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Owain Glyndŵr

1359 - 1415

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Owain ap Gruffydd (28 May 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 which spiraled into a national revolt pitted common Welsh countrymen and nobles against the English military. In response to the rebellion, discriminatory penal laws were implemented against the Welsh people; this deepened civil unrest and significantly increased support for Glyndŵr across Wales. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Owain Glyndŵr is the 989th most popular politician (up from 8,738th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,743rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 989 out of 19,576. Before him are Phocas, Bimbisara, Tiberius III, Habib Bourguiba, Steve Bannon, and John VIII Palaiologos. After him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Gladwyn Jebb, Isabel Martínez de Perón, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1359, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 1. After him is Emperor Go-En'yū. Among people deceased in 1415, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 2. Before him is Jan Hus. After him are Philippa of Lancaster, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Charles I of Albret, Manuel Chrysoloras, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, John I, Duke of Alençon, Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Edward III, Duke of Bar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 277 out of 8,785. Before him are William Henry Bragg (1862), Jane Birkin (1946), William Adams (1564), Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), and Rodney Robert Porter (1917). After him are Gladwyn Jebb (1900), John Venn (1834), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Frederick Soddy (1877), and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Owain Glyndŵr ranks 67. Before him are Horace Walpole (1717), John A. Macdonald (1815), Randal Cremer (1828), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Robert the Bruce (1274), and Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477). After him are Gladwyn Jebb (1900), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Henry I of England (1068), and Harold Godwinson (1022).

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