Brief Life History of Owain
When Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur was born in 1400, in Anglesey, Wales, his father, Maredudd ap Tudur, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Ferch Dafydd, was 17. He married Catherine de Valois Reine d’Angleterre in 1429, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 2 February 1461, in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, at the age of 61, and was buried in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (14)
- Legacy NFS Source: Owen Tudor - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Owen Tudor
- Owen Tudor, "Find A Grave Index"
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
Spouse and Children
1400–1461 Male
1401–1437 Female
Children (3)
1430–1456 Male
1431–1495 Male
1437–1489 Female
Parents and Siblings
1365–1406 Male
1383–1428 Female
Siblings (1)
1400–1461 Male
World Events (1)
1455 · Wars of the Roses
Age 55
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Geza, Jeno, Arpad, Attila, Csaba.
Hungarian: variant of Papp , meaning ‘priest (of the Catholic or Orthodox Church)’. This surname is also found in Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, and Serbia, and also among Rusyns (in Serbia and Croatia). See also Pop 2 and Popa .
English: variant of Pape 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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