page_title: Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd
section_title: In fiction
hierarchical_section_title: Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd / In fiction
caption_attribution_description: English: Hywel ab Owain memorial, Red Wharf Bar / Pentraeth, Anglesey
context_page_description: Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd, Wales Prince of Gwynedd in 1170, was a Welsh poet and military leader. Hywel was the son of Owain Gwynedd, prince of Gwynedd, and an Irishwoman named Pyfog. In recognition of this, he was also known as Hywel ap Gwyddeles. Hywel was also known as the Poet Prince for his bardic skills.
context_section_description: Hywel appears in the historical mystery novel The Summer of the Danes, one of the Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters.
  Hywel ab Owain is also written about in Sharon Kay Penman's novels When Christ and His Saints Slept, and Time and Chance.
  He also appears in the Sarah Woodbury 'Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mystery Series' of books.
  Hywel is a prominent character in the first part of the novel 1170 by David Pryce, that chronicles the adventures of his half-brother Madoc,
caption: Hywel ab Owain memorial from Pentraeth, Anglesey
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