Glendower, Margaret (fl. late 1300s)
Glendower, Margaret (fl. late 1300s)
Welsh noblewoman. Name variations: Margaret Hanmer; Margaret Hammer; Margaret Glyn Dwr. Born Margaret Hanmer; daughter of Sir David Hanmer (one of the justices of the King's Bench), of Hanmer, Clwyd; married Owen Glendower (c. 1354–1416), around 1383; children: Catherine Mortimer.
Between 1400 and 1402, Margaret Glen-dower's husband, Welsh leader Owen Glendower, waged a guerilla war against Henry IV, king of England. Never captured, Owen Glendower died in obscurity and became a national hero as the father of modern Welsh nationalism. Margaret's daughter Catherine married Edmund Mortimer who also joined in the rebellion.
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