OWAIN ab EDWIN
(d.
1105
), a
landowner
in
Tegeingl
(modern Flints.).
He and his brother,
Uchtryd
, were the reputed sons of
Edwin ap Gronw
(a great-great-grandson of
Hywel Dda
(q.v.)
by
Iwerydd
, half-sister of
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn
(q.v.)
). Though he assisted
earl Hugh of Chester
in the latter's abortive expedition against
Gwynedd
in
1098
, his daughter,
Angharad
, m.
Gruffudd ap Cynan
(q.v.)
. His son,
Gronw
, was the father of
Christina
(q.v.)
, second wife of
Owain Gwynedd
(q.v.)
. He should not be confused with his father's cousin — also
Owain ab Edwin
— of the main royal line of
Deheubarth
.
Bibliography:
-
A History of Wales
, 1911, 1930
;
-
Dictionary of National Biography
Author:
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964),
Aberystwyth.
