Owain ap Dyfnwal
Tenth-century King of Strathclyde · Historical Figures · Died 937
Owain ap Dyfnwal was an early tenth-century King of Strathclyde. He was probably a son of Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde, who may have been related to previous rulers of the Kingdom of Strathclyde.
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![The title of Owain's grandson and eventual successor, Máel Coluim, as it appears on folio 9r of British Library Cotton Faustina B IX (the Chronicle of Melrose): "rex Cumbrorum".[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M%C3%A1el_Coluim_mac_Domnaill_%28British_Library_MS_Cotton_Faustina_B_IX%2C_folio_9r%29.jpg/330px-M%C3%A1el_Coluim_mac_Domnaill_%28British_Library_MS_Cotton_Faustina_B_IX%2C_folio_9r%29.jpg)
The title of Owain's grandson and eventual successor, Máel Coluim, as it appears on folio 9r of British Library Cotton Faustina B IX (the Chronicle of Melrose): "rex Cumbrorum".[15]![The title of Owain's apparent father, Dyfnwal, as it appears on 29r of Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Latin 4126 (the Poppleton manuscript): "rex Britanniorum".[27]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dyfnwal%2C_King_of_the_Britons_%28Lat._4126%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg/330px-Dyfnwal%2C_King_of_the_Britons_%28Lat._4126%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg)
The title of Owain's apparent father, Dyfnwal, as it appears on 29r of Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Latin 4126 (the Poppleton manuscript): "rex Britanniorum".[27]![Illuminated portrait of Æthelflæd, from folio 14r of British Library Cotton Claudius B VI.[36]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/%C3%86%C3%B0elfl%C3%A6d_%28British_Library_MS_Cotton_Claudius_B_VI%2C_folio_14r%29.jpg/330px-%C3%86%C3%B0elfl%C3%A6d_%28British_Library_MS_Cotton_Claudius_B_VI%2C_folio_14r%29.jpg)
Illuminated portrait of Æthelflæd, from folio 14r of British Library Cotton Claudius B VI.[36]![The name of Sitriuc Cáech as it appears on folio 29r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[45]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sitriuc_ua_%C3%8Dmair_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg/500px-Sitriuc_ua_%C3%8Dmair_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg)
The name of Sitriuc Cáech as it appears on folio 29r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[45]![The name of Ragnall ua Ímair as it appears on folio 29r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489.[49]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Ragnall_ua_%C3%8Dmair_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg/500px-Ragnall_ua_%C3%8Dmair_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg)
The name of Ragnall ua Ímair as it appears on folio 29r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489.[49]![The name and title of Æthelstan as it appears on folio 141r of British Library Cotton Tiberius B I (the "C" version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle): "Æþelstan cing".[62]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/%C3%86%C3%B0elstan_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Tiberius_B_I%2C_folio_141r%29.jpg/500px-%C3%86%C3%B0elstan_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Tiberius_B_I%2C_folio_141r%29.jpg)
The name and title of Æthelstan as it appears on folio 141r of British Library Cotton Tiberius B I (the "C" version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle): "Æþelstan cing".[62]
The prehistoric site of Mayburgh Henge, near Eamont Bridge, one of several possible locations of an assemblage of northern kings in 927![The name of Gofraid ua Ímair as it appears on folio 29v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489.[85]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gofraid_ua_%C3%8Dmair_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_29v%29.jpg/500px-Gofraid_ua_%C3%8Dmair_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_29v%29.jpg)
The name of Gofraid ua Ímair as it appears on folio 29v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489.[85]About this person
Originally centred in the valley of the River Clyde, this realm appears to have undergone considerable southward expansion in the ninth or tenth century, after which it increasingly came to be known as the Kingdom of Cumbria.