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Gruffydd ap Nicholas FitzUryan |
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Male |
| Death |
2 Feb 1461 |
battle of Mortimers Cross  |
| Cause: Killed at the battle of Mortimers Cross |
| Notes |
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal15708
«b»Rhys ap Griffith and Henry II«/b»
In the last quarter of the 12th century, when Henry II was endeavouring to curb the power of the border barons and at the same time to subjugate the Welsh princes, the chief figure in Welsh history is not Dafydd I, Lord of Snowdon, but Rhys ap Griffith (1132-97), Lord of the Vale of Towy and son of Griffith ap Rhys (died 1137).
Rhys ap Griffith had defied both Owen Gwynedd and Henry II, but when Henry invaded Wales in 1157 Rhys made common cause with Owen, and Henry's army had to retreat. It was the rise of a new power in Ireland in the time of Strongbow (Richard de Clare) that lessened the pressure on Rhys and thereby led to peace between him and the English king. It was indeed largely through the cooperation of Rhys ap Griffith, now his ally and vassal, that Henry succeeded in establishing some semblance of order in Wales, and he recognized this fact by making Rhys justiciar (or chief officer of the crown) of South Wales.
Meanwhile, before the end of the 12th century, the Welsh church had been merged completely into the English church and had thus lost all independence in internal affairs. An unsuccessful stand was made for independence in ecclesiastical matters by Giraldus Cambrensis.
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| Person ID |
I13530 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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