Founding the Royal House of Aberffraw
Explaining the founding of the Royal House of Aberffraw (Second Dynasty of Gwynedd), its position in Wales as the preferred family seat, and Aberffraw's significance as a settlement for the Kings of Gwynedd. (Wikipedia articles linked). The concept of a royal house or dynasty in Wales stems from the idea that a Kingdom would have a preferred location to dwell as a royal palace. But in Welsh Kingdoms there were many royal courts (llysoedd in Welsh), of all the residences in the kingdom, one of them would be the preferred chief location (modern capital) connected to the royal house and its family associated with the dynasty, e.g. House of Windsor of the United Kingdom and their preferred family seat Windsor castle , although the residence is owned by the crown and is not privatised. A family seat is a permanent settlement for a noble to surround himself (or herself) with family and friends or an entourage, and to come and go as they pleased. In th...