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  2. Conquest of Wales by Edward I - Wikipedia

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    It is sometimes referred to as the Edwardian conquest of Wales, [note 1] to distinguish it from the earlier (but partial) Norman conquest of Wales. In two campaigns, in 1277 and 1282–83, respectively, Edward I of England first greatly reduced the territory of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ("Llywelyn the Last"), and then completely overran it, as well ...

  3. Wales in the Late Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Wales in the late Middle Ages spanned the years 1282–1542, beginning with conquest and ending in union. [1] Those years covered the period involving the closure of Welsh medieval royal houses during the late 13th century, and Wales' final ruler of the House of Aberffraw, the Welsh Prince Llywelyn II, [2] also the era of the House of Plantagenet from England, specifically the male line ...

  4. List of Anglo-Welsh wars - Wikipedia

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    A united kingdom of England is formed. The Welsh are united for a while under Gruffudd ap Llywelyn but he is killed in renewed infighting before the Norman Conquest of England. The new Norman masters of England launch the Norman invasion of Wales and ravage some parts of the Welsh kingdoms. Post-Roman Welsh kingdoms.

  5. History of Wales - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known item of human remains discovered in modern-day Wales is a Neanderthal jawbone, found at the Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site in the valley of the River Elwy in North Wales; it dates from about 230,000 years before present (BP) in the Lower Palaeolithic period, [1] and from then, there have been skeletal remains found of the Paleolithic Age man in multiple regions of Wales ...

  6. Welsh independence - Wikipedia

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    The only king to unite Wales was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, who ruled as King of Wales from about 1057 until his death in 1063. [11] [12] Fourteen years later the Norman invasion of Wales began, which briefly controlled much of Wales, but by 1100 Anglo-Norman control was reduced to the lowland Gwent, Glamorgan, Gower, and Pembroke, while the contested border region between the Welsh princes and ...

  7. Invasions of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    4 Invasions of England and Wales (1284–1797) ... Caesar's two invasions did not conquer Britain but established it as a major trading partner of Rome.

  8. Kingdom of England - Wikipedia

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    Up until the Norman Conquest of England, Wales had remained for the most part independent of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, although some Welsh kings did sometimes acknowledge the Bretwalda. Soon after the Norman Conquest of England, however, some Norman lords began to attack Wales. They conquered and ruled parts of it, acknowledging the ...

  9. Norman invasion of Wales - Wikipedia

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    The Norman invasion of Wales began shortly after the Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror, who believed England to be his birthright. Initially (1067–1081), the invasion of Wales was not undertaken with the fervour and purpose of the invasion of England.