Owain Gwynedd
Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd (Middle Welsh: Owain Gwyned; c. 1100 – 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd from 1137 until his death in 1170, and the first to be known as Prince of Wales. He is considered to be the most successful of all the north Welsh princes prior to his grandson, Llywelyn the Great. He was known as Owain Gwynedd to distinguish him from another contemporary Owain ap Gruffydd, ruler of part of Powys who was known as Owain Cyfeiliog. Owain Gwynedd was a member of the House of Aberffraw, a descendant of the senior branch from Rhodri Mawr.
Read more about Owain Gwynedd: Early Life, Accession To The Throne and Early Campaigns, War With King Henry II, Disputes With The Church and Succession, Heirs and Successors, Ancestry, Fiction