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King Henry VII

King Henry VII

The Celts and Ancient History
Bronze and Iron Age - The ancient culture of the Celts had settled in many European countries including Austria, Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Western Germany, Northern Spain, Turkey and Hungary

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Concise Facts and History about Wales

383 Is considered by eminent historians as the year that the concept of the Welsh nation began

784 The King Of Mercia builds Offa's Dyke as a boundary between England and Wales
844-877 The Reign Of Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri The Great) who united all of Wales under his rule
890 Welsh rulers acknowledge Alfred Of Wessex as their ruler and creates a sense of subservience to the English Crown
1066-77 Following the defeat of the English King Harold at the Battle Of Hastings the Normans also take control of Wales
1120-1129 "Historia Regum Britanniae" was writtenb by Geoffrey Of Monmouth and details the Arthurian Legend of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Chivalric Court of Camelot. This provided the Welsh with a claim to the sovereignty of the whole island of Britain of which the Tudors took advantage
1137-1170 The Reign of Owain Gwynedd
1169 According to Welsh legend Prince Madog Of Gwynedd, landed in Alabama and travelled up the Missouri leaving behind Welsh culture and customs
1204 Prince Llywelyn Ap Iorwerth married Joan, the daughter of King John Of England
1222-1283 Llywelyn Ap Gruffudd took the title of Prince Of Wales with agreement from the King Of England but Wales then became subservient to the King of England
1284 Wales became incorporated into The Kingdom Of England under the Statute of Rhuddlan
1485 The Battle Of Bosworth ended the English Wars of The Roses when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III. Henry Tudor claimed Welsh descent through Owain Tudor of Penmynedd in Anglesey who had secretly married Catherine, widow of King Henry V. Their son, Edmund Tudor fathered Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII of England and fulfilled the old prophesy that one day a Welsh Monarch would rule the whole of Britain

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