Owen Glendower

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Owen Glendower is a Welsh nobleman and mystic rebel leader in Shakespeare’s *Henry IV, Part 1*, portrayed as a charismatic but somewhat eccentric ally against King Henry IV.

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Label Occurrences
Owen Glendower canonical 3

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
allyOf Edmund Mortimer ⓘ
Henry Percy (Hotspur) ⓘ
linked to: Henry Percy
appearsIn Henriad ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
appearsInAct Act 3 of Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
linked to: Henry IV, Part 1
associatedWith Welsh rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Glyndŵr Rising

prophecy ⓘ
supernatural signs ⓘ
basedOn Owain Glyndŵr ⓘ
characterTrait charismatic ⓘ
eccentric ⓘ
mystical ⓘ
contrastsWith Henry Percy (Hotspur) ⓘ
linked to: Henry Percy
countryOfOrigin Wales ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
fatherInLawOf Edmund Mortimer ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
genre history play character ⓘ
hasRelative daughter of Glendower ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan drama ⓘ
occupation nobleman ⓘ
rebel leader ⓘ
opponentOf King Henry IV of England ⓘ
portrayedAs Welsh patriot ⓘ
magically inclined ⓘ
setting Wales ⓘ
speaksLanguage English (in the play) ⓘ
workPublicationDate 1598–1599 (Henry IV, Part 1) ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry IV, Part 1 → mainCharacter → Owen Glendower ⓘ
1 Henry IV → featuresCharacter → Owen Glendower ⓘ
Owain ap Gruffydd → alsoKnownAs → Owen Glendower ⓘ