Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
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Prince of Gwynedd
Key facts
- Reign
- June 1255 – 11 December 1282
- Predecessor
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn
- Successor
- Dafydd ap Gruffudd
- Disteiniaid
- See list Gruffudd ab Ednyfed Fychan , (c. 1247 – c. 1256), Goronwy ab Ednyfed Fychan , (c. 1256 – 1268), Tudur ab Ednyfed Fychan , (1268 – c. 1281), Dafydd ab Einion Fychan , (c. 1281 – 1282)
- Pretence
- 18 March 1258 –, 29 September 1267
- Died
- ( 1282-12-11 ) 11 December 1282 , Cilmeri , Builth, Wales
- Burial
- December 1282, Cwmhir Abbey , Maelienydd, Wales
- Spouse
- Eleanor de Montfort
- Issue
- Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn Madog ap Llywelyn ( illegitimate</span>"}]]}'>ill. )
- Dynasty
- Second Dynasty of Gwynedd
- Father
- Gruffudd ap Llywelyn
- Mother
- Senana ferch Caradog
- Conflicts
- Barons' Crusade , Anglo-Welsh wars , Conquest of Wales by Edward I Battle of Bryn Derwin (1255) , Battle of Moel-y-don (1282) , Battle of Orewin Bridge † (1282)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Place of death
- Builth Wells
- Spouse
- Eleanor de Montfort
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Family
- House of Aberffraw
- Noble title
- Prince of Wales
- Image
- Llewelyn Ein Llyw Olaf.jpg
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- Commons category
- Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
- date of death
- 1282-12-11
- date of birth
- 1223-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
- P12749
- Jonas Kaufmann
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ( Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɬəu̯ˈɛlɨ̞n ap ˈɡrɨ̞fɨ̞ð], died 11 December 1282) or Llywelyn the Last was Prince of Gwynedd from 1255 to 1282. After successful campaigns across Wales in 1257, Llywelyn proclaimed himself Prince of Wales in 1258, and was recognised as such by Henry III of England in 1267 as part of the Treaty of Montgomery. He remained in this position until his death in an ambush at Cilmeri in 1282, one of the final events in Edward I’s conquest of Wales.
Genealogy and early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llywelyn ap Gruffudd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.