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Gruffudd ap Llywelyn

Type Figure Region Wales Time c. 1013–1063 Also known as Gruffudd ap Llywelyn、Gruffudd ap Llewelyn、Gruffydd ap Llywelyn

Strongest Welsh ruler of the 11th century, king of Gwynedd from 1039, who gradually unified the Welsh kingdoms as nominal overlord of all Wales (c.…

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  1. 1039–1055Gwynedd · GwyneddSeized control of Gwynedd after killing Iago ap Edwin in 1039, then gradually annexed or subdued Powys, Deheubarth and other Welsh kingdoms, becoming the most powerful military leader in Wales.
  2. 1055–1062Wales · WalesAfter c. 1055 controlled most of Wales and allied with Mercian nobles against England's growing threat; his reign was one of the closest periods to political unity in medieval Wales.
  3. 1063Northeast Wales · WalesIn 1063 the English earl Harold Godwinson invaded Wales; Gruffudd was defeated and fled, and was killed the same year by his own men, who delivered his head to Harold, and Wales was again divided.

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