Morgan ap Caradog

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Morgan ap Caradog († around 1208) was a Welsh lord of the Afan reign in Glamorgan .

origin

He was a son of Caradog ap Iestyn and thus a grandson of Iestyn ap Gwrgan , the last Welsh king of Morgannwg. His mother Gwladus is said to have been a daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys . Together with his brothers Maredudd, Owain and Cadwallon, he took control of Afan, which stretched over the hill country between the River Afan and River Neath , after the death of his father .

Life

Around 1147 he became ruler of Afan after the brothers had divided the area among themselves. Maredudd received Meisgyn while Cadwallon became lord of Glynrhondda . Morgan raided the Anglo-Normans several times . Together with his cousin Rhys ap Gruffydd , he destroyed Aberafan Castle in 1153 . In 1161 he burned a barn at Margam Abbey and in 1167 the settlement at Kenfig Castle . In June 1175 he was one of the southeast Welsh princes who, under the leadership of his cousin Lord Rhys, paid homage to Henry II in Gloucester . However, after the death of William FitzRobert , the Lord of Glamorgan, a major Welsh rebellion broke out in southeast Wales in 1184, in which Morgan attacked the castles of Neath , Kenfig and Newcastle and burned the settlement around Cardiff Castle . His cousin Lord Rhys brokered an agreement with the English in July 1184 in Worcester that Morgan was allowed to keep his lands, and it is probably around this time that he built Hen Gastell Castle at Briton Ferry on the west bank of the mouth of the River Neath . Nothing is known about his further life, except that Archbishop Baldwin and Gerald of Wales were led by him through a ford at the mouth of the River Neath in 1188 when they were on their preaching journey through Wales for the crusade. In 1189 Prince John gave him Newcastle Castle as Lord of Glamorgan in a unique attempt to turn the once rebellious Welsh lord into a loyal vassal. As a result, Morgan was now a loyal follower of the future king until his death, his son Leison also fought for example in 1204 with 200 Welsh warriors for Johann in Normandy.

Family and offspring

His first marriage was to Gwenllian, a daughter of Ifor Bach , and his second marriage to Gwerful, a daughter of Idnerth ap Cadwgan. He had at least four sons and one daughter. He was succeeded by his son Leison, after his death in 1213 his son Morgan Gam . His daughter Sybil is said to have married a member of the Turberville family of Coity Castle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Welsh Biography Online: Caradog ap Iestyn. Retrieved December 15, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Cofelein: Aberafab Castle; Aberavon Castle, Site of; Bailey Castle. Retrieved December 15, 2013 .
  3. ^ John Gillingham: The English in the twelfth century. Imperalism, national identity and political values. Boydell, Woodbridge 2000. ISBN 978-0-85115-732-0 , p. 61
  4. ^ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan. Vol. III - Part 1a: Medieval secular monuments: The early castles - from the Norman Conquest to 1217 . Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London 1991. ISBN 0-11-300035-9 , p. 139
  5. ^ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan. Vol. III - Part 1a: Medieval secular monuments: The early castles - from the Norman Conquest to 1217 . Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London 1991. ISBN 978-0-11-300035-7 , p. 137
  6. ^ An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan, p. 328
personal data
SURNAME Morgan ap Caradog
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Afan (South Wales)
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1208