In the mid-11th century, at a time when wealth was synonymous with land ownership,
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ruled over the entirety of Wales and wielded that power for about eight years.
In the mid-11th century, at a time when wealth was synonymous with landownership,
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ruled over the entirety of Wales and wielded that power for about eight years.
In 1047
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was expelled from Deheubarth - which encompassed modern-day Pembrokeshire - and Gruffydd ap Rhydderch of Gwent took over.
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Gruffydd ap Llywelyn made it one of his headquarters in his mid-eleventh-century campaign; a Norman castle was built there and a new borough, as well as further castles close by and off the hills at Prestatyn and Dyserth also; and it was Rhuddlan that was fortified by Edward I, in the scheme of castle-boroughs stretching from Caernarfon to Flint, with an overall view to the domination of the river-valleys and hinterland.
Rhodri Mawr (844-877) was a king, so was Hywel Dda (890-950) and
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1036-1063).
Its courts and diocese were separate from the rest of Wales until its conquest by
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. It recovered its independence after his death in 1063.
The manor, near present-day Mold, and including a church at Gwysane, is described by Domesday as a former court of
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, king of Wales 1055-63.
One of the clauses compelled the release of the Welsh King,
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, who had been taken hostage by King John.