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  2. Flag and coat of arms of Normandy - Wikipedia

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    The three-leopards version (known in the Norman language as les treis cats, "the three cats") may also be seen, which is based on the coat of arms of Richard I of England. The arms De gueules aux deux léopards d'or, armés et lampassés d'azur, passant l'un sur l'autre (Gules two leopards passant gardant in pale or armed and langued azure) was ...

  3. Welsh heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, [2] the last Welsh Prince of Wales, depicted in the Chronica Majora.. Before the conquest of Gwynedd by Edward I, Wales was ruled by a number of Kings and Princes whose dominions shifted and sometimes merged following the vagaries of war, marriage and inheritance.

  4. de Clare - Wikipedia

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    Wales. Glamorgan; Pembrokeshire ... The early Clares appear to have used a coat of arms that was ... the Clare family and the crown, 1066–1154", Anglo-Norman ...

  5. National symbols of Wales - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Arms of the House of Aberffraw, Gwynedd and the personal arms of Llywelyn the Great. [11] Owain Glyndŵr's shield of arms was adopted by Glyndŵr as Prince of Wales, from 1400. [12] The Welsh coat of arms, or Royal Badge of Wales, which is based on the arms of the native princes of Wales from the 13th century. [13]

  6. List of rulers in Wales - Wikipedia

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    They were ruled by the direct descendants and heirs of Kings in Wales from around the time of the Norman invasion of Wales (1000s), some of which lasted until after the conquest of Wales by Edward I (c. 1300s), and in a few instances, Welsh baronies lasted later into the Principality of Wales. [178] [179] [180] [181]

  7. Kingdom of Gwynedd - Wikipedia

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    By 1094 almost the whole of Wales was occupied by Norman forces. However, although they erected many castles, Norman control in most regions of Wales was tenuous at best. Motivated by local anger over the "gratuitously cruel" invaders, and led by the historic ruling houses, Welsh control over the greater part of Wales was restored by 1100. [112]

  8. Robert Fitzhamon - Wikipedia

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    Robert Fitzhamon (died March 1107), or Robert FitzHamon (literally, "Robert, son of Hamon"), Seigneur de Creully in the Calvados region and Torigny in the Manche region of Normandy, was the first Norman feudal baron of Gloucester and the Norman conqueror of Glamorgan, southern Wales. He became Lord of Glamorgan in 1075.

  9. Bernard de Neufmarché - Wikipedia

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    Bernard de Neufmarché (c. 1050 – c. 1125), also Bernard of Newmarket or Bernard of Newmarch was the first of the Norman conquerors of Wales. [1] He was a minor Norman lord who rose to power in the Welsh Marches before successfully undertaking the invasion and conquest of the Kingdom of Brycheiniog between 1088 and 1095.