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Llywelyn ap Gruffydd - An unsettled reign
Support for Llywelyn in northern Glamorgan alarmed Gilbert de Clare, the powerful Lord of Glamorgan, who built Caerphilly Castle to thwart the Prince's ambitions The principality of Wales ruled by ...
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Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
1215 saw Llywelyn truly earn his eptithet of The Great, with the castles of Carmarthen, Kidwelly, Llanstephan, Cardigan and Cilgerran falling to his alliance. He was now leader of the free princes ...
The ‘cattle’ castle of North Wales that’s become one of the country’s greatest ‘hidden gems’
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great) constructed the castle to control mountain trade routes – and to watch over his ...
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Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
1215 saw Llywelyn truly earn his eptithet of The Great, with the castles of Carmarthen, Kidwelly, Llanstephan, Cardigan and Cilgerran falling to his alliance. He was now leader of the free princes ...