- 12th century in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the century 1100 - 1199 to
Wales and its people.Events
1102
*Gerald de Windsor becomes Constable ofPembroke Castle .1109
*Nest ferch Rhys is abducted fromCilgerran Castle byOwain ap Cadwgan .1130
*Construction ofPainscastle .1131
*May 9 -Tintern Abbey is founded.1132
*Basingwerk Abbey is founded.1136
*January - Rebellion breaks out in Ceredigion.
*Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd is killed in battle nearKidwelly .
*September/October -Battle of Crug Mawr 1137
*William of Wycombe becomes prior ofLlanthony Priory .1138
*A shrine to StWinefride is established inShrewsbury , and the saint's remains are transferred there fromHolywell .1141
*Ewenny Priory is founded.1143
*Whitland Abbey is founded.1152
*February 21 -Geoffrey of Monmouth is consecratedBishop of St Asaph , ten days after being ordained a priest.1153
*Maredudd andRhys ap Gruffydd driveHywel ab Owain Gwynedd out ofCeredigion .
*Rhys ap Gruffydd captures the Norman castle atSt Clears .1155
*The sudden death ofMaredudd ap Gruffydd leaves his brother Rhys sole ruler of Deheubarch.1157
*KingHenry II of England attacksAnglesey by sea.1164
*Strata Florida Abbey is founded.1165
*Battle of Crogen nearChirk ; KingHenry II of England is defeated.
*Cardigan Castle is captured andRobert Fitz-Stephen is taken prisoner by the Lord Rhys of Deheubarth.1171
*September - The Lord Rhys negotiates a lasting peace with KingHenry II of England .1174
*Richard de Clare takesUsk Castle .
*Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd marriesEmme of Anjou , half-sister of KingHenry II of England .1176
*Aneisteddfod is held atCardigan Castle .1179
*A Cistercian monastery is founded atLlantarnam .1188
*Gerald of Wales accompanies Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, on a journey through Wales to recruit volunteers for theThird Crusade .1192
*Maelgwn ap Rhys , illegitimate son ofRhys ap Gruffydd , is released from captivity. 1194
*Llywelyn the Great defeats his uncleDafydd ab Owain Gwynedd in battle.
*Rhys ap Gruffydd is defeated in battle by his sonsMaelgwn ap Rhys and Hywel ap Rhys, and is imprisoned atNevern Castle .1195
*Owain Cyfeiliog abdicates in favour of his son Gwenwynwyn.
*Rhys Gryg and Maredudd ap Rhys are imprisoned by their father,Rhys ap Gruffydd , for seizing the territories of Llanymddyfri and Dinefwr.1199
*Cwmhir Abbey is founded.Books
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
**"Historia Regum Britanniae " (1136)
**"Vita Merlini " (1148)
*Gerald of Wales
**"Topographia Hibernica" (1188)
**"Itinerarium Cambriae" (1191)
**"Descriptio Cambriae" (1194)
*Thomas of Monmouth
**"The Life and Miracles of William" (1173)Births
1132
*"date unknown" - The Lord Rhys, ruler of Deheubarth (d. 1197)1173
*"probable" -Llywelyn the Great (d. 1240)Deaths
1107
*March -Robert Fitzhamon , conqueror of Glamorgan1111
*"date unknown"
**Cadwgan ap Bleddyn , prince of Powys
**Iorwerth ap Bleddyn , prince of Powys1115
*"date unknown" -Gilbert Fitz Richard , lord of Cardigan1116
*"date unknown" -Owain ap Cadwgan , prince of Powys1120
*November 25 -Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester , 26 (drowned in theWhite Ship )1129
*"date unknown"
**Richard Fitz Pons , Marcher lord
**Walter de Gloucester , Marcher official1132
*"date unknown" -Maredudd ap Bleddyn , prince of Powys1134
*February 10 - Robert II, Duke of Normandy, in prison at Cardiff Castle
*"date unknown" -Urban, Bishop of Llandaff 1136
*"date unknown" -Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd , princess of Deheubarth (killed in battle)1137
*"date unknown"
**Gruffydd ap Cynan , ruler of Gwynedd
**Gruffydd ap Rhys , Prince of Deheubarth1143
*December 24 -Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford , Marcher lord
*"date unknown" -Anarawd ap Gruffydd , prince of Deheubarth1148
*January 6 -Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1155
*"date unknown" -Maredudd ap Gruffydd , prince of Deheubarth1160
*"date unknown" -Madog ap Maredudd , Prince of Powys1170
*November 28 -Owain Gwynedd , Prince of Gwynedd
*December -Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd , poet and Prince of Gwynedd1172
*"date unknown" -Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd , prince of Gwynedd1175
*"date unknown" -Cadell ap Gruffydd , Prince of Deheubarth1176
*September 1 -Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan 1191
*"date unknown" -Gruffydd Maelor , Prince of Powys Fadog] 1195
*"date unknown" -Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd , prince of Gwynedd1197
*April 28 - The Lord Rhys, ruler of Deheubarth
*"date unknown" -Owain Cyfeiliog , poet and Prince of Powysources
* [http://floatingwhispers.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/tline.htm Timeline of Welsh history]
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