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Hace 5 días · Another brother, Maredudd ap Owain, eventually accepted a pardon in 1421 before he too drifted into obscurity. A sister named Alys was married to a prominent Herefordshire sheriff named John Scuadmore and emerged unscathed by the rebellion, whilst little is known about other siblings like Madog, Thomas and John.
Hace 5 días · Llywelyn ap Maredudd fought against his prince in 1256 after which he fled to England. There he was welcomed by the king — who, apparently, had an open door policy when it came to people fleeing the Welsh prince, along the lines of “your enemy is my friend” — and spent several years in exile before reconciling with his prince and returning home to the green, green valleys of Wales in 1262.
Hace 5 días · In 1283, the last true Prince of Wales, Dafydd ap Gruffud, was hauled up the gallows in Shrewsbury and subjected to the horrifying ordeal of being hanged, drawn and quartered. His sons were taken to Bristol Castle there to be locked up. Both of them would die there, in the case of the youngest, Owain, after decades as a prisoner.
Hace 4 días · There were a number of rebellions including ones led by Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294–5 and by Llywelyn Bren, Lord of Senghenydd, in 1316–18. In the 1370s the last representative in the male line of the ruling house of Gwynedd , Owain Lawgoch, twice planned an invasion of Wales with French support.
Hace 2 días · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
Hace 4 días · Madog (Madoc), one of the many, many illegitimate sons, was born at Dolwyddelan Castle in the Lledr valley between Betws-y-Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog. On the death of the king in December 1169, the brothers fought amongst themselves for the right to rule Gwynedd. Madog, although brave and adventurous, was also a man of peace.
Hace 3 días · The Epitome historiae Britanniae offers a condensed version of British history based on Geoffrey’s DGB, with details added from the life of a local Welsh saint, the first Life of St Dyfrig. 7 It covers the origin myth of Brutus’ arrival in Britain; the legendary foundation of the church of Llandaf in Glamorgan; a sketch of Welsh history from the ninth-century Welsh king Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri ...
