This article is about the particular significance of the century 1201–1300 to Wales and its people.

12th century | 14th century | Other years in Wales
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Princes of Wales

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(Also Madog ap Llywelyn, proclaimed prince during revolt of 1294–95)[1]

Events

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1201

1202

1203

1204

1205

1206

1208

1209

1210

1211

  • August – King John of England invades Gwynedd with assistance from other Welsh princes and, at his second attempt, penetrates the heart of Llywelyn the Great's territory.[8] When Robert of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bangor, refuses to meet John, Bangor is burned and the bishop is taken prisoner.

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1213

1214

1215

1216

  • 19 October – The death of King John of England and the accession of his son as Henry III relieve political tensions between England and Wales.
  • Llywelyn the Great holds a council at Aberdyfi to adjudicate on the territorial claims of the lesser princes of Wales.

1217

1218

1219

1220

1221

  • Approximate date of the building of Castell y Bere by Llywelyn the Great.

1222

1223

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1229

1230

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1232

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1238

1240

  • 11 April – Dafydd ap Llywelyn succeeds his father, Llywelyn the Great, as Prince of Gwynedd and Wales.
  • 15 May – the Treaty of Gloucester is signed by Dafydd ap Llywelyn and Henry III.

1241

  • 17 March – Dafydd sends representatives to Shrewsbury to discuss the ownership of disputed lands as required by the Treaty of Gloucester, though he absents himself. The meeting, and several others, prove fruitless.
  • August – King Henry III of England invades Gwynedd.
  • 29 August – the Treaty of Gwerneigron is signed by Dafydd ap Llywelyn and Henry III. In it, Dafydd agrees to cede most of modern-day Flintshire to Henry. Shortly thereafter, Dafydd hands over his half-brother, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, to Henry for imprisonment in the Tower of London.

1244

  • 1 March – after several years of imprisonment, Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fawr dies in an escape attempt. Dafydd ap Llywelyn wages war in the Marches against Henry III.

1245

1246

1247

1252

  • July – the earliest known document issued by Dafydd ap Gruffydd is drawn up; in it, he is referred to as 'lord of Cymydmaen'. From this point on Dafydd plays an increasingly important role in Welsh politics.

1255

1256

1257

1258

1260

1262

1263

1265

1267

1268

1272

1274

1275

1276

1277

1278

1280

1282

1283

1284

1285

  • May – The Cross of Neith, an important religious relic acquired from Wales, is carried through London at the head of a royal procession.
  • 2 September – Isabella Mortimer, Countess of Arundel, marries, as her third husband, Robert de Hastang. She is subsequently fined the sum of £1,000 for having married without Royal Licence.[10]

1286

  • Manuscript B of the Annales Cambriae is completed, probably at the Cistercian abbey of Neath.

1287

  • 8 June – Rhys ap Maredudd revolts in south-west Wales.

1288

  • 20 January – Rhys ap Maredudd's revolt is finally suppressed as his final stronghold, the castle at Newcastle Emlyn, surrenders. Rhys goes to ground.

1289

1290

1294

1295

Books

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Births

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1203

1212

1222

1224

1231

1282

1287

1291

Deaths

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1201

1203

1209

1211

1212

1214

1215

  • 17 November – Giles de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny and Bishop of Hereford

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1219

1220

1221

1223

1228

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1236

1237

1240

1241

1244

  • 1 March – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (fell to his death in an attempt to escape from the Tower of London)

1245

1246

1247

1251

1253

1254

1255

1256

1267

  • October/November – Richard, bishop of Bangor

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1269

1280

1282

1283

1286

1289

1292

1293

1294

  • 17 January – Sir Roger de Puleston, Sheriff of Anglesey (lynched by a mob in Caernarfon)

1295

1296

1297

1298

1299

References

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  1. ^ Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages. University of Wales Press. 12 January 2011. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-7083-2447-9.
  2. ^ R. R. Davies (2000). The Age of Conquest: Wales, 1063–1415. Oxford University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-19-820878-5.
  3. ^ Ian Coulthard (2001). Offa's Dyke Circular Walks: Northern Section. Sigma Leisure. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-85058-726-2.
  4. ^ National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1972. p. 59.
  5. ^ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Douglas Richardson. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7.
  6. ^ Christopher Robert Cheney (1976). Pope Innocent III and England. Hiersemann. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-7772-7623-6.
  7. ^ Samuel Lewis (1840). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. S. Lewis. p. 313.
  8. ^ George Henry Townsend; Frederick W. Martin (1862). The Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records. p. 887.
  9. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  10. ^ Cokayne, G.E. (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. I (new, 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, p. 240
  11. ^ "Welcome to Beaumaris". Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  12. ^ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Douglas Richardson. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7.
  13. ^ A companion and key to the history of England; consisting of copious genealogical details of the British sovereigns, with an appendix, exhibiting a chronological epitome of the successive holders of the several titles of the ... nobility, etc, with their armorial bearings. 1832. p. 632.
  14. ^ Michael Ashley (1998). British Monarchs: The Complete Genealogy, Gazetteer, and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain. Robinson. ISBN 978-1-85487-504-4.