Posted on 02/22/2021 3:19:15 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
On an uncertain date perhaps around February 1136, the Welsh princess Gwenllian (or Gwenlhian, or Gwenliana) lost a battle to a Norman lord, who had her summarily beheaded.
This execution occurred in the aftermath of the Norman conquest. Having taken England, those invaders had made inroads into its western neighbor, even temporarily occupying much of the country.
But Welsh lords pushed the Normans back, and we find those Normans at this moment in disarray over an internal succession crisis — a period known as “The Anarchy”.
Seeing the opportunity, Wales’s constituent principalities rose in a “Great Revolt”.
Gwenllian, that hottie from history, was daughter of the ruler of Gwynedd, married in a political match to the ruler of Deheubarth.
While these two men in Gwenllian’s life met up with one another to plot their next moves, Norman raids on Deheubarth forced Gwenllian to lead a force into the field to fight them....
(Excerpt) Read more at executedtoday.com ...
I posted about one some time back, that of Sophie Scholl, whose life is very much worth knowing about:
http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/22/1943-sophie-scholl-of-the-white-rose/
It seems there was another Gwenllian two hundred years later.
She was held captive from age 1 to death at 54.
The English have some lovely history stories.
Thanks for sharing these! Always intersting.
“The English have some lovely history stories.”
My favorite is that of Oliver Cromwell.
Dead 2 years, dug up, tried and found guilty. Then they “executed” him.
https://www.historyandheadlines.com/january-30-1661-cromwell-executed-two-years-death/
LOL, what?!?
I’m definitely reading up on that.
Well, that'll larn him. I must point out that he never re-offended.
She was the daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd.
But he’s been voting straight ticket Democrat in Chicago ever since Illinois became a state.
Norman military in disarray due road signs.
Good grief! What were they? Democrats?
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