Kingdom of Morgannwg
Medieval kingdom in south Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morgannwg was a medieval Welsh kingdom formed via the merger of the kingdoms of Glywysing and Gwent.
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Kingdom of Morgannwg | |||||||||||||||||
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c. 7th/8th century–c. 745 942–974 1055/1063–1091 | |||||||||||||||||
Capital | Various[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Welsh | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||
c. 7th/8th century | |||||||||||||||||
• Union disestablished | c. 745 | ||||||||||||||||
942 | |||||||||||||||||
• Union disestablished | 974 | ||||||||||||||||
1055 | |||||||||||||||||
• Independent | 1063 | ||||||||||||||||
• Conquered (by the Norman lord, Robert Fitzhamon) | 1091 | ||||||||||||||||
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