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Owain Glyndŵr

1359 - 1415

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Owain ap Gruffydd (c. 1354 – 20 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr], anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the late Middle Ages, who led a 15-year-long Welsh revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales. He was an educated lawyer, forming the first Welsh parliament under his rule, and was the last native-born Welshman to claim the title Prince of Wales. During the year 1400, Glyndŵr, a Welsh soldier and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy had a dispute with a neighbouring English Lord, the event spiralled into a national revolt which pitted common Welsh countrymen and nobles against the English military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owain Glyndŵr has received more than 2,087,799 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Owain Glyndŵr is the 8,739th most popular politician (down from 7,821st in 2019), the 1,743rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,632nd in 2019) and the 270th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 8,739 out of 19,576. Before him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Giselbert of Luxembourg, Phraates I, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Simon I, Duke of Lorraine, and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark. After him are Keisai Eisen, Charles, Duke of Calabria, Prince Morikuni, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Naemul of Silla, and Derviş Eroğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1359, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Go-En'yū.  Among people deceased in 1415, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 9. Before him are Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Manuel Chrysoloras, John I, Duke of Alençon, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York. After him are Edward III, Duke of Bar, Charles I of Albret, and Louis, Duke of Guyenne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 1,743 out of 8,785. Before him are Gordon Ramsay (1966), David Gill (1843), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Steven Runciman (1903), Anthony Quayle (1913), and Margaret Scriven (1912). After him are Philip Sidney (1554), Geri Halliwell (1972), Walter Bagehot (1826), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Orlando Gibbons (1583), and Kim Wilde (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 270. Before him are Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640). After him are Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Donald Maclean (1913), Asma al-Assad (1975), Ernest Bevin (1881), and Elizabeth Tudor (1492).

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