Owain Lawgoch
| Owain Lawgoch | |||||
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| Pretender | |||||
Seal of Yvain de Galles (12 August 1376); from a receipt of wages for fighting in south-west France, paid by Charles V of France. | |||||
| Born | c. 1330 Probably Tatsfield, Surrey, England | ||||
| Died | July 1378 Mortagne-sur-Gironde, France | ||||
| Cause of death | Assassination | ||||
| Burial place | Church of Saint Leger, Cognac | ||||
| Title(s) | No title as such claimed, but sought his ancestors' patrimony, whom he called 'Kings of Wales' | ||||
| Throne(s) claimed | Wales | ||||
| Pretend from | 1366 | ||||
| Last monarch | Edward of Woodstock (1343-76) | ||||
| Connection with | Last male-line descendant of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth | ||||
| Royal House | House of Aberffraw | ||||
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| Occupation | Mercenary | ||||
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| Conflicts Battles | Hundred Years' War Castilian Civil War Gugler War Battle of Poitiers? (1356) | ||||
| Predecessor | Madog ap Llywelyn (1294-5) | ||||
| Successor | Owain Glyndŵr (1400-15) | ||||
Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈou̯ai̯n ap ˈtɔmas ap ˈr̥ɔdrɪ], c. 1330 – July 1378), commonly known as Owain Lawgoch (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈou̯ai̯n ˈlaːu̯ɡoːχ], 'red-handed Owain'), was a Welsh soldier who served in Lombardy, France, Alsace, and Switzerland. He led a Free Company fighting for the French against the English in the Hundred Years' War. As a politically active descendant of Llywelyn the Great in the male line, he was a claimant to the title of Prince of Gwynedd and of Wales.