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LLEWELYN II

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 831 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LLEWELYN II ., AB GRUFFYDD (d. r282), See also:prince of See also:North See also:Wales, succeeded his See also:uncle See also:David in 1246, but was compelled by See also:Henry III. to confine himself to See also:Snowdon and See also:Anglesey. In 1254 Henry granted Prince See also:Edward the royal lands in Wales. The steady encroachment of royal See also:officers on Llewelyn's See also:land began immediately, and in X256 Llewelyn declared See also:war. The Barons' War engaged all the forces of See also:England, and he was able to make himself See also:lord of See also:south and north Wales. Llewelyn also assisted the barons. By the treaty of See also:Shrewsbury (1265) he was recognized as overlord of Wales; and in return See also:Simon de See also:Montfort was supplied with Welsh troops for his last See also:campaign. Llewelyn refused to do See also:homage to Edward I., who therefore attacked him in 1276. He was besieged in the Snowdon mountains till See also:hunger made him surrender, and conclude the humiliating treaty of See also:Conway (1277). He was released, but in 1282 he revolted again, and was killed in a skirmish with the Mortimers, near See also:Builth in central Wales. See C. See also:Bemont, Simon de Montfort (See also:Paris, 1884) ; T. F.

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Political See also:History of England, iii. (1905); J. E. See also:Morris in The Welsh See also:Wars of Edward I. (1901).

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