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- Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (1051-1111) was a prince of Powys in eastern Wales. Cadwgan was the second son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn who was king of both Powys and Gwynedd. When Bleddyn was killed in 1075, Powys was divided between three of his sons, Cadwgan, Iorwerth and Maredudd. Cadwgan is first heard of 1088 when he attacked Deheubarth, forcing its king, Rhys ap Tewdwr, to flee to Ireland. However Rhys returned later the same year with a fleet from Ireland and defeated the men of Powys in a battle in which two of Cadwgan's nephews, Madog and Rhiryd, were killed. When Rhys ap Tewdwr was killed in 1093, Cadwgan again attacked Deheubarth, but it soon became clear that it was the Normans who would benefit from the death of Rhys. About this time Cadwgan married the daughter of one of the neighbouring Norman lords, Picot de Sai. In 1094 a Welsh revolt against Norman rule broke out, and Cadwgan played a part in this, defeating a Norman force at the battle of Coed Yspwys. Bleddyn was now an ally of Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd, and when Earl Hugh of Chester and Earl Hugh of Shrewsbury launched an invasion in 1098 to try to recover Anglesey for Hugh of Chester, Cadwgan was with Gruffydd. A Danish fleet hired by Gruffydd was offered a higher price by the Normans and changed sides, forcing Cadwgan and Gruffydd to flee to Ireland in a skiff. They were able to return to Wales the following year, and Cadwgan was able to reclaim part of Powys and Ceredigion, on condition of doing homage to Earl Robert of Shrewsbury. For a while Cadwgan was able to strengthen his position. Earl Robert fell out with the king in 1102 and was defeated with the assistance of Cadwgan's brother Iorwerth. Iorwerth took his other brother Maredudd, captive and handed him over to the king. However many of the lands which Iorwerth had been promised in exchanged for his help were given to Norman lords instead, and Iorwerth broke with the king. In 1103 he was arraigned before a royal tribunal and imprisoned, leaving Cadwgan as sole ruler of the parts of Powys not in Norman hands. However in 1109 Cadwgan's son, Owain ap Cadwgan, fell in love with Nest, wife of Gerald of Pembroke and launched a daring raid on the castle of Cenarth Bychan to abduct her. Cadwgan tried to persuade his son to return Nest to her husband but failed. The justiciar of Shropshire, Richard de Beaumais promised members of other branches of the ruling house of Powys extensive lands if they would join in an attack on Cadwgan and Owain. Ceredigion was invaded and Owain fled to Ireland, while Cadwgan made his peace with the king but was allowed to hold only one border vill. King Henry I of England later allowed him to have Ceredigion back on condition of paying a fine of £100 and promising to have nothing to do with Owain in future. When his brother Iorwerth was killed by Madog ap Rhiryd in 1111, Cadwgan again briefly took over the rule of all Powys, but later the same year Cadwgan himself was also killed by Madog at Welshpool. Madog was able to seize some of his lands, while the remainder fell to his son Owain.
- Cadwgan ap Bleddyn va ser un rei de Powys que visqué al segle XI. Cadwgan va ser el segon fill de Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, rei alhora de Powys i de Gwynedd. En ser mort Bleddyn el 1075, Powys va ser dividit entre els seus res fills, Cadwgan, Iorwerth i Maredudd. La primera menció a Cadwgan és del 1088, quan atacà el regne de Deheubarth, fent que el seu rei, Rhys ap Tewdwr, hagués de fugir a Irlanda. Per poc temps, però, ja que abans d'acabar l'any Rhys tornà amb una flota i derrotà els homes de Powys en una batalla on moriren dos dels nebots d'en Cadwgan, Madog i Rhiryd. Quan Rhys ap Tewdwr morí el 1093, Cadwgan atacà novament Deheubarth, però aviat fou clar que serien els normands qui es beneficiarien del traspàs del rei Rhys. Per la mateixa època, Cadwgan es casà amb la filla d'un dels senyors normands de la rodalia, Picot de Sai. A l'any 1094, esclatà una revolta gal·lesa contra el poder normand, i Cadwgan hi participà vencent-ne un contingent a la batalla de Coed Yspwys. Bleddyn estava aliat en aquell moment amb Gruffydd ap Cynan, rei de Gwynedd, i quan el comte Hugh d'Avranches de Chester i el comte Hugh of Montgomery de Shrewsbury llançaren una invassió en l'any 1098 per recuperar l'illa de Mon per a Hugh de Chester, Cadwgan feia costat a Gruffydd. Una flota danesa contractada per Gruffydd va ser comprada pels normands per una suma superior, i Cadwgan i Gruffydd hagueren de fugir a Irlanda en un bot. Pogueren tornar a Gal·les a l'any següent, i a Cadwgan li fou permès de reclamar part de Powys i Ceredigion, amb la condició que retés homenatge a Robert of Bellême, tercer comte de Shrewsbury. Durant una temporada, Cadwgan pogué enfortir la seva posició. Quan Robert partí peres amb el rei en l'any 1102, el germà de Cadwgan, Iorwerth, col·laborà a derrotar el comte. Iorwerth feu captiu el seu germà gran, Maredudd, i el lliurà al rei; però moltes de les terres que el rei li havia promès per l'ajuda foren, per comptes d'això, donades a nobles normands, i Iorwerth trencà amb el monarca. De resultes, en l'any 1103 va ser portat davant d'un tribunal reial, i empresonat, i Cadwgan quedà com a únic governant del Powys que encara no estava en poder normand. La situació tornà a canviar al 1109, quan el fill de Cadwgan Owain s'enamorà de Nest, esposa de Gerald de Pembroke, assaltà -i cremà- el castell de Cenarth Bychan i la segrestà. Cadwgan maldà endebades perquè el seu fill alliberés la dama. Aleshores, el justiciar de Shropshire, Richard de Beaumais oferí terres a membres de les branques menors de la casa de Powys si atacaven els culpables Cadwgan i Owain. Ceredigion va ser envaït i Owain s'escapà a Irlanda, mentre Cadwgan es reté al rei, que el permeté de conservar únicament una possessió fronterera. Posteriorment, el rei Enric I d'Anglaterra el permeté de recuperar tot Ceredigion contra el pagament d'una multa de 100 lliures i la promesa de trencar tots els lligams amb Owain en el futur. Quan el seu germà Iorwerth fou mort per Madog ap Rhiryd en l'any 1111, Cadwgan recuperà breument el regne de Powys, per a perdre'l quan ell mateix fou occit per Madog a Y Trallwng (en anglès, Welshpool). Madog es feu amb la majoria de les terres del regne, mentre el romanent passava a mans d'Owain.
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- Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (1051-1111) was a prince of Powys in eastern Wales. Cadwgan was the second son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn who was king of both Powys and Gwynedd. When Bleddyn was killed in 1075, Powys was divided between three of his sons, Cadwgan, Iorwerth and Maredudd. Cadwgan is first heard of 1088 when he attacked Deheubarth, forcing its king, Rhys ap Tewdwr, to flee to Ireland.
- Cadwgan ap Bleddyn va ser un rei de Powys que visqué al segle XI. Cadwgan va ser el segon fill de Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, rei alhora de Powys i de Gwynedd. En ser mort Bleddyn el 1075, Powys va ser dividit entre els seus res fills, Cadwgan, Iorwerth i Maredudd. La primera menció a Cadwgan és del 1088, quan atacà el regne de Deheubarth, fent que el seu rei, Rhys ap Tewdwr, hagués de fugir a Irlanda.
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