See also: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
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
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. Tout in the See also: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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