Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
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Paternal Family Tree: Aberffraw
Owain ap Dafydd Aberffraw was imprisoned at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]. He was buried in the nearby Dominican church (now known as Quakers Friars). His burial was paid for by King Edward I.
After 1265 [his father] Dafydd ap Gruffudd Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 26) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Ferrers (age 25) were married. She the daughter of William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. They were half fifth cousins. He a great grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Around 1275 Owain ap Dafydd Aberffraw was born to [his father] Dafydd ap Gruffudd Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 36). He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England.
On 11th December 1282 an English force including John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 50), Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 71) and Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis (age 25) defeated a Welsh force at Builth Wells [Map] during the Battle of Orewin Bridge. The Welsh leader [his uncle] Llywelyn "Last" Aberffraw (age 49) was killed effectively bringing to an end the independence of Wales. His brother [his father] Dafydd (age 44) succeeded Prince of Wales.
On 22nd June 1283 [his father] Dafydd ap Gruffudd Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 44) and Owain ap Dafydd Aberffraw (age 8) were captured at Bera Mawr, Bangor. Dafydd, seriously wounded in the struggle, was brought to King Edward's (age 44) camp at Rhuddlan [Map] that same night. Dafydd was taken from there to Chester, Cheshire [Map] and then on to Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map]. Dafydd and Dafydd's wife [his step-mother] Elizabeth de Ferrers (age 43), their daughter [his sister] Gwladys, infant niece Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn (age 1), and Dafydd's six illegitimate daughters were also taken prisoner at the same time.
On 23rd June 1283 Owain ap Dafydd Aberffraw (age 8) was imprisoned at Rhuddlan Castle [Map].
On 3rd October 1283 [his father] Dafydd ap Gruffudd Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 45) was hanged, drawn and quartered at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map]. The first prominent person known to have suffered being hanged, drawn and quartered. Dafydd was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map] attached to a horse's tail, then hanged alive, revived, then disembowelled and his entrails burned before him for "his sacrilege in committing his crimes in the week of Christ's passion", and then his body cut into four-quarters "for plotting the king's death". Geoffrey of Shrewsbury was paid 20 shillings for carrying out the act.
Close Rolls Edward I. 20th October 1305. To Nicholas Fermbaud, constable of Bristol castle [Map]. As the king wills that Owen (age 30) (Audoenus) son of [his father] David ap Griffyn, who is in the constable's custody in that castle, shall be kept henceforth more securely than he has been heretofore, he orders the constable to cause a strong house within the castle to be repaired as speedily as possible, and to make a wooden cage (cageam) bound with iron in that house in which Owen can be enclosed at night.
Pro quadam cagea lignea ferro ligata in quadam domo facienda pro artiori et securiori custodia Audoeni filii David ab Griffyn in prisona castri videlicet ad ipsum Audoenum in ipsa cagea noctibus includendum.
After August 1325 Owain ap Dafydd Aberffraw (deceased) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 3 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 4 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandfather: Llywarch ap Trahaearn Lord of Cydewain
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandmother: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd
GrandFather: Gruffydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda 
Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John of England Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mistress Unknown
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey
Father: Dafydd ap Gruffudd Aberffraw Prince of Wales Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rhodri Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristin ferch Goronwy Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lord Aberffraw
Great x 1 Grandfather: Caradog ap Thomas
GrandMother: Senana ferch Caradog
Owain ap Dafydd Aberffraw 2 x Great Grand Son of