Owain Lawgoch

Owain Lawgoch's death in France, 1378

Owain Lawgoch (English: Owain of the Red Hand, French: Yvain de Galles, lit.'Owen of Wales'), full name Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri (c. 1330 – July 1378), 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.


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