Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameMorgan Hên Fawr AP OWAIN King Of Morgannwg, 30G Grandfather
FatherOwain AP HYWEL King Of Gwent (~850-930)
MotherNest VCH RHODRI (~850-)
Spouses
Web Notes notes for Morgan Hên Fawr AP OWAIN King Of Morgannwg
From Bartrum's "Welsh Classical Dictionary".
He appears in the Book of Llandaf as a contemporary of bishop Gwgon: "Morgan Hen son of Owain , king of Morgannwg, contemporary with Edgar king of the English." (BLD 240). He succeeded his father Owain in about 930 to the kingdom of Glywysing, but his brother, Gruffudd, was king in Gower (BLD 239-40) and another brother, Cadwgon, was lord of the region of Margam in about 940 (BLD 224-5). See HW 338 n.66. He frequently appeared in the English Court as a witness to royal grants of land between 931 and 956, generally in company with Hywel Dda (HW 336, 348, 353).
His death is recorded in Annales Cambriae and Brut y Tywysogion. The corrected date is 974. He is said to have died at a patriarchal age (HW 338 n.66) but there seems to be no good evidence for this except the cognomen "Hen" [old]. He probably lived to the age of 85 or so. In William Wynne's History of Wales, 1774 ed., p.58 he is said to have died aged one hundred years. Iolo Morganwg went further. For example the "Gwentian Brut" (MA2 p.693) puts his death in
1001 at the age of 129!
It is probably from Morgan ab Owain that the kingdom came to be called Morgannwg as stated by Egerton Phillimore (OP I.208), not from Morgan ab Athrwys as J.E.Lloyd thought (HW 274, 281).
His pedigree first appears in Jesus College MS 20: "Morgan ab Owain ap Hywel ap Rhys," etc. (JC 9) and again in ABT 15 and MP 3 in EWGT. He is called Morgan Mawr in ABT 15, but a late text changed this to Morgan Mwynfawr, and this latter incorrect cognomen is retained in MP 3.
He appears in the Book of Llandaf as a contemporary of bishop Gwgon: "Morgan Hen son of Owain , king of Morgannwg, contemporary with Edgar king of the English." (BLD 240). He succeeded his father Owain in about 930 to the kingdom of Glywysing, but his brother, Gruffudd, was king in Gower (BLD 239-40) and another brother, Cadwgon, was lord of the region of Margam in about 940 (BLD 224-5). See HW 338 n.66. He frequently appeared in the English Court as a witness to royal grants of land between 931 and 956, generally in company with Hywel Dda (HW 336, 348, 353).
His death is recorded in Annales Cambriae and Brut y Tywysogion. The corrected date is 974. He is said to have died at a patriarchal age (HW 338 n.66) but there seems to be no good evidence for this except the cognomen "Hen" [old]. He probably lived to the age of 85 or so. In William Wynne's History of Wales, 1774 ed., p.58 he is said to have died aged one hundred years. Iolo Morganwg went further. For example the "Gwentian Brut" (MA2 p.693) puts his death in
1001 at the age of 129!
It is probably from Morgan ab Owain that the kingdom came to be called Morgannwg as stated by Egerton Phillimore (OP I.208), not from Morgan ab Athrwys as J.E.Lloyd thought (HW 274, 281).
His pedigree first appears in Jesus College MS 20: "Morgan ab Owain ap Hywel ap Rhys," etc. (JC 9) and again in ABT 15 and MP 3 in EWGT. He is called Morgan Mawr in ABT 15, but a late text changed this to Morgan Mwynfawr, and this latter incorrect cognomen is retained in MP 3.