Meisgyn

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Meisgyn ( English Miskin ) was a medieval commote in South Wales . Meisgyn stretched north of the River Ely in the mountains of Glamorgan , in the west it bordered Glynrhondda , in the east the River Taff formed the border with the Welsh rule Senghenydd .

history

The Welsh Kingdom of Morganwg was conquered by the Normans at the end of the 11th century . Nevertheless, Caradog ap Iestyn , the son of the last Welsh king Iestyn ap Gwrgan , retained under loose Norman sovereignty the rule of the hill country of Glamorgan between the River Taff in the west and the River Neath in the east, while the fertile coastal plain fell under direct Norman rule. After Caradog ap Iestyn's death, his three sons divided the area among themselves around 1147. The westernmost part became the Afan dominion , Glynrhondda bordered it in the east, while the western part under Maredudd ap Caradog († 1211) formed the rule of Meisgyn. As the eldest son, Morgan ap Caradog , the Lord of Afan, claimed supremacy over the three lords.

When, during a war between the Welsh and the English, Morgan Gam , Lord of Afan, was captured by Gilbert de Clare , Lord of Glamorgan in 1228 , Hywel ap Maredudd , Lord of Meisgyn, Glynrhondda, occupied the neighboring territory of his cousin Morgan ap Cadwallon and sold it. Since Gilbert de Clare died in 1230 and his inheritance was still a minor, Hywel ap Maredudd was initially able to hold this conquest. However, when Richard de Clare , the heir to Gilbert de Clare, came of age, he resumed his father's politics, so that around 1242 new conflicts arose between the Welsh and the English Lord of Glamorgan. Gilbert de Clare finally occupied Meisgyn, Hywel ap Maredudd fled to Gwynedd in northern Wales in 1246 . To secure his conquest, Richard de Clare built Llantrisant Castle in southern Meisgyn .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 57
  2. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 74
  3. ^ Castles of Wales: Llantrisant Castle. Retrieved August 30, 2015 .