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DAVID III

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAVID III . (d. 1283) was a son of Gruffydd and thus a See also:nephew of David II. His See also:life was mainly spent in fighting against his See also:brother, the reigning See also:prince, See also:Llewelyn ab Gruffydd. His first revolt took See also:place in 1254 or 1255, and after a second about eight years later he took See also:refuge in See also:England, returning to See also:Wales when See also:Henry III. made See also:peace with Llewelyn in 1267. Then about 1274 the same See also:process was repeated. David attended See also:Edward I. during the Welsh expedition of 1277, receiving from the See also:English See also:king lands in See also:North Wales; but in 1282 he made peace with Llewelyn and suddenly attacked the English garrisons, a proceeding which led to Edward's final See also:conquest of Wales. After Llewelyn's See also:death in See also:December 1282 David maintained the last struggle of the Welsh for See also:independence. All his efforts, however, were vain; in See also:June 1283 he was betrayed to Edward, was tried by a See also:special See also:court and sentenced to death, and was executed with See also:great barbarity at See also:Shrewsbury in See also:October 1283.

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