Yvain of Wales

Yvain of Wales (Welsh: Owain Lawgoch , English: “Owain off the Red Hand”), Owain Ap Thomas Ap Rhodri (C. 1330 - 1378) was an applicant under the prince of the Royaume of Gwynedd and Wales.

After the death of Llywelyn the Last in 1282, Yvain puts forward its claims with the throne of Gwynedd, since he is a large-nephew of this last, grandson of Rhodri ap Gruffydd, the brother of Llywelyn. Yvain is a soldier who is useful in Spain, in France, Alsace and in Suisse. It carries out a company combatant for the French against English at the time of the Guerre One hundred Year old. It has good relationships with Bertrand of Guesclin and others which receive the support of Charles V of France. In 1363, it returns to Wales to assert its rights, in vain. In May 1372 with Paris, Yvain announces that it for claiming the throne of Wales. It embarks (in veil) with Harfleur with money borrowed from Charles V, but forwarding must be abandoned when Charles decides that it needs the services of Yvain as a soldier with La Rochelle. In 1377 Yvain envisages another forwarding, this time with the assistance of the Castille. The alerted English government sends a spy, the Scot Jon Lamb, to assassinate Yvain, which it makes in July 1378 with the seat of Mortagne-on-Sea in the Poitou.

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