Owain ap Gruffydd (c. 1354 – 20 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr], anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the late Middle Ages, who led a 15-year-long Welsh revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales.

Mar 14, 2025 · Owain Glyn Dŵr was the self-proclaimed prince of Wales whose unsuccessful rebellion against England was the last major Welsh attempt to throw off English rule. He became a national hero upon the resurgence of Welsh nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The story of Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales and Medieval Welsh nationalist leader who organised a rebellion against the English king, Henry IV.

Mar 26, 2025 · Owain Glyndŵr (Welsh pronunciation: [%CB%88o%CA%8Aain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, anglicised by William Shakespeare as Owen Glendower (c. 1349 or 1359 – c. 1416), was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales.

Aug 3, 2009 · Owain Glyndwr was the last native Welsh person to hold the title Prince of Wales. He was born in 1359 into a powerful family of the Anglo-Welsh nobility, during a time of...

Owain Glyndŵr (also known as Owain Glyn Dŵr and Owen Glendower), (c. 1355 – c. 1415) [1] was the last person born in Wales to be Prince of Wales. He was prince between 1401 and 1416. He started the Welsh Revolt against Henry IV of England's rule of Wales.

Nov 12, 2024 · As the rebellion waned and English forces recaptured the castles by 1409, Owain Glyndŵr, the last native-born Prince of Wales, vanished into obscurity. Despite his campaign’s decline, Glyndŵr evaded capture and betrayal, solidifying his legendary status in Welsh history.

3 days ago · Owain Glyndŵr, sometimes anglicised as Owen Glendower (1359–c. 1416) and crowned as Owain IV of Wales, was the last Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales, and was a descendant of the princes of Powys from his father and of Deheubarth from his mother. He instigated an ultimately unsuccessful revolt against English rule of Wales.

Jan 25, 2018 · Owain Glyndŵr is the national hero of Wales. In the early 15th century, he led the last serious rebellion against English rule for Welsh independence, fighting a largely guerrilla war that depended on attacking castles and deliberately avoiding the English in open battle.

He had no close ties of blood with Gwynedd, though remoter links through marriage gave him descent from Owain Gwynedd and Gruffudd ap Cynan; and after the death of Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri in 1378, few remained with a better claim than his to the heritage of the Llywelyns.