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Wales, Iron Age to sub-Roman Britain, pt.1

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The original boundaries of Wales for over a millennium, starting with the early Iron Ages until sub-Roman Britain and the Old North (Wikipedia links used). Image courtesy of Wiki commons, attributed to Notuncurious,  map of the original boundaries of Britain .  The boundaries of the countries of Great Britain have changed from their foundation over millennia ago. Firstly, during the early Iron Age, Britain was split into regions based on the tribal land borders of the newly emerging Celts. This was an era when Britain was a land lived by Giants. Gogmagog inhabited Britain (Albion) circa 3,000 years ago and fought a battle against Brutus of Troy , the giant died defending Britain against the invader who came from  Troy . Brutus' family had escaped the Greek empire after the siege of the city of Troy during the Trojan War , in 1184 BC ( Eratosthenes estimate, others 940 BC) from what is now the Republic of Türkiye. His family fled to Italy, and then sailed via Aquita...

Celtic Princes of Wales from Gwynedd

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The family tree of Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, King of the Welsh, and his royal descendants claimed the original Celtic (native) title of Prince of Wales, era circa 1137 -1283. And also the effects of the Norman invasion on Wales' royalty (Wikipedia articles linked). The original Princes of Wales were not of English or French origins as presumed from the investiture of the first Prince of Wales, Edward I of England in 1301, that is the history taught as common knowledge today. There is a different history of the Princes, an obscure origins story starting in the 11th century. Those original Princes of Wales were Welsh monarchs from respective Kingdoms within the borders of Wales who claimed Celtic ancestry and then newly mixed with Viking blood ( Northern European ). The era of the native (Celtic) Princes of Wales officially began just before 1165, and then continued sporadically for 200 years until the death of the hereditary male line lineal successor of the Aberffraw d...