December 10, 1282 - Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd and last native Prince of Wales, was killed in a brief encounter with English forces at Ifron Bridge. Llewelyn is a main character in Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh trilogy (Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, and The Reckoning).
Friday, December 11, 2009
This Day in History...
December 10, 1282 - Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd and last native Prince of Wales, was killed in a brief encounter with English forces at Ifron Bridge. Llewelyn is a main character in Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh trilogy (Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, and The Reckoning).
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Love it! I was in Wales this summer, but for not long enough. Llyeleyn is my 19th great grandfather!
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