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This is the first book on one of Wales’s greatest leaders, arguably ‘first prince of Wales’, Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. Bleddyn was at the heart of the tumultuous events that forged Britain in the cauldron of Norman aggression, and his reign offers an important new perspective on the events of 1066 and beyond. He was a leader who used alliances on the wider British scale as he strove to recreate the fledgling kingdom of Wales that had been built and ruled by his brother, though outside pressures and internal intrigues meant his successors would compete ultimately for a principality.

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Great Britain

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Publié par	University of Wales Press
Date de parution	20 octobre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783169375
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	5 Mo

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THE FIRST PRINCE OF WALES?

THE FIRST PRINCE OF WALES? Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, 1063–75

Sean Davies

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2016

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the University of Wales Press, 10 Columbus Walk, Brigantine Place, Cardiff, CF10 4UP.

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British Library CataloguinginPublication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN eISBN

9781783169368 9781783169375

The right of Sean Davies to be identiﬁed as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 79 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt, Cardiff Printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Melksham

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction

The Kingdoms Unite

Contents

2 Bleddyn’s Rise to Power

The New Kings

AngloSaxons, Vikings and Normans

5 Opportunity and Disaster

6 The Principalities Divide

Notes Bibliography Index

vii ix xi xiii

115 127 141

Acknowledgements

My ﬁrst debt of gratitude goes to all the staff at the University of Wales Press. Finding support for any sort of research and writing on medieval Wales is obviously a huge challenge, and the Press’s willing ness and ability to get behind this sort of project helps to keep alive this neglected period of the country’s history. The Press’s care and attention to detail in the production process has been greatly appre ciated. I also owe a huge thanks to Professor Huw Pryce of Bangor University; his response to an unheralded email requesting help with the section on Bleddyn’s inﬂuence on Welsh law went above and beyond any expectation. Professor Pryce’s detailed feedback deepened and transformed my own understanding of this area, although – of course – any mistakes remain mine. Finally, this work would not have been possible without the love and support of my mother, Monica, of my brother, Mike, his wife, Marie, and their son, Llywelyn; they will understand that this book is dedicated to my father, David James Davies, who we lost in 2014 but who lives with us every day.

List of Illustrations

1. Kingdoms of medieval Wales

2. Key locations mentioned in the text

3. The descendants of Angharad ferch Maredudd ab Owain

4. Llanbadarn Fawr

5. Beachley

6. Image of Bleddyn and Rhiwallon

7. Image of a Welsh king on his throne

8. Bleddyn’s wives and children

9. Hereford

10. St Davids

11. The Menai Straits