Wales and its History

Upon the death of Llywelyn,  longshanks   did all he could to get rid of any sign of  A Welsh nation. Firstly, he dismantled most of llywelyn's halls and took over his castles.  He then tried to kill off the lineage by ensuring Llywelyn's only child  Gwenllian along with the daughters of her uncle Dafydd ap Gruffudd, were all confined for life in remote priories in  Lincolnshire  and never allowed freedom.  Dafydd ap Gruffudd   was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury by a horse, hanged, revived and then disembowelled, He was the first recoded noble to be hung drawn and quartered.  Edward also took from the Welsh Llywelyn’s coronet, the matrix of his seal, the crown of Arthur and a sacred  cross that contained a  piece of the t rue Cross  known   as Y Groes Naid.   It is recorded that  ''Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales and Lord of Aberffraw had deposited this crown (W...

This post was inspired by comments made by Neil Kinnock, who called Welsh kings and princes ''ennobled brigands.'' This comment is so far from the truth , you need to ask the question , has this man ever read a Welsh history book? If he had, he surely himself would know he is talking utter rubbish. The motive for his comment is to discredit the very idea of a Welsh nation during the 1979 devolution referendum campaign, the no to devolution side were extremely negative and anti-Welsh, their job was to convince the Welsh people that Wales is glorified county with not history, no achievements, held back by a language that should have died long ago, anything that give Wales a separate identity, or made Welsh people proud was attacked. Anyway, back to the comment, i did a post a while back showing why he was talking utter tripe, but i decided to go a little bit more in-depth and look at what made these rulers as noble and royal as any other monarchs in Europe. The first thin...