Power in Gwynedd passed to the sons of Gruffudd, with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the most prominent among them. Henry sought to limit their authority; his aim was to transform the ancient kingdoms of a ...

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. When Llywelyn the Great died, his property, wealth and lands were divided equally between his four sons. His sons were not very good at sharing, and one of them, Gruffydd ...

The Conquest of Wales was a traumatic event. When Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed in 1282 in a skirmish with the Anglo-Norman army at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, one chronicler wrote that the ...

Power in Gwynedd passed to the sons of Gruffudd, with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the most prominent among them. Henry sought to limit their authority; his aim was to transform the ancient kingdoms of a ...