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Llywelyn the Great

1173 - 1240

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Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬəˈwɛlɪn ab ˈjɔrwɛrθ]) or Llywelyn Fawr (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬəˈwɛlɪn vaʊ̯r], 'Llywelyn the Great', c. 1173 – 11 April 1240) was Prince of Gwynedd from 1199 to 1240. His reign saw Gwynedd transformed from a territory suffering from thirty years of civil war into a polity which could exercise suzerainty over most other native Welsh rulers. He received official recognition of his status from the English Crown, but experienced difficulty establishing lasting control over his ostensible vassals and struggled to ensure a smooth succession for his chosen heir, Dafydd ap Llywelyn, son of Llywelyn and Joan, a daughter of King John. He suffered a paralytic stroke in 1237, and died on 11 April 1240, leaving Dafydd to succeed him to the precarious principality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Llywelyn the Great is the 1,906th most popular politician (up from 5,469th in 2024), the 466th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,086th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Llywelyn the Great ranks 1,906 out of 19,576. Before him are Sirikit, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Josef Kramer, Caroline Bonaparte, Koxinga, and Suleyman Shah. After him are Avitus, Jahanara Begum, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ioannis Metaxas, and Simon Thassi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1173, Llywelyn the Great ranks 1. After him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Shinran, Eudokia Angelina, and Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Among people deceased in 1240, Llywelyn the Great ranks 4. Before him are Fibonacci, Ibn Arabi, and Razia Sultana. After him are Constance of Hungary, Raymond Nonnatus, Konrad von Thüringen, Jacques de Vitry, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Chormaqan, Hartmann, Count of Württemberg, and Skule Bårdsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Llywelyn the Great ranks 466 out of 8,785. Before him are James Fox (1939), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Joseph Merrick (1862), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Joan Clarke (1917), and Ken Miles (1918). After him are George Shaw (1751), G. K. Chesterton (1874), Jasper Tudor (1431), Tom Baker (1934), Richard Trevithick (1771), and Pelagius (360).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Llywelyn the Great ranks 102. Before him are Roger Williams (1603), Halford Mackinder (1861), John Buchan (1875), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Æthelred the Unready (968), and Richard Cromwell (1626). After him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Keir Starmer (1962), Offa of Mercia (800), Martin Rees (1942), George Reid (1845), and William Pitt the Younger (1759).

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