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Hace 3 días · The title of Prince of Wales was appropriated by Edward for his own son, the future Edward II, in 1301. This began the tradition that continues today of bestowing it on the heir apparent to the English (later British) throne. It was a potent symbol that Wales was now firmly under the English crown‘s thumb. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd‘s Legacy
Hace 4 días · Moreover, Morgan-Guy points out that Sir Rhys’s son, Gruffydd, a member of Arthur’s household, and the prince were so close that when Gruffydd died in 1521, he was buried just a short distance from Arthur.
Hace 1 día · Restoring Anglo-Norman supremacy in Wales proved harder, and Henry had to fight two campaigns in north and south Wales in 1157 and 1158 before the Welsh princes Owain Gwynedd and Rhys ap Gruffydd submitted to his rule, agreeing to the pre-civil war borders.
Hace 2 días · Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I , Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso .
Hace 3 días · William de la Pole (1450) – beheaded at sea, possibly by order of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1450) – beheaded in London by rebels led by Jack Cade. James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley (1459) – executed after Battle of Blore Heath for being a Lancastrian.
Hace 2 días · In May 1429, for example, the captain of Falaise, Thomas Gower, commanded a garrison which included a high proportion of Welsh names, while some years later Gruffydd Dwnn, captain of Tancarville, had charge of a large garrison, more than half of whose members bore Welsh names.
Hace 2 días · LONDON (AP) — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry confirmed the death of a Royal Air Force pilot “in a tragic accident” near RAF Coningsby, an airbase. There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash.
