Llywelyn ap Gruffudd

Type Figure Region Wales Time c. 1223–1282 Also known as Llywelyn the Great、Last native Prince of Wales

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223–1282), Prince of Gwynedd, recognized as Prince of Wales by Henry III in 1267, the last native ruler acknowledged by an …

Timeline

1240–1267Aberffraw · AngleseyGradually gained control of Gwynedd amid power struggles among uncles and brothers, and expanded influence over other Welsh territories, rebuilding the traditional center of Welsh kingship.
1267–1280Dolwyddelan · GwyneddThrough the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267 he gained English recognition of the title Prince of Wales, ruling Gwynedd and Powys among other lands. In the 1270s, after Edward I acceded, he maintained autonomy under nominal vassalage and carried out legal and administrative reforms.
1281–1282Cilmeri · PowysIn 1282 a new war broke out over border disputes and a rebellion by his brother Dafydd; Llywelyn was ambushed and killed by English forces at Cilmeri, and the independent Welsh regime collapsed with him.

Sources

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd https://www.oxforddnb.com/
J. E. Lloyd, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest — J. E. Lloyd (1911)