- Lord of Glamorgan
The Lordship of Glamorgan was one of the most powerful and wealthy of the Welsh Marcher Lordships. Established by the conquest of
Glamorgan from its last Welsh ruler theAnglo-Norman lord of Glamorgan like all Marcher lords ruled his lands directly by his own law, thus they could amongst other things declare war, raise taxes, establish courts and markets and build castles as they willed without reference to the Crown. These privileges were only lost under theLaws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 . Though possessing many castles the main seat of the Lordship wasCardiff Castle .First Creation
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Robert Fitzhamon , the conqueror ofGlamorgan 1093 -1107
*Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1118 -1147 )
*William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (1147 -1183 )
*Isabel, Countess of Gloucester (d.1217 )
**John of England (1189 –1214 ), however marriage annuled
**Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex after1214 -1217 Second Creation
*Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 1st Earl of Gloucester (
1217 -1230 )
*Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (1230 -1262 )
*Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester (1262 -1295 )
*Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer (1297 -1307 ) through marriage to the widow of the 6th Earl Joan his countess and lost them on her death in1307 .
*Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford, 4th Earl of Gloucester (1307 -1314 )
*Eleanor de Clare (1292 -1337 )
** SirHugh the younger Despenser and Eleanor his wife (1317 -1326 )
**William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche and Eleanor his wife (1329 -1338 )Third Creation
* Sir
Hugh le Despenser (1338 -1349 )
*Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1349 -1375 )
*Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1375 -1400 )
*Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh c. (1400 -1411 )
*Isabel le Despenser (1422 -1423 )
**Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (1411 -1422 ) andIsabel le Despenser
**Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1423 -1439 ) andIsabel le Despenser Forth Creation
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Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (1439 -1445 )Fifth Creation
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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1449 -1471 ) andAnne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick Isabella Neville
**George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1471 -1478 )
*Richard III of England (1478 -1485 ) andAnne Neville Sixth Creation
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Jasper Tudor Duke of Bedford, (1485 -1495 )Merged with English Crown
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Henry VII of England (1495 -1509 )
*Henry VIII of England (1509 -1547 )ources
*R. R. Davies, "The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063-1415" (Oxford History of Wales, 2)
*T. B. Pugh, "Glamorgan County History:The Middle Ages: The Marcher Lordships of Glamorgan and Morgannwg and Gower and Kilvey from the Norman Conquest to the Act of Union of England and Wales"cv
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