11th century in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 10th century | 12th century | Other years in Wales Other events of the century This article is about the particular significance of the century 1001–1100 to Wales and its people. Events Timeline of Welsh history#11th century 1005 Aeddan ap Blegywryd succeeds Cynan ab Hywel as Prince of Gwynedd.David Crouch Medieval Britain, c.1000-1500 https://books.google.com/books?id=pF5UDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA372 6 April 2017 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19071-8 372 1018 Llywelyn ap Seisyll defeats Aeddan ap Blegywryd in battle; Aeddan and his four sons are killed. Through marriage to Angharad ferch Maredudd ab Owain.Sean Davies The First Prince of Wales?: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, 1063-75 https://books.google.com/books?id=NeyVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21 20 October 2016 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-937-5 20–21 1022 Llywelyn ap Seisyll defeats the Irish pretender Rhain at Abergwili.History and Law Series https://books.google.com/books?id=7eEnAQAAMAAJ 1971 University of Wales Press 413 1045 Gruffydd ap Rhydderch expels Gruffydd ap Llywelyn from Deheubarth. 1055 24 October - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn defeats Ralph the Timid and sacks Hereford.Peter Hunter Blair An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England https://books.google.com/books?id=9eN87VsPaw0C&pg=PA109 17 July 2003 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-53777-3 109 He is now ruler of all Wales. 1056 10 February - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn defeats an English army at Glasbury.http://www.glasbury.org.uk/cmsms/index.php?page=local-history Glasbury Local History 5 October 2012 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235220/http://www.glasbury.org.uk/cmsms/index.php?page=local-history dead 1062 Harold Godwinson makes a surprise attack on Gruffydd ap Llywelyn at Rhuddlan; Gruffydd escapes. 1063 Tostig leads an army into north Wales. 1067 Chepstow Castle is founded by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford. 1070 Battle of Mechain between the sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and the sons of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan of Powys. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn enacts new laws regulating the activities of bards and musicians. 1081 Battle of Mynydd Carn: Gruffudd ap Cynan and Rhys ap Tewdwr defeat Trahaearn ap Caradog, Caradog ap Gruffydd and Meilir ap Rhiwallon. However, Gruffudd ap Cynan is subsequently captured and imprisoned by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, and his kingdom is granted to Robert of Rhuddlan, Hugh's cousin. 1088 Bernard de Neufmarché begins creation of the Lordship of Brecknock by conquest. 1092 Hervey le Breton is appointed Bishop of Bangor by William II of England. 1093 3 July - Robert of Rhuddlan is killed by a Welsh raiding party on the shores of the Great Orme and rule of his lands is taken over directly by his cousin Hugh of Chester. 1094 Welsh revolt against Anglo-Norman rule. Cadwgan ap Bleddyn of Powys defeats a Norman force at the battle of Coed Yspwys. 1095 Battle of Aber Llech secures Bernard de Neufmarché's Lordship of Brecknock, leading to the encastellation of Brycheiniog. William II of England attempts to suppress the revolt in north Wales with little success. 1096 Battle of Celli Carnant in Pembrokeshire. 1097 William II of England again attempts to suppress the revolt (at this time led by Cadwgan ap Bleddyn) with little success. 1098 Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, and Hugh of Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, attempt to recover lost Anglo-Norman territory in Gwynedd. In the Battle of Anglesey Sound (June or July) in which Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, intervenes and Hugh of Shrewsbury is killed, the Normans are forced to give up Anglesey. 1099 Gruffudd ap Cynan (having previously escaped from imprisonment) regains the throne of Gwynedd; and Cadwgan ap Bleddyn is able to reclaim part of Powys and Ceredigion on condition of doing homage to the new Earl of Shrewsbury, Robert of Bellême. Births 1054 probable - Robert II, Duke of Normandy (a prisoner in Cardiff Castle during the 12th century) Deaths 1005 date unknown - Cynan ap Hywel, Prince of Gwynedd 1010 probable - Elystan Glodrydd, founder of the fifth Royal Tribe of Wales 1018 date unknown - Aeddan ap Blegywryd, Prince of Gwynedd 1023 date unknown - Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth 1025 date unknown - Cynan ap Seisyll, brother of Llywelyn ap SeisyllK. L. Maund Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century https://books.google.com/books?id=nja0RSLWq-AC&pg=PA98 1991 Boydell & Brewer Ltd 978-0-85115-533-3 98 1033 date unknown - Rhydderch ap Iestyn, ruler of Gwent, Morgannwg, Deheubarth and Powys 1044 date unknown - Hywel ab Edwin, Prince of Deheubarth 1039 date unknown - Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, Prince of Gwynedd 1055 date unknown - Gruffydd ap Rhydderch (in battle) 1063 5 August - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, ruler of Wales (assassinated)Peter Berresford Ellis Wales--a Nation Again: The Nationalist Struggle for Freedom https://books.google.com/books?id=mJ6gAAAAMAAJ 1968 Tandem 978-0-426-03332-5 26 probable - Cynan ab Iago, Prince of Gwynedd 1070 probable - Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, Prince and co-ruler of Gwynedd and Powys 1075 date unknown - Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Gwynedd and Powys 1078 date unknown - Rhys ab Owain, King of DeheubarthK. L. Maund Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century https://books.google.com/books?id=nja0RSLWq-AC&pg=PA43 1991 Boydell & Brewer Ltd 978-0-85115-533-3 43 1081 At the Battle of Mynydd Carn (date unknown)John Reuben Davies The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=so7R-Z1VB1wC&pg=PA22 2003 Boydell Press 978-1-84383-024-5 22 Trahaearn ap Caradog, Prince of Gwynedd Caradog ap Gruffydd 1088 3 July - Robert of Rhuddlan, Norman adventurer and lord of north-east WalesEdward Augustus Freeman The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results https://books.google.com/books?id=yGENAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108 1876 Clarendon Press 108 1093 April - Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth (killed in battle)The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, 2008, 978-0-7083-1953-6 date unknown - Iestyn ap Gwrgant, last native ruler of Glamorgan 1094 27 July - Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of ShrewsburyA Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery: Including the Montgomery Pedigree https://books.google.com/books?id=vWs6AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 1863 private circulation; H. B. Ashmead, printer 19 1099 date unknown - Rhigyfarch, author of Life of Saint David References