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Owain Glyndŵr

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Owain Glyndŵr (c. 1359 – c. 1415), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) but to many, viewed as an unofficial king. [1]

180 relations: A Night in the Lonesome October, Abergavenny, Aberystwyth Castle, Adam of Usk, Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr, Anglesey, Anholt (Denmark), Apprenticeship, Aquitaine, Archery, Autumnsong, Bard, Battle of Bryn Glas, Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen, Battle of Radcot Bridge, BBC, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Birmingham, Bishop of St Asaph, Brecon, Bretons, Brittany, Bubonic plague, Cadwaladr, Catholic Church, Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr, Chancellor, Chaplain, Cheshire, Chester, City Hall, Cardiff, Conwy, Corwen, Croft Castle, Cyfraith Hywel, Cymru Fydd, Dafydd Gam, Dartmouth, Devon, David Hanmer, David Lloyd George, Deheubarth, Denbighshire, Devon, Duke of Devonshire, Earl of Oxford, Edith Pargeter, Edmund Mortimer (1376-1409), Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, Edward I of England, ..., Fifth-rate, Francis Kilvert, Franciscans, Gentry, George Owen of Henllys, Glyndŵr Award, Glyndŵr Rising, Glyndŵr's Way, Glyndyfrdwy, Gruffudd ab Owain Glyndŵr, Gruffudd Fychan II, Gruffydd Young, Guernsey, Gunboat War, Harlech, Harlech Castle, Henry IV of England, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry Percy (Hotspur), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Henry V of England, Henry VII of England, Herefordshire, HMS Owen Glendower (1808), House of Cavendish, House of Mathrafal, House of Percy, House of Tudor, House of York, Hywel Dda, Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr, Inns of Court, Iolo Goch, Isle of Wight, Jack o' Kent, Jacob Youde William Lloyd, Jersey, John Cowper Powys, John of Gaunt, John Oldcastle, John Scudamore (landowner), Kentchurch, Kentchurch Court, Kidwelly, Kidwelly Castle, King Arthur, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Powys, List of Horrible Histories episodes, Liverpool University Press, Llŷn Peninsula, Lollardy, Long-distance trail, Lords Appellant, Machynlleth, Maggie Stiefvater, Man-at-arms, Manic Street Preachers, Manor house, Marcher Lord, Maredudd ab Owain Glyndŵr, Margaret Hanmer, Martha Rofheart, Meibion Glyndŵr, Mid Wales, Milford Haven, Monnington on Wye, Mortimer, National Assembly for Wales, Owain Glyndwr Hotel, Owain Lawgoch, Owen Glendower (novel), Pardon, Paris, Peasants' Revolt, Penal Laws against Wales 1402, Penguin Books, Plymouth, Plynlimon, Powys Fadog, Prime minister, Prince of Wales, Privateer, Public holiday, Rees Davies, Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, RGC 1404, Rhys ap Tudur, Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, River Mersey, River Severn, Robert Puleston, Roger Zelazny, Rosemary Hawley Jarman, Royal Navy, Rugby union, Scotland, Scrope v Grosvenor, Shannara, Shropshire, Siôn Cent, Sir John Donne, Strata Florida Abbey, Susan Cooper, Sycharth, Terry Breverton, Terry Brooks, The Dark Is Rising Sequence, The Raven Cycle, Thomas Pennant, Tower of London, Tripartite Indenture, Tudur ap Gruffudd, Tywysog, University of Cape Town, University of Oxford, Wales, Wales in the Late Middle Ages, Welsh Marches, Welsh nationalism, Welsh people, West Africa Squadron, West Wales, William Shakespeare, Worcester, Worcestershire, World War I, Wrexham, Wrexham Glyndŵr University, 100 Welsh Heroes. Expand index (130 more) »

A Night in the Lonesome October

A Night in the Lonesome October is a novel by American writer Roger Zelazny published in 1993, near the end of his life.

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Abergavenny

Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "Mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Aberystwyth Castle

Aberystwyth Castle (Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales.

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Adam of Usk

Adam of Usk (Adda o Frynbuga, c. 1352 – 1430) was a Welsh priest, canonist, and late medieval historian and chronicler.

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Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr

Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr was one of the daughters of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr, the disinherited prince of the old Welsh royal house of Powys Fadog, who led a major revolt in Wales between 1400 and ca.

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Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island situated on the north coast of Wales with an area of.

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Anholt (Denmark)

Anholt is a Danish island in the Kattegat, midway between Jutland and Sweden at the entrance to the North Sea in Northern Europe.

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Apprenticeship

An apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Aquitaine

Aquitaine (Aquitània; Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne), archaic Guyenne/Guienne (Occitan: Guiana) was a traditional region of France, and was an administrative region of France until 1 January 2016.

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Archery

Archery is the art, sport, practice or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.

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Autumnsong

"Autumnsong" is a song by Manic Street Preachers and was the third single taken from the album Send Away the Tigers.

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Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Battle of Bryn Glas

The Battle of Bryn Glas, (sometimes referred to in English accounts as the Battle of Pilleth, although Bryn Glas translates as green or blue hill) was fought on 22 June 1402, near the towns of Knighton and Presteigne in Powys.

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Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen

The Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen was part of the Welsh revolt led by Owain Glyndŵr against English rule that lasted from 1400 to 1415 and the battle occurred in June 1401.

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Battle of Radcot Bridge

The Battle of Radcot Bridge was fought on 19 December 1387 at Radcot Bridge in England, a bridge over the River Thames now in Oxfordshire but then the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sooth Berwick, Bearaig a Deas) is a town in the county of Northumberland.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

The (BnF, English: National Library of France) is the national library of France, located in Paris.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Bishop of St Asaph

The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph.

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Brecon

Brecon (Aberhonddu), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, with a population in 2001 of 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census.

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Bretons

The Bretons (Bretoned) are a Celtic ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Bubonic plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Cadwaladr

Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (also spelled Cadwalader or Cadwallader in English) was king of Gwynedd in Wales from around 655 to 682.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr

Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr (died 1413) was one of the daughters (probably the eldest) of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr.

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Chancellor

Chancellor (cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations.

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Chaplain

A chaplain is a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, school, business, police department, fire department, university, or private chapel.

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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City Hall, Cardiff

City Hall is a civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

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Conwy

Conwy ((south), (north); traditionally known in English as Conway) is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales.

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Corwen

Corwen is a Town, community and electoral ward in the county of Denbighshire in Wales; it was previously part of the county of Merioneth.

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Croft Castle

Croft Castle is a castle, church and garden located at Yarpole, Herefordshire, England.

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Cyfraith Hywel

Cyfraith Hywel (Laws of Hywel), also known as Welsh law (Leges Walliæ), was the system of law practised in medieval Wales before its final conquest by England.

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Cymru Fydd

The Cymru Fydd (Young Wales) movement was founded in 1886 by some of the London Welsh, including J. E. Lloyd, O. M. Edwards, T. E. Ellis (leader, MP for Merioneth, 1886–1899), Beriah Gwynfe Evans and Alfred Thomas.

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Dafydd Gam

Sir Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (c. 1380 – 25 October 1415), better known as Dafydd Gam or Davy Gam, was a Welsh nobleman, a prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr.

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Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon.

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David Hanmer

Sir David Hanmer, KS, SL (1332–1387) was a fourteenth century Anglo-Welsh Justice of the King's Bench from Hanmer, Wales best known as Owain Glyndŵr's father-in-law and the father of Glyndŵr's chief supporters.

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David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party and the final Liberal to serve as Prime Minister.

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Deheubarth

Deheubarth (lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South") was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia).

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Denbighshire

Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is a county in north-east Wales, named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but with substantially different borders.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Duke of Devonshire

Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.

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Earl of Oxford

Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Edgar the Atheling and held by him from 1066 to 1068, and later offered to Aubrey III de Vere by the empress Matilda in 1141, one of four counties he could choose if Cambridgeshire was held by the king of Scotland.

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Edith Pargeter

Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her nom de plume Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern.

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Edmund Mortimer (1376-1409)

Sir Edmund Mortimer (10 December 1376 – 1409), was an English nobleman who played a part in the rebellions of the Welsh leader, Owain Glyndŵr and the Percys at the beginning of the 15th century.

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Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March

Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison.

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Edward I of England

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

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Fifth-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchical system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower.

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Francis Kilvert

Robert Francis Kilvert (3 December 184023 September 1879), always known as Francis, or Frank, was an English clergyman remembered for his diaries reflecting rural life in the 1870s, which were published over fifty years after his death.

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders within the Catholic Church, founded in 1209 by Saint Francis of Assisi.

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Gentry

The gentry (genterie; Old French gentil: "high-born") are the "well-born, genteel, and well-bred people" of the social class below the nobility of a society.

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George Owen of Henllys

George Owen of Henllys (1552 – 26 August 1613) was a Welsh antiquarian, author, and naturalist.

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Glyndŵr Award

The Glyndŵr Award is made for an outstanding contribution to the arts in Wales.

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Glyndŵr Rising

The Glyndŵr Rising, Welsh Revolt or Last War of Independence was an uprising of the Welsh between 1400 and 1415, led by Owain Glyndŵr, against the Kingdom of England.

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Glyndŵr's Way

Glyndŵr's Way (Llwybr Glyndŵr) is a long distance footpath in mid Wales.

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Glyndyfrdwy

Glyndyfrdwy, or sometimes Glyn Dyfrdwy, is a village in the modern county of Denbighshire, Wales.

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Gruffudd ab Owain Glyndŵr

Gruffudd ap Owain Glyndŵr (c.1375-c.1412) was the eldest son of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr the disinherited Prince of the old Royal house of Powys Fadog who led a major revolt in Wales between 1400 and c.1416.

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Gruffudd Fychan II

Gruffudd Fychan II was Lord of Glyndyfrdwy and Lord of Cynllaith Owain c.1330–1369.

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Gruffydd Young

Gruffydd Young (or Griffin Yonge) (c. 1370 – c. 1435) was a cleric and a close supporter of Owain Glyndŵr during his Welsh rebellion against the English King Henry IV between 1400 and 1412.

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Guernsey

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

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Gunboat War

The Gunboat War (1807–1814) was the naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Harlech

Harlech is a seaside resort in Gwynedd within the historic boundaries of Merionethshire in north-west Wales.

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Harlech Castle

Harlech Castle (Castell Harlech), located in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a medieval fortification, constructed atop a spur of rock close to the Irish Sea.

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Henry IV of England

Henry IV (15 April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413, and asserted the claim of his grandfather, Edward III, to the Kingdom of France.

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Henry IV, Part 1

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597.

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Henry Percy (Hotspur)

Sir Henry Percy KG (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), commonly known as Sir Harry Hotspur, or simply Hotspur, was a late-medieval English nobleman.

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Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, Lord Marshal (10 November 1341 – 20 February 1408) was the son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England.

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Henry V of England

Henry V (9 August 1386 – 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 36 in 1422.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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HMS Owen Glendower (1808)

HMS Owen Glendower (or Owen Glendour) was a Royal Navy 36-gun fifth-rate ''Apollo'' class frigate launched in 1808 and disposed of in 1884.

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House of Cavendish

The House of Cavendish is a British Noble House.

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House of Mathrafal

The House of Mathrafal began as a cadet branch of the House of Dinefwr, taking their name from Mathrafal Castle, their principal seat and effective capital.

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House of Percy

Percy (old French Perci) was the most powerful noble family in northern England for much of the Middle Ages, having descended from William de Percy (d.1096), a Norman who crossed over to England after William the Conqueror in early December 1067, was created 1st feudal baron of Topcliffe in Yorkshire,Sanders, I.J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p.148 and was rebuilding York Castle in 1070.

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House of Tudor

The House of Tudor was an English royal house of Welsh origin, descended in the male line from the Tudors of Penmynydd.

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House of York

The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.

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Hywel Dda

Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good) or Hywel ap Cadell (c.880 – 950) was a King of Deheubarth who eventually came to rule most of Wales.

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Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr

Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr was reputedly the illegitimate son of the last native Welsh Prince of Wales; Owain Glyndŵr.

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Inns of Court

The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales.

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Iolo Goch

Iolo Goch (c. 1320 – c. 1398) (meaning Iolo the Red in English) was a medieval Welsh bard who composed poems addressed to Owain Glyndŵr, among others.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.

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Jack o' Kent

Jack o' Kent or Jack-a-Kent is an English folkloric character based in the Welsh Marches.

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Jacob Youde William Lloyd

Jacob Youde William Lloyd (1816–1887) was an English Anglican cleric, Catholic convert, antiquarian and genealogist.

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Jersey

Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France.

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John Cowper Powys

John Cowper Powys (8 October 187217 June 1963) was a British philosopher, lecturer, novelist, literary critic, and poet.

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John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English nobleman, soldier, statesman, and prince, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England.

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John Oldcastle

Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417) was an English Lollard leader.

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John Scudamore (landowner)

Sir John Scudamore was a 15th-century English landowner from Herefordshire who acted as constable and steward of a number of Royal castles in South Wales.

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Kentchurch

Kentchurch is a small village in Herefordshire, England.

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Kentchurch Court

Kentchurch Court is a grade I listed stately home located near the village of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, England.

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Kidwelly

Kidwelly (Cydweli) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, south west Wales, approximately north-west of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli.

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Kidwelly Castle

Kidwelly Castle (Castell Cydweli) is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England (French: Royaume d'Angleterre; Danish: Kongeriget England; German: Königreich England) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century—when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Kingdom of Powys

The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain.

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List of Horrible Histories episodes

Horrible Histories is a children's live-action historical sketch-comedy TV series based on the book series of the same name written by Terry Deary.

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Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press, founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.

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Llŷn Peninsula

The Llŷn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llŷn or italic) extends into the Irish Sea from north west Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey.

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Lollardy

Lollardy (Lollardism, Lollard movement) was a pre-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century to the English Reformation.

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Long-distance trail

A long-distance trail (or long-distance track, path, footpath or greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas, used for non-motorized recreational walking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing.

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Lords Appellant

The Lords Appellant were a group of nobles in the reign of King Richard II, who, in 1388, sought to impeach some five of the King's favourites in order to restrain what was seen as tyrannical and capricious rule.

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Machynlleth

Machynlleth, sometimes referred to colloquially as Mach, is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn).

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Maggie Stiefvater

Margaret "Maggie" Stiefvater (born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of Young Adult fiction, known mainly for her series of fantasy novels The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle.

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Man-at-arms

A man-at-arms was a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully armoured heavy cavalryman.

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Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh rock band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Caerphilly and consisting of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes).

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Manor house

A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.

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Marcher Lord

A Marcher Lord was a noble appointed by the King of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.

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Maredudd ab Owain Glyndŵr

Maredudd ab Owain Glyndŵr was a son of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr.

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Margaret Hanmer

Margaret Hanmer (c. 1370 – c. 1420), sometimes known by her Welsh name of Marred ferch Dafydd, was the wife of Owain Glyndŵr.

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Martha Rofheart

Martha Rofheart (1917–1990) was an American writer of historical novels, an actress and early in her career, a model.

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Meibion Glyndŵr

Meibion Glyndŵr (Sons of Glyndŵr) was a Welsh nationalist movement violently opposed to the loss of Welsh culture and language.

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Mid Wales

Mid Wales (Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth "The Midlands") is the name given to the central region of Wales.

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Milford Haven

Milford Haven (Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau") is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Monnington on Wye

Monnington on Wye is a village in western Herefordshire, England, located between Hereford and Hay-on-Wye.

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Mortimer

Mortimer is an English surname.

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National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; commonly known as the Welsh Assembly) is a devolved parliament with power to make legislation in Wales.

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Owain Glyndwr Hotel

The Owain Glyndwr Hotel is a Grade II-listed inn in Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales named after the Welsh hero Owain Glyndŵr.

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Owain Lawgoch

Owain Lawgoch (Owain of the Red Hand, Yvain de Galles), full name Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri (– July 1378), was a Welsh soldier who served in Spain, France, Alsace, and Switzerland.

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Owen Glendower (novel)

Owen Glendower: An Historical Novel by John Cowper Powys was first published in America in January 1941, and in the UK in February 1942.

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Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be absolved of guilt for an alleged crime or other legal offense, as if the act never occurred.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants' Revolt, also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.

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Penal Laws against Wales 1402

The Penal Laws against Wales were a set of laws, passed by the English Parliament in 1402.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Plynlimon

Plynlimon (anglicised from Pumlumon in Welsh, meaning "five peaks") is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales.

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Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys, which split in two following the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) was a title granted to princes born in Wales from the 12th century onwards; the term replaced the use of the word king.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Public holiday

A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year.

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Rees Davies

Sir Robert Rees Davies CBE (6 August 1938 – 16 May 2005), was a Welsh historian.

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Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Reginald Grey, Knt., 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (c. 1362 – 30 September 1440), a powerful Welsh marcher lord, succeeded to the title on his father's death in July 1388.

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RGC 1404

RGC 1404, formerly Gogledd Cymru ("North Wales"), is a rugby union team founded in 2008 and based in Colwyn Bay, Conwy.

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Rhys ap Tudur

Rhys ap Tudur (died 1412) was a Welsh nobleman and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd.

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Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, 5th or 11th Earl of Arundel and 9th Earl of Surrey, KG (1346 – 21 September 1397) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.

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River Mersey

The River Mersey is a river in the North West of England.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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Robert Puleston

Robert Puleston was a brother-in-law and supporter of Owain Glyndŵr, at the time of his rebellion against King Henry IV of England in the early 15th century and afterwards.

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Roger Zelazny

Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber.

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Rosemary Hawley Jarman

Rosemary Hawley Jarman (27 April 1935 – 17 March 2015) was an English novelist and writer of short stories.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scrope v Grosvenor

Scrope v Grosvenor (1389) was one of the earliest heraldic law cases brought in England.

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Shannara

Shannara is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and continuing through The Black Elfstone which was released in June 2017; there is also a prequel, First King of Shannara.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Siôn Cent

Siôn Cent (c. 1400 – 1430/45), (or 1367? – 1430?) was a Welsh language poet, and is an important figure in Medieval Welsh literature.

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Sir John Donne

Sir John Donne (probably born in 1420s – 1503) was a Welsh courtier, diplomat and soldier, a notable figure of the Yorkist party.

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Strata Florida Abbey

Strata Florida Abbey (Abaty Ystrad Fflur) is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Susan Cooper

Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books.

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Sycharth

Sycharth is a motte and bailey castle and town in Llansilin, Powys, Wales.

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Terry Breverton

Terry Breverton (born 1946) is a British former businessman and academic who has written many books on subjects mainly related to Wales and seamen.

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Terry Brooks

Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction.

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The Dark Is Rising Sequence

The Dark Is Rising is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults, written by the English author Susan Cooper and published 1965 to 1977.

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The Raven Cycle

The Raven Cycle is a series of four contemporary fantasy novels written by American author Maggie Stiefvater.

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Thomas Pennant

Thomas Pennant (14 June OS 1726 – 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Tripartite Indenture

The Tripartite Indenture was an agreement made in February 1405 between Owain Glyndŵr, Edmund Mortimer, and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, agreeing to divide England and Wales up between them at the expense of Henry IV.

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Tudur ap Gruffudd

Tudur ap Gruffudd (c. 1357–1405) was a brother of Owain Glyndŵr, the Welsh rebel leader crowned Prince of Wales, and a son of Gruffudd Fychan, Lord of Gwyddelwern.

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Tywysog

Tywysog, in modern Welsh, means "Prince", but historically it referred to a broader category of rulers.

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University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wales in the Late Middle Ages

Wales in the Late Middle Ages covers the period from the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in late 1282 to the incorporation of Wales into the Kingdom of England by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542.

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Welsh Marches

The Welsh Marches (Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Welsh nationalism

Welsh nationalism (Cenedlaetholdeb Cymreig) emphasises the distinctiveness of Welsh language, culture, and history, and calls for more self-determination for Wales, which might include more devolved powers for the Welsh Assembly or full independence from the United Kingdom.

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Welsh people

The Welsh (Cymry) are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh history, and the Welsh language.

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West Africa Squadron

The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron at substantial expense in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

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West Wales

West Wales (Gorllewin Cymru) is the western region of Wales.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Worcester

Worcester is a city in Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham, west-northwest of London, north of Gloucester and northeast of Hereford.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Wrexham

Wrexham (Wrecsam) is the largest town in the north of Wales and an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre.

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Wrexham Glyndŵr University

Wrexham Glyndŵr University (Prifysgol Glyndŵr Wrecsam) is a British university with campuses at Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph in north-east Wales; and at Kingston upon Thames, London.

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100 Welsh Heroes

100 Welsh Heroes was an opinion poll run in Wales as a response to the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll of 2002.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glyndŵr

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