Owain Lawgoch
| Owain Lawgoch | |||||
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Seal of Yvain de Galles (12 August 1376) | |||||
| Prince of Wales | |||||
| Pretence | 10 May 1372–July 1378 | ||||
| Predecessor | Madog ap Llywelyn | ||||
| Successor | Owain Glyndŵr | ||||
| Contended | Edward the Black Prince | ||||
| Died | July 1378 Mortagne, Aquitaine, France | ||||
| Cause of death | Assassination | ||||
| Burial | Church of Saint Léger, Mortagne-sur-Gironde | ||||
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| House | Second Dynasty of Gwynedd | ||||
| Father | Tomas ap Rhodri | ||||
| Mother | Cecilia | ||||
| Occupation | Mercenary captain | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Conflicts Battles | Hundred Years' War Castilian Civil War Gugler War Battle of Poitiers? (1356) | ||||
Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈou̯ai̯n ap ˈtɔmas ap ˈr̥ɔdrɪ]; died July 1378), commonly known as Owain Lawgoch (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈou̯ai̯n ˈlaːu̯ɡoːχ], 'red-handed Owain'), was a Welsh soldier who served in Lombardy, France, Alsace, and Switzerland. He led a Free Company fighting for the French against the English in the Hundred Years' War. As a politically active descendant of Llywelyn the Great in the male line, he was a claimant to the title of Prince of Gwynedd and of Wales.