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Hace 22 horas · In 1136 a campaign against the Normans was launched from Gwynedd in revenge for the execution of Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan, the wife of the King of Deheubarth and the daughter of Gruffudd. When word reached Gwynedd of Gwenllian's death and the revolt in Gwent, Gruffudd's sons Owain and Cadwaladr invaded Norman controlled Ceredigion, taking Llanfihangle , Aberystwyth , and Llanbadarn .
Hace 2 días · First occ. at deathbed of Gruffudd ap Cynan [1137] (History of Gruffydd ap Cynan, ed. Arthur Jones (Manchester, 1910) pp. 156-7). Tried to persuade bp. Meurig not to pay homage to kg. Stephen Dec. 1139 ( John of Worcester III 278- 9; above, list 1).
Hace 5 días · That man is Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who reigned as Prince of Gwynedd and Wales from 1258 until his untimely death in 1282. His rule marked the apogee of medieval Welsh power before its rapid destruction at the hands of Edward I of England. The Rise of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Hace 1 día · His military campaigns to assert his overlordship had begun six years previously, but now his dominance was final. This in itself was unique, but the episode had a more significant aspect. The take-over was sealed by the capture of the Welsh prince Dafydd ap Gruffudd and his imprisonment in London.
Hace 6 días · A cantor and treasurer were in office by 1132, shortly after the start of Robert de Béthune's pontificate, but it is quite likely that a treasurer existed earlier, (fn. 22) and not impossible that there was an earlier cantor also. (fn. 23) The change of the cantor's title to precentor came with the appointment of William Foliot to the office ...
Hace 2 días · But the reign of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn should never be simply viewed within a Welsh context. In his rise to power he had needed to master formidable sea raiders from Ireland, the western isles and Scandinavia. Soon after he became king in 1039, Gruffudd won a major victory against the forces of Anglo-Saxon Mercia at the Battle of Rhyd-y-groes ...
Hace 1 día · Back in England, early in 1262, Edward fell out with some of his former Lusignan allies over financial matters. The next year, King Henry sent him on a campaign in Wales against the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, but Edward's forces were besieged in northern Wales and achieved only limited results.
