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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAVID H . (c. 1208—1246) was a son of the See also:great Welsh See also:prince, See also:Llewelyn ab Iorwerth, and through his See also:mother See also:Joanna was a See also:grandson of See also:King See also:John. He married an See also:English See also:lady, Isabellade See also:Braose, and, having been recognized as his See also:father's See also:heir both by See also:Henry III. and by the Welsh lords, he had to See also:face the hostility of his See also:half-See also:brother Gruffydd, whom he seized and imprisoned in 1239. When Llewelyn died in See also:April 1240, David, who had already taken some See also:part in the duties of See also:government,was acknowledged as a prince of See also:North See also:Wales, doing See also:homage to Henry III. at See also:Gloucester. However, he was soon at variance with the English king, who appears to have espoused the cause of the See also:captive Gruff ydd. Henry's Welsh See also:campaign in 1241 was bloodless but decisive. Gruffydd was surrendered to him; David went to See also:London and made a full submission, but two or three years later he was warring against some English barons on the See also:borders. To check the English king he opened negotiations with See also:Innocent IV., doubtless hoping that the See also:pope would recognize Wales as an See also:independent See also:state, but here, as on the See also:field of See also:battle, Henry III. was too strong for him. Just after Henry's second campaign in Wales the prince died in See also:March 1246.

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