Lleision ap Morgan Gam

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Lleision ap Morgan Gam , also Lleisan , († before 1262) was a Lord of Afan , a small Welsh dominion in south-east Wales, which was under the sovereignty of the English Lords of Glamorgan .

Lleision was a son of Morgan Gam and became Lord of Afan after his death in February 1241. In 1246 he tried in vain in an Anglo-Welsh war to conquer Newcastle , which his grandfather Morgan ap Caradog had still owned. A little later, in contrast to his father and his cousin Hywel ap Maredudd , the lord of the neighboring Meisgyn rule , he recognized the sovereignty of Richard de Clare as Lord of Glamorgan. In 1247 he renounced his claims to Margam Abbey and in 1249 to Neath Abbey . For Richard de Clare he was no longer a danger. In contrast to Hywel ap Maredudd, he was therefore able to maintain his rule and was not driven out by Richard de Clare. Lleision went from being a Welsh chief to a feudal lord who resided in Plas Baglan at the mouth of the River Afan . His successor was his brother Morgan Fychan in 1262 , who initially resumed the fight against the English Lords of Glamorgan.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 69
  2. ^ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan, Vol. III - Part I: The early castles . RCAHMW, 1991, ISBN 978-0-11-300035-7 , p. 352
  3. ↑ Huw Pryce: The Acts of Welsh Rulers 1120-1283. University of Wales Press, Cardiff 2010. ISBN 978-0-7083-2387-8 , p. 21
  4. ^ Welsh Biography Online: Morgan Fychan. Retrieved September 2, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lleision ap Morgan Gam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lleisan ap Morgan Gam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Afan (South Wales)
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH before 1262