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The monument to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan at Llandovery. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan of Caeo (c. 1341–1401) was a wealthy Carmarthenshire landowner who was executed in Llandovery by Henry IV of England in punishment for his support of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh rebellion.
A 16-foot-high (4.9 m) stainless-steel statue to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan was unveiled in 2001 on the north side of Llandovery Castle, overlooking the place of his execution 600 years earlier. He had led the army of King Henry IV on a "wild goose chase", under the pretence of leading them to a secret rebel camp and an ambush of Glyndŵr's ...
Llywelyn was the second of the four sons of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, the eldest son of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, and Senana ferch Caradog, [1] [2] the daughter of Caradoc ap Thomas ap Rhodri, Lord of Anglesey. [3] [note 1] The eldest was Owain Goch ap Gruffudd and there were two younger brothers, Dafydd ap Gruffydd and Rhodri ap Gruffudd.
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (c. 1223 – 1282), more commonly known as Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, also known as Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, Our Last Leader), Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wales 1258–1282; Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan (c. 1341 – 1401), wealthy Carmarthenshire landowner executed by Henry IV of England in punishment for his support of ...
Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Powys Wenwynwyn 1241–1287: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn 1200–1244: Dafydd ap Llywelyn b.1215 Wales 1240–1246: Angharad ferch Llywelyn: Maelgwn Fychan: Maredudd ap Llywelyn d. 1255: Rhys ap Maredudd 1250–1292: Owen de la Pole 1257–1293: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd b.1223 Wales 1246–1282: Owain Goch ap Gruffydd d. 1282 Gwynedd ...
Goronwy ap Ednyfed was one of the sons of Ednyfed Fychan (died 1246), seneschal to Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales. [1] Goronwy's mother, Gwenllian, was daughter of Rhys ap Gruffydd. [2] When Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Llywelyn the Last) rose to power in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, he brought all three of
The only person known to have ruled all of Wales as a modern territory was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010–1063), a Prince of Gwynedd who became King of Wales from 1055 to 1063. However, some Welsh Princes sporadically claimed the medieval title of " Prince of Wales " between the 13th to 15th centuries.
Gruffydd Fychan II was born to Lord Gruffydd ap Madog of Rhythallt, and Elizabeth Lestrange, daughter of Lord Lestrange of Knockin Castle. [2] [3] He was the grandson of Lord Madog Crypl of Powys Fadog, son of Prince Gruffudd Fychan I.