- Battle of Bryn Derwin
The Battle of Bryn Derwin was fought in
Eifionydd inGwynedd during June 1255 betweenLlywelyn ap Gruffudd and his brothers,Dafydd ap Gruffudd andOwain Goch ap Gruffydd . Llywelyn had ruled over a truncatedkingdom of Gwynedd jointly with Owain since the death of the previousprince of Wales ,Dafydd ap Llywelyn , since 1246, but relations between the two men apparently deteriorated in the early 1250s. The battle lasted for no more than an hour, and resulted in a victory for Llywelyn; Dafydd and Owain were both imprisoned. Owain died in prison around 1282, but Dafydd was soon released and went on to play a central role in the royal government of Gwynedd until his defection and subsequent removal to England in the mid-1260s. Subsequent military campaigns by Llywelyn recovered much lost Welsh territory, and his undisputed leadership within Wales ushered in a period of stability that would last until the mid-1270s.ee also
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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
*Dafydd ap Gruffudd
*Owain ap Gruffudd References
* J. B. Smith, "Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales" (Cardiff, 1998).
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