Maredudd ab Owain Glyndŵr

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Maredudd ab Owain Glyndŵr was a son of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr. He is thought to have participated in revolt raised by Glyndŵr in Wales between 1400 and c.1416.

[edit] Early life

Little is known about any of the children of Owain Glyndŵr, and Maredudd's date of birth is unknown. He may have been too young to be involved in the early stages of the revolt.

Unlike several of his siblings, Maredudd was not captured by the English in the latter stages of the rebellion. He is said to have fought with the French against the English army of King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

In 1416 he was back in North Wales, attempting to rally opposition in this area with a force of Scots. He is known to have rejected a Royal pardon for himself, and his father, the following year, proffered by officials of King Henry V of England.

[edit] Royal pardon

In 1420 John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the King's younger brother, was empowered to treat with Maredudd ab Owain on behalf of King Henry V, who asked if Maredudd would consider serving the King in Normandy. He declined.

Maredudd accepted a pardon, for himself alone, in 1421. This has been interpreted as evidence that his father was at this point deceased. Owain Glyndwr would have been an elderly man by this time, if still alive.

It is not yet known what happened to Maredudd after this. Like his father, he disappears from the record.