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Battle Of Pencon
The Battle of Pencon or Pencoed was a battle won by the Britons (modern Welsh), possibly against the Mercians or against themselves, around the year 720. Accounts The ''Chronicle of the Princes'' places the battle in AD 720. The '' Annals of Wales'' are undated but Phillimore placed the following entry in the year 722: Harleian MS. 3859. Op. cit. Phillimore, Egerton. ''Y Cymmrodor'' 9 (1888), pp. 141–83. Although the ''Annals of Wales'' does not specifically identify the Anglo-Saxons as the enemy, it is considered that the failure to specify an enemy was simply because it would have been obvious. While other theories suggest the battle could have been between the Welsh and Cornish themselves. The ''Chronicle of Princes'' seems to refute this logic, specifically excluding Pencoed from Rhodri Molwynog's conflict with the Saxons that year: Location Castell Pen-y-Coed, an earthwork in Carmarthenshire, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britons (historical)
The Britons (Linguistic reconstruction, *''Pritanī'', , ), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were the Celts, Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh people, Welsh, Cornish people, Cornish, and Bretons (among others). They spoke Common Brittonic, the ancestor of the modern Brittonic languages. The earliest written evidence for the Britons is from Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman writers and dates to the Iron Age. Ancient Britain was made up of many tribes and kingdoms, associated with various Hillforts in Britain, hillforts. The Britons followed an ancient Celtic religion overseen by druids. Some of the southern tribes had strong links with mainland Europe, especially Gaul and Gallia Belgica, Belgica, and Celtic currency of Britain, minted their own coins. The Roman Empire Roman conquest of Britain, conquered most of Britain in the 1st century AD, creating th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Garthmaelawg
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military History Of Wales
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Military History Of England
The military history of England and Wales deals with the period prior to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.(for the period after 1707, see Military history of the United Kingdom) List of military encounters Medieval period * Battle of Aylesford (455) * Battle of Badon () * Battle of Ellandun (825) * Viking invasions (793–1066) ** Battle of Hingston Down (838) ** Battle of Aclea (851) ** Battle of York (867) ** Battle of Englefield 870 ** Battle of Reading (871) ** Battle of Ashdown (871) ** Battle of Basing (871) ** Battle of Meretun (871) ** Campaign of Alfred the Great (871–899) *** Battle of Edington (878) *** Battle of Cynwit (878) ** Battle of Assandun (1016) ** Battle of Fulford (1066) ** Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066) * Norman conquest of England (1066) ** Battle of Hastings (1066) * Rebellion of 1088 * The Anarchy (1138–53) * Revolt of 1173–74 * Third Crusade (1189–1192) * French invasion of Normandy (1202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles Involving Mercia
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Century In England
Events from the 8th century in England. Events * 700 **Osgyth, Abbess of Chich in Essex, is killed. ** Approximate date – Beverley Minster is founded by John of Beverley. * 704 ** Æthelred of Mercia abdicates to become a monk at Bardney and is succeeded as king by his nephew Coenred. * 705 **Wilfrid is re-instated as Bishop of Ripon. ** Bede completes his first chronological work. ** Approximate date *** The Diocese of Sherborne is created from part of that of Winchester with Aldhelm as first bishop. *** John of Beverley is elevated from Bishop of Hexham to Bishop of York. * 709 ** Coenred of Mercia abdicates to become a monk in Rome and is succeeded as king by his cousin Ceolred. * 710 ** Picts unsuccessfully invade Northumbria. ** Approximate date – Bishop Wilfrid dies at Oundle. * 715 ** Approximate date – Completion of Lindisfarne Gospels. * 716 ** Æthelbald becomes King of Mercia on the death of Ceolred, marking the beginning of that kingdom's as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
720s Conflicts
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Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. , it had a population of 3.2 million. It has a total area of and over of Coastline of Wales, coastline. It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperate climate, north temperate zone and has a changeable, Oceanic climate, maritime climate. Its capital and largest city is Cardiff. A distinct Culture of Wales, Welsh culture emerged among the Celtic Britons after the End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was briefly united under Gruffudd ap Llywelyn in 1055. After over 200 years of war, the Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by King Edward I o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as the "Garden of Wales" and is also home to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Carmarthenshire has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The county town was founded by the Romans, and the region was part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth in the High Middle Ages. After invasion by the Normans in the 12th and 13th centuries it was Conquest of Wales by Edward I, subjugated, along with other parts of Wales, by Edward I of England. There was further unrest in the early 15th century, when the Welsh rebelled under Owain Glyndŵr, and during the English Civil War. Carmarthenshire is mainly an agricultural county, apart from the southeastern part which was once heavily industrialised with coal mining, steel-making and tin-pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Morgannwg
Morgannwg (now Glamorgan) was a kingdom in south-east Wales. It was a name for the Kingdom of Glywysing which came into use at the end of the tenth century and ended with conquest by the Normans around 1091. History of Morgannwg In the early ninth century, south-east Wales was a kingdom called Gwent, but for periods in the ninth and tenth centuries it was separated into Glywysing in the west and Gwent (now Monmouthshire in the east, with Glywysing having a higher status. Glywysing was called Morgannwg (now Glamorgan) from the end of the tenth century. Norman conquest With Gwent increasingly overrun by the Norman conquest of Wales, the last native King of Morgannwyg was Iestyn ap Gwrgan (1081–1090), who was subsequently deposed by Robert Fitzhamon. Iestyn's sons became Lords of Afan, while Owain ap Caradog ap Gruffudd contented himself with Gwynllwg and founded the line of the Lords of Caerleon.Ashley, Mike (1998) ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens '' (Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
