Owen de la Pole

Owen de la Pole ( – ), also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lord of Powis after the death of his father Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn . He is not related to the English de la Pole family descended from William de la Pole, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the following century, later Earls and Dukes of Suffolk.

Early life and family Owen was born in England sometime after his father Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn was driven into exile there in 1257 by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. It was during this exile that his father probably adopted the surname de la Pole meaning "of the Pool" and referring to the old name for Welshpool which had become his family's capital. Owen's mother was Hawise Lestrange, daughter of John Lestrange. His uncles were Hamo le Strange and Roger le Strange, Baron Strange, and his cousins were John le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Knockyn and Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere. His maternal aunt was queen Isabella, Lady of Beirut, inherited the lordship in 1309. She married John Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton, (1268–1353), and their descendants held the lordship until the late 16th century.

He lived the latter part of his life in Powys Castle in Welshpool and died . After his death the lordship of Powis passed to his son Griffith, who died in childless in 1309, and then to his daughter Hawise and her descendants from her marriage to John Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton.