Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd

Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd
Hywel's name in the rubric to one of his love-poems in the Hendregadredd Manuscript
King of Gwynedd
Reign23 November 1170 –
?late 1170/?early 1171
PredecessorOwain Gwynedd
SuccessorDafydd ab Owain Gwynedd
Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd
Bornc. 1120
Died?1170 or ?1171
Pentraeth, Dindaethwy, Wales
IssueGruffudd ap Hywel
HouseSecond Dynasty of Gwynedd
FatherOwain Gwynedd
MotherFfynod

Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1120–1170/1171), was a Welsh poet and King of Gwynedd for a short period after his father's death in 1170. Hywel was the son of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd and an Irishwoman named Ffynod.

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