Medieval Wales & The Age of Princes Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • edward: the english king who 'gave wales a prince born in wales, who can't speak a word of english!' (he made his baby son 'prince of wales').
  • gruffydd ap llewelyn: the welsh prince who united wales in 1055.
  • gerallt cymro: the monk/royal clerk who travelled wales in 1188 and documented welsh culture whilst recruiting for the crusades.
  • william of normandy: the man who won the battle of hastings and afterwards ordered three of his men to invade wales from the north, middle & south.
  • bishop odo: william of normandy's half-brother, who commissioned the bayeux tapestry.
  • llewelyn ap gruffydd: the welsh prince who controlled most of wales in the late1200's but eventually lost to the king of england, edward.
  • 1o66: the year of the battle of hastings.
  • 1o55: the year gruffydd ap llewelyn united wales until his eventual death.
  • llewelyn the great: otherwise known as 'llewelyn ap iorwerth".
  • hereford: the town on the southern border of wales and england which gruffydd ap llewelyn burnt to the ground after uniting wales, before harold godwinson chased him back into wales.
  • king john: the english king who ruled during llewelyn the great's reign and was forced to sign 'magna carta'.
  • gwynedd: a north-western area of wales.
  • deheubarth: a south-western area of wales.