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Hace 4 días · Llywelyn the Great and Dafydd's principality was all but dismembered, and Henry III was now firmly in possession of lower Gwynedd, the Perfeddwlad, while upper Gwynedd was on the verge of a dynastic civil war between the elder sons of Gruffydd the Red; Owain and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
Hace 2 días · At the eisteddfod the Cadair Arian ('Silver Chair'), which is said to have been fashioned by Gruffudd ap Nicolas himself, was won by a cywydd in honour of the Holy Trinity composed by Dafydd ab Edmwnd, a Welsh poet who did not depend on noble patronage, from Hanmer, Flintshire.
Hace 1 día · Dafydd ap Gruffudd was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury by a horse, hanged, revived and then disembowelled, He was the first recoded noble to be hung drawn and quartered. Edward also took from the Welsh Llywelyn’s coronet, the matrix of his seal, the crown of Arthur and the most sacred a cross that contained a piece of the t rue Cross known as Y Groes Naid.
Hace 2 días · Problems were exacerbated when Llywelyn's younger brother Dafydd and Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn of Powys, after failing in an assassination attempt against Llywelyn, defected to the English in 1274. Citing ongoing hostilities and Edward's harbouring of his enemies, Llywelyn refused to do homage to the King. [93]
Hace 5 días · Britannia Bridge (Pont Britannia) is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, originally a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans, and now a two-tier steel box girder and arch bridge. The opening of the Menai Bridge in 1826, a mile (1.6 km) to the east of where Britannia ...
Hace 4 días · Mark Henry Davies and Mared Llywelyn in Parti Priodas, Photo: Mark Douet. Ant Evans. Having been very well received at the National Eisteddfod last year and having had a chat with a colleague about their impressions of Parti Priodas, written by Gruffudd Owen and directed by Steffan Donnelly, I have to admit I was rather looking forward to this evening’s performance.
Hace 4 días · Men of Harlech is a song and military march which describes events during the seven year long siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468. Commanded by Constable Dafydd ap Ieuan, the garrison held out in what is the longest known siege in the history of the British Isles.
