Welsh chieftain, Owen Glendower, led a revolt against the rule in Wales of which English king?
History of Wales the 1370s the last representative in the male line of the ruling house of Gwynedd, Owain Lawgoch, twice planned an invasion of Wales with French support. The English government responded to the threat by sending an agent to assassinate Owain in Poitou in 1378. In 1400, a Welsh nobleman, Owain Glyndŵr (or "Owen Glendower"), revolted against King Henry IV of England. Owain inflicted a number of defeats on the English forces and for a few years controlled most of Wales. Some of his achievements included holding the first Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth and plans for two universities. Eventually the king's
Owen Glendower (novel) move to the land of his ancestors led Powys to write "Owen Glendower" the first of two historical novels set in this region of Wales; the other was "" (1951). "Owen", Powys's ninth novel, reflects "his increasing sense of what he thought of as his bardic heritage." Powys has used Shakespeare's anglicised version of Owain Glyndŵr's name, "Owen Glendower" for the title of his novel. However, within the novel, he uses Owen Glyn Dŵr (sic) (most often just Owen). He also refers to Glyndŵr, as "Owen ap Griffith" or "son of Griffith Fychan" (Welsh: Owain ap Gruffydd) It is not