The biggest event in Welsh history????

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To many in Wales at the time, the death of Prince Llywelyn was the end of the world, the death of the idea of a Welsh nation.

His death also confirmed great Welsh princely dynasties were now fully extinguished. 

Names like Owian Gwynedd, Llywelyn the great, Gruffudd ap Cynan , Caradog ap Gruffydd, Rhodri the Great, Hywel Dda , Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Rhys ap Gruffydd , Cadwallon ap Cadfan will never be seen again. 

The most valuable symbols of Welsh independence like Llywelyn’s coronet, the matrix of his seal, the jewel or crown of Arthur, and, above all, the most cherished relic in Wales, the piece of the True Cross known as Y Groes Naid was stolen.

Some words from the time

" Is it the end of the world?’ (Oes derfyn byd?),'' 

''Ah God, that the sea would drown the land!’ (Och hyd atat-ti, Dduw, na ddaw mor dros dir!) ''

''And then all Wales was cast to the ground’ (Ac yna y bwriwyd boll Gymru i’r llawr)''


''Perfect the lad killed by hostile men's hands,

Perfect his forebear's honours in him.

Candle of kings, strong lion of Gwynedd,

Throne of honour, there was need of him.

With my prop cut down, gold-handed prince,

With Llywelyn's death, gone is my mind.


See you not the rush of the wind and rain?

See you not the oaks lash each other?

See you not the ocean scourging the shore?

See you not the truth is portending?

See you not the sun hurtling across the sky?

See you not that the stars have fallen?

Have you no belief in God, foolish men?

See you not that the world is ending?

Ah God, that the sea would cover the land!

What is left us that we should linger?

No place to flee from terror's prison,

No place to live, wretched is living! ''


No matter what anyone tries to tell you, the death of Llywelyn was huge for the whole of Wales, some would have welcomed it, but all eventually would have regretted it as everything changed, it was the end for any chance of independence in Wales, united or not.

For me, it was probably the biggest event in Welsh history, it changed everything, and we still see the results today. 

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