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Owain Gwynedd

1100 - 1170

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Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 – 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called Owain the Great (Welsh: Owain Fawr) and the first to be styled "Prince of Wales" and the "Prince of the Welsh". He is considered to be the most successful of all the North Welsh princes prior to his grandson, Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owain Gwynedd has received more than 582,371 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Owain Gwynedd is the 15,609th most popular politician (down from 14,964th in 2019), the 4,249th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,428th in 2019) and the 525th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Owain Gwynedd ranks 15,609 out of 19,576. Before him are Tiberius, Benigno Ferreira, Gennady Novitsky, Dimitrios Maximos, Björn Engholm, and Jaroslav Walter. After him are Manuela Di Centa, Alfredo Baquerizo, Adnan Badran, Mohammad Mohammadullah, Muharrem İnce, and Vladimir Makei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Owain Gwynedd ranks 95. Before him are Konrad II, Count of Württemberg, Edmund of Scotland, Robert of Torigni, Ottokar I of Styria, Adalbero of Styria, and Antipope Theodoric. After him are Leo Tornikios, John of Worcester, and Wu Yu. Among people deceased in 1170, Owain Gwynedd ranks 8. Before him are Albert the Bear, Mstislav II of Kiev, Frederick V, Duke of Swabia, Al-Mustanjid, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, and Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Owain Gwynedd ranks 4,249 out of 8,785. Before him are Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Mick Avory (1944), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Richard Overy (1947), Octavia Hill (1838), and Dexter Fletcher (1966). After him are Roger Ascham (1515), Howard Marks (1945), Sadie Frost (1965), Paula Yates (1959), George Abbot (1562), and Michelle Dockery (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Owain Gwynedd ranks 525. Before him are Pybba of Mercia (570), Herbert Lawford (1851), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), Humza Yousaf (1985), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), and John Morley (1838). After him are Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Reggie Pridmore (1886), and John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751).

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