One of the 20th century’s most famous revolutionaries may have been inspired by Owain Glyndwr.

Che Guevara, who with Fidel Castro helped overthrow the right-wing government of Cuba in 1959, was smitten with tales of the Welsh Prince while the pair were holed up in the Sierra Meastra Mountain range during the Cuban revolution, according to former Bangor University academic Sel Williams.

Next week, Guevara’s daughter Aleida will be in Denbigh to give a talk on the 53-year blockade of her home nation by the United States. She will also discuss the effects of Donald Trump’s president on the Caribbean island.

Former economics lecturer Mr Williams, who is now chair of Cymru-Cuba North Wales, told the Daily Post he was looking forward to be able to ask Ms Guevara - a peadiatrician in Havana - if the tales of her father’s love of Owain Glyndwr were correct.

He said:“They apparently wrote about him and were really inspired by his story.

“I would like to ask Aleida and see if it is true. What a wonderful link with Wales if it is.

“It’s 50 years since Che Guevara was murdered in Bolivia and we thought it would be great if his daughter would do a tour of Britain.

“She has been to Britain before but she’s never been to Wales so this is a real coup for North Wales.”

Owain Glyndwr is known as the last Welsh Prince of Wales and instigated a revolt against Henry IV in 1400, something Castro and Guevara would have identified with as they sought to overthrow the corrupt Batista regime in Cuba.

Ms Guevara has worked charitably, as did her father, in Angola, Ecuador and Nicaragua and often speaks to continue the legacy of her father.

Che was killed by Bolivian army officer Mario Teran in 1967, allegedly on the orders of the CIA.

In a remarkable twist of fate Teran, who was by this time losing his sight, had cataract treatment by a Cuban medical team some 40 years later as part of the government’s Operation Miracle programme.

All 390 tickets for the talk were free but have now been snapped up for the date, on Tuesday November 7, 2017 at 7.30pm in Denbigh Council chambers.

Ms Guevara will also be conducting talks in London, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow and Sheffield.