Owen de la Pole
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| Owen de la Pole | |||||
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| Lord of Powys | |||||
| Born | c. 1257 England | ||||
| Died | c. 1293 (aged 35–36) | ||||
| Spouse | Joan Corbet | ||||
| Issue | Gruffydd de la Pole Hawys Gadarn,Lady of Powys, Baroness Cherleton | ||||
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| House | House of Mathrafal | ||||
| Father | Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn | ||||
| Mother | Hawise Lestrange | ||||
Owen de la Pole(c. 1257 – c. 1293), also known asOwain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn,was theheir presumptiveto theWelshprincipality ofPowys Wenwynwynuntil 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the1st Lord of Powisafter the death of his fatherGruffydd ap Gwenwynwync. 1287. He is not related to the English de la Pole family descended fromWilliam de la Pole, Chief Baron of the Exchequerin the following century, later Earls andDukes of Suffolk.
Owen was born inEnglandsometime after his father was driven into exile there in 1257 byLlywelyn ap Gruffuddthe ruler ofKingdom of Gwynedd.It was during this exile that his father probably adopted the surnamede la Polemeaning "of the Pool" and referring to the old name forWelshpoolwhich had become his family's capital. In 1263 following theTreaty of Montgomeryhis father was restored to some of his lands in return for agreeing to pay homage to Llywelyn asPrince of Wales.However, good relations between Powys Wenwynwyn and Gwynedd were short-lived as Owen and his father were soon implicated in an assassination attempt on the Prince of Wales in 1274. This led to Owen and his father fleeing toShrewsburywhere they both led border raids against the Principality of Wales on behalf of the English crown.
Following Llywelyn's defeat at the hands ofEdward I of Englandin 1277 Owen returned to Wales alongside his father whose lands had been restored. They soon became embroiled in a border dispute with Llywelyn which was one of the catalysts for a renewed campaign by the princes of Gwynedd against English domination. In 1284, following theConquest of Wales by Edward I,thede la Polefamily surrendered their princely pretensions, but received back their principality in "free barony" as themarcher lordshipof Powys.
Owen's father Gruffydd died around 1286. His mother wasHawise Lestrange,daughter ofJohn Lestrange.[1]His uncles and aunt wereHamo le Strange,Isabella, Lady of Beirut,andRoger le Strange, Baron Strange,and his cousins wereJohn le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of KnockynandFulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere.
In 1290, Owen endowed his four younger brothers with portions of the lordship, which were to be held for him as his feudal tenants. Two brothers (who were priests) received their portions for life, the shares of the other two were to revert to Owen on failure of issue. OnlyWilliamleft children and they enjoyed the Lordship ofMawddwyand the majority ofMallwydfor several generations, before it was divided between coheirs in the early 16th century. One of the coheiresses was Elisabeth de Burgh, who married Sir John Lingen (d. 1505), and left descendants from this princely house.
Owen marriedJoan Corbet,the daughter of Robert Corbet andCatherine Le Strange,members of theCorbet family;together they had a daughter and probably five sons:
- Griffith de la Pole, 2nd Lord of Powis, died childless in 1309.
- Hawise de la Pole,"The Lady of Powys" (Powys,25 July 1290 –Grey Friars,1349);[2]inherited the lordship in 1309. She marriedJohn Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton,(1268–1353), and their descendants held the lordship until the late 16th century.
He lived the latter part of his life inPowys CastleinWelshpooland died c. 1293. After his death the lordship of Powis passed to his son Griffith, who died in childless in 1309, and then to his daughter Hawise and her descendants from her marriage toJohn Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton.
References
[edit]- ^Julian Jones (2015).Secular Corbets c.1199-1300,Swinfield’s Register, p. 209, Cardiff University, p. 266
- ^bradley_-_aqwg1219.Ancestry.com.Accessed 31 January 2015.
- Bridgeman, G. T. O.(1868)."The Princes of Upper Powys".Montgomeryshire Collections.I.Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts: 201.Retrieved2008-04-16.