Battle in Powys, Wales, in about 1067, for rule of the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys
Battle of Mechain
Date
1070[1]
Location
Powys, Wales
Result
Victory for Bleddyn ap Cynfyn
Belligerents
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn †
Maredudd ap Gruffydd † Idwal ap Gruffydd †
The Battle of Mechain was fought in Powys, Wales, in 1070,[2] for rule of the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys. The battlefield may be near Llanfechain in northern Powys.[3] A written account is included in the Brut y Tywysogion, the medieval Welsh chronicle of the princes.[4] It is also referred to in the work of medieval poets such as Lewys Glyn Cothi.
After the murder of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Harold Godwinson married his widow Ealdgyth and divided Gruffydd's realm into the traditional kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys, the rule of which were given to Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and his brother Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. Gruffydd left two sons— Maredudd and Idwal–who in 1070 challenged Bleddyn and Rhiwallon at Mechain in an attempt to win back part of their father's kingdom. However, both sons were defeated, Idwal (or Ithel) being killed in combat and Maredudd dying of exposure after the battle.
Rhiwallon was also killed in this battle, leaving Bleddyn to rule Gwynedd and Powys alone.
The BattleofMechain was fought in Powys, Wales, in 1070, for rule of the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys. The battlefield may be near Llanfechain...
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423 Davies, W; Evans, Daniel (1861). English works of the Rev. Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain). London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. p. iii. John Milwater...
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Academy of Sciences that Delambre and Méchain had made an error in the measurement of the French meridian arc. Some thought that the base of the metric...
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Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain). London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. p. iii. Tout, T; Davies, R (2004–2011). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Dafydd...
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