thomas ap Rhodri and living in the early 1200s. The marriage as found in Lloyd is probably erroneous.
    • KINSHIP: Illegitimate son. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 109)

      DISTINCTION: Esquire. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 124)

      LIVING: Flourished 1160-1188.
      LIVING: 1215, he, together with his sons Cadwgon and Hywel, were witnesses to a deed from Owain "de Brithdir, confirming to the monks of Strata Florida (Ystrad Fflur) all their lands in Arwystili. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 125, 126)
      RESIDENCE: He is said to have resided at Porkington in Welsh Brogyntyn, Shropshire. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 109 fn. 1)
      RESIDENCE: He resided at Brogyntyn near Oswestry. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 1 p. 125)
      PROPERTY: Lord of Dinmael and Edeirnion. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 4 p. 341)
      PROPERTY: He was given the commote of Dinmael by his father Maredudd. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 56)
      PROPERTY: He appears to have succeeded his half brother Elise to Edeirnion in a deposition in 1202. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 56)
      PROPERTY: He gave to the monks of Basingwerk Abbey the ville or township of Wenhewm, also of "certain water in Penthlin called Thlintegid and all the pasture of the said land of Penthlin". The was witnessed by Reyner, who was Bishop of St. Asaph (Llanelwy) from 1186 to 1224 and by Ithel Owain's chaplain. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 134)

      REMARKS: Founder of the minor dynasty of Edeyrnion.
      REMARKS: He allied himself with Owain "Gwynedd" and Rhys ap Tewdwr to resist the attempts of Henry II upon the independence of Wales and obtained a victory over the English in 1165 at the battle of Crogen near Chirk Castle.

      REMARKS: In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100000268] British Chronology, E. B. Fryde Greenway, S. Porter, and I. Roy, (London. Offices of the Royal Historical Society. University College. 1986.), FHL 942 C4rg., p. 54.

    2. [S100000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 26, 51, 201, 220, 223*, 244*, 307, 392.

    3. [S100001137] #772 Archaeologia Cambrensis: a Record of the Antiquities of Wales and its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association (1846-), Cambrian Archaeological Association (London), (London: W. Pickering, 1846-), FHL book 942.9 B2c., 5th ser. vol. 5 p. 109.

    4. [S100001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 125, 126; vol. 3 p. 403, 404; vol. 4 p. 98, 123, 294, 341, 350, 365; vol. 6 p. 12, 21, 42, 43, 103, 134.

    5. [S100002411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 3 p. C55; book 6 p. F15*; book 8 p. H13*.

    6. [S100002416] #12627 Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 4 p. 1985*.

    7. [S100002434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 1 p. 147, 320*, 320 fn. 10; vol. 2 p. 17, 96, 109*, 112, 208, 122*, 124*, 229, 250*.

    8. [S100002437] #4568 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (1980), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (25 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. [Wales]: University of Wales Press, 1980), FHL book 942.9 D2bp; FHL microfiche 6025561., vol. 2 p. 30, 47*, 51, 53, 56; vol. 5 p. 351; vol. 6 p. 386; vol. 7 p. 488.