Owain Ap Maredudd (Dyfed)
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Owain son of Maredudd ( cy, Owain ap Maredudd; died c. 810) was a
king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
of Dyfed who ruled briefly at the beginning of the 9th century between his brother Rhain and his nephew Triffyn. His death was noted by the undated ''
Annals of Wales The (Latin for ''Annals of Wales'') is the title given to a complex of Latin chronicles compiled or derived from diverse sources at St David's in Dyfed, Wales. The earliest is a 12th-century presumed copy of a mid-10th-century original; later ed ...
''. Phillimore's reconstruction places the entry at AD 810. His father was
Maredudd ap Tewdws Maredudd ap Tewdws ( eng, Meredith son of Theodosius; died c. 797) was a king of Dyfed in South Wales. His father was Tewdws son of Rhain ap Cadwgan. His sons, who both reigned after him, were Rhain and Owain. His lineage is included among the ...
. The genealogies of subsequent kings of Dyfed sometimes include Tangwystl, a daughter of Owain's whose marriage justified the rule of their own dynasty. However, her actual existence is uncertain.


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810 deaths Monarchs of Dyfed 9th-century Welsh monarchs Year of birth unknown {{wales-hist-stub