IORWERTH DRWYNDWN (The Flat-nosed) (died probably c. 1174), prince of Gwynedd

Name: Iorwerth Drwyndwn
Date of death: c. 1174
Spouse: Margaret ferch Madog ap Maredudd
Child: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
Parent: Gwladus ferch Llywarch ap Trahaearn
Parent: Owain ap Gruffydd ap Cynan
Gender: Male
Occupation: prince of Gwynedd
Area of activity: Politics, Government and Political Movements; Royalty and Society
Author: Thomas Jones Pierce

Elder son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn. He married a princess of Powys, namely Marared, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, by whom he had one son, the future Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's territories he received Arfon and probably Nanconwy. Shortly afterwards he disappears from view, probably dying about the time of the usurpation of power in Upper Gwynedd by his half-brother, David I, in 1174.

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Published date: 1959

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