Owain ap Maredudd (or Owain ap Meredith ap Tewdur or Owen Tudor was a Welsh soldier and courtier, directly descended from The Lord Rhys but remembered only because of his role in founding the Tudor dynasty and for his relationship with Catherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V of England. At some point Owain anglicised his name from the Welsh Owain ap Maredudd to Owen Tudor, … Wikipedia
The PEDIGREE of Owen (Sir) TUDOR aka Owen ap MAREDUDD ap Tudor; aka Owen Vychan TUDUR (ap MEREDYDD VYCHAN) Born: abt. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s088/f010426.htm
It has been said that Maredudd killed a man, was outlawed and fled to Snowdon, with his wife, and that, there, Owain Tudor was born; but it seems more likely that Maredudd fled alone and that Owain was born in his absence. www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/otudor.html
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