Welsh History Timeline & Facts

Information & facts about Welsh History with a Timeline


Welsh History Timeline & Facts

The Welsh History Timeline & Facts is full of interesting facts and history about the bygone times of  the Welsh Nation. A clear and concise list of dates, history and events in chronological order. The Welsh History Timeline & Facts outlines and records all of the critical and major incidents in the history of the nation. History, Dates, Kings, Leaders and Wars are all mentioned in the Welsh History Timeline & Facts. The Welsh History Timeline & Facts provides a brief and interesting historical record of facts about different events in history.


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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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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Welsh History Timeline & Facts
We hope that the Welsh History Timeline & Facts has provided you with the information you have been searching for. We believe that the concise Welsh History Timeline & Facts is full of interesting facts and history about the bygone times of  the Welsh Nation. Facts and info about the Kings and Wars all detailed in the Welsh History Timeline & Facts. Tales and stories of Heroes and Villains treachery, betrayal, love, hate and loyalty are all highlighted in Welsh History Timeline & Facts!


Welsh History Timeline & Facts

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