Iorwerth "Drwyndwn" Ap OWAIN, Prince North Wales

1130 - 1174  (44 years)

• Name	Iorwerth "Drwyndwn" Ap OWAIN  [1]
  Suffix	Prince North Wales
  Nickname	Drwyndwn
  Birth	1130	Aberffraw Castle, Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales   [2]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	9BL9-S7
  Cause of Death	1174  [2]
  	Cause of Death
  TitleOfNobility	[2]
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  Tribe	[2]
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  Name	Drwyndwn
  Name	Edward  [2]
  Name	Iorwerth Broken Nose  [2]
  _FSFTID	9ZH7-FWJ
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9ZH7-FWJ
  _UID	BC10EE0B59204806872C98B49F318010EB74
  Death	1174	Pennant Melangell, Powys, Montgomery, Wales   [1, 2]
  Burial	1174	Pennant Melangell, Powys, Montgomery, Wales   [2]
  Person ID	I11582	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Owain "Gwyness" King Of GRUFFUDD, King Of Gwynedd,   b. Abt 1087, Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. Dec 1169, Bangor Cathedral, Is Gwyrfai, Caernarvonshire, Wales (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Gwladus Verch LLYWARCH,   b. Abt 1098, Pembroke, Montgomershire, Wales d. Bef 1155 (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1123	1st Wife   [3]
  Family ID	F5840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marared Verch MADOG,   b. Abt 1150, Penmachno, Caernarfonshire, Wales d. 1198, Caernarfonshire, Wales (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	1163	Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales
  Children	1. Margaret ferch IORWERTH,   b. Abt 1167, Wales d. Yes, date unknown   2. Maelgwin ferch IORWERTH,   b. Abt 1169, Wales d. Yes, date unknown   3. Dafydd ap IORWERTH,   b. Abt 1171, of, Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, Wales d. 1203 (Age ~ 32 years)   4. Llewelyn Ap IORWERTH, Prince Of Wales,   b. 1173, Aberffraw Castle, Aberffraw, Anglesy, Wales d. 11 Apr 1240, Conwy, Caernarfonshire, Wales (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F5847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Iorwerth Drwyndwn However, he did not receive the crown succession, as was the normal tradition, because of his nose defect (his sobriquet 'Trwyndwn' means broken-nosed).[1] He was killed in battle at Pennant Melangell, in Powys, during the wars deciding the succession following the death of his father.[2] References Citations Matthew 2004. Lloyd 1959, p. 417. Sources Lloyd, J. E. (1959). The Dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940. Blackwell (hardcopy). Matthew, H. C. G. (23 September 2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy (V31 p.399). OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-861411-1. Categories: 1174 deathsWelsh royaltyMedieval Welsh killed in battleWelsh people of Irish descent12th-century Welsh peopleHouse of Aberffraw ********************* Iorwerth ab Owain Gwynedd (or Iorwerth Drwyndwn meaning "the flat-nosed"),[1] also called Edward (c. 1130– 1174), was the eldest legitimate son of Owain Gwynedd (the king of Gwynedd) and his first wife Gwladys (Gladys) ferch Llywarch. He married Marared ferch Madog. His son, Llywelyn the Great,[1] eventually united the realm and became known as Llywelyn Fawr and is one of Wales's most famous monarchs. Iorwerth received Nant Conwy as his inheritance from his father, Owain Gwynedd.[1] However, he did not receive the crown succession, as was the normal tradition, because of his nose defect (his sobriquet 'Trwyndwn' means broken-nosed).[1] Death He was killed in battle at Pennant Melangell, in Powys, during the wars deciding the succession following the death of his father.[2] References Citations Matthew 2004. Lloyd 1959, p. 417. Sources Lloyd, J. E. (1959). The Dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940. Blackwell (hardcopy). Matthew, H. C. G. (23 September 2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy (V31 p.399). OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-861411-1. Categories: 1174 deathsWelsh royaltyMedieval Welsh killed in battleWelsh people of Irish descent12th-century Welsh peopleHouse of Aberffraw

  
  

• Sources

  [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176-6 (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Iorwerth "Drwyndwn" Ap OWAIN, person ID 9ZH7-FWJ. (Reliability: 3). [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 239-6 (Reliability: 3).