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Showing posts with label Dafydd ap Gruffydd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dafydd ap Gruffydd. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

The First High Treason

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With Llywelyn ap Gruffudd dead  in December of 1282, the title Prince of Wales went to his younger brother, Dafydd ap Gruffydd. Dafydd was n...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

The Death(s) of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd

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It is not that surprising that the details of one particular death during a battle is not noticed, but when that person is the highest ranke...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Welsh Rebellion in 1282

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The Treaty of Aberconwy  in 1277 was supposed to make everyone happy. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (his coat of arms is shown here) was out from under...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

The Conquest of Wales

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Hostilities between Wales and anyone living to the east who wanted to control them was ongoing for centuries, but it wasn't until Edward...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

We Hardly Knew Ye...

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Queen Elizabeth II of England recently passed a milestone, becoming the longest-reigning monarch of England. I am not certain of the "...
Monday, March 3, 2014

Uniting the Kingdom

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It was on today's date, 3 March, in 1284 that Wales was incorporated into England via the Statute of Rhuddlan. Wales had been connecte...
Friday, October 4, 2013

David Griffith and the Ultimate Torture

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We have discussed the ultimate torture—to be Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered— here and here . Now let us take a brief look at the man whose...