Hywel ab Iorwerth
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title:
Hywel ab Iorwerth
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Hywel ab Iorwerth was a Welsh lord of Caerleon. He was the eldest surviving son of Iorwerth ab Owain, a grandson of Caradog ap Gruffydd and Lord of Caerleon. In 1173 he captured Caerleon Castle and the plains of Gwent from Richard Strongbow, Lord of Chepstow. In 1175 he blinded and castrated his uncle Owain Pen-Carn, his father's younger brother, to secure his inheritance. In 1184 at the latest he became heir to his father and lord of Llefennydd, Caerleon and the wooded mountainous region of Gwy
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Welsh lord of Caerleon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_ab_Iorwerth
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2022-04-09T03:11:26Z
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