Welsh History Timeline & Facts
The Celts
and Ancient History
Bronze and
Iron Age - The ancient culture of the Celts had
settled in many European countries including Austria,
Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Western
Germany, Northern Spain, Turkey and Hungary
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of the
ancient
Celts History Timeline
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Concise
Facts and History about Wales
383 Is considered by eminent historians as the year that the
concept of the Welsh nation began
784 The King Of Mercia builds Offa's Dyke as a boundary
between England and Wales
844-877 The Reign Of Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri The Great) who
united all of Wales under his rule
890 Welsh rulers acknowledge Alfred Of Wessex as their ruler
and creates a sense of subservience to the English Crown
1066-77 Following the defeat of the English King Harold at
the Battle Of the Normans also take control of Wales
1120-1129 "Historia Regum Britanniae" was writtenb by
Geoffrey Of Monmouth and details the Arthurian Legend of
King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Chivalric
Court of Camelot. This provided the Welsh with a claim to
the sovereignty of the whole island of Britain of which the
Tudors took advantage
1137-1170 The Reign of Owain Gwynedd
1169 According to Welsh legend Prince Madog Of Gwynedd,
landed in Alabama and travelled up the Missouri leaving
behind Welsh culture and customs
1204 Prince Llywelyn Ap Iorwerth married Joan, the daughter
of King John Of England
1222-1283 Llywelyn Ap Gruffudd took the title of Prince Of
Wales with agreement from the King Of England but Wales then
became subservient to the King of England
1284 Wales became incorporated into The Kingdom Of England
under the Statute of Rhuddlan
1485 The Battle Of Bosworth ended the English Wars of The
Roses when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III. Henry Tudor
claimed Welsh descent through Owain Tudor of Penmynedd in
Anglesey who had secretly married Catherine, widow of King
Henry V. Their son, Edmund Tudor fathered Henry Tudor, who
became King Henry VII of England and fulfilled the old
prophesy that one day a Welsh Monarch would rule the whole
of Britain
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