Owain Glyndwr Statue, Corwen, Wales
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A statue to the memory of last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales. He instigated an ultimately unsuccessful but long-running revolt against English rule of Wales.
Waymark Code: WMADAW
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/30/2010
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The life-size bronze statue, which weighs just under a ton, stands four and a half metres high on its plinth, and is placed in the Dee Valley which gave him his name. It depicts Glyndr on a battle charger rallying his people to the Welsh cause at the time of the hostilities in September 1400. The project was commissioned by the Corwen Partnership, an umbrella organisation representing both the public and private sectors.
Owain Glyndwr was a descendant of the Princes of Powys from his father Gruffydd Fychan II, hereditary Tywysog of Powys Fadog and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy, and of those of Deheubarth through his mother Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn.
On 16 September 1400, Glyndwr instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England. Although initially successful, the uprising was eventually put down. Glyndwr was last seen in 1412 and was never captured nor tempted by royal pardons and never betrayed. His final years are a mystery, and contary to modern belief no record of his death, in battle or in peace, exist.
Glyndwr has remained a notable figure in the popular culture of both Wales and England, portrayed in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1 (as Owen Glendower) as a wild and exotic man ruled by magic and emotion. "at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets, and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward." — Henry IV, Part 1, Act 3, scene 1).
In the late 19th century the Cymru Fydd movement recreated him as the father of Welsh nationalism, revising the historical image of him and joining him in popular memory as a national hero on par with King Arthur.
In 2000, celebrations were held all over Wales to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Glyndwr rising, along with the commission of this bronze cast statue finally installed in 2007. Owain has since been voted in at 23rd in a poll of the BBC 100 Greatest Britons in 2002.
The statue stands in the centre of the square in Corwen, which is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. It stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated 11 miles (18 km) west of Llangollen and 13 miles (21 km) south of Ruthin.