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Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, known as “Llywelyn the Great,” used diplomacy and war to unify the Welsh nobles under him and take lands from the Marcher lords. In 1218 King John’s successor, Henry III (then 11 years old), acknowledged Llywelyn as “Prince of Wales.”
1 day ago · In 1550, however, Edward VI created a new title, lord of Cardiff and keeper of Cardiff Castle, and granted it to the Herbert family of South Wales, from whom it passed by marriage in 1776 to the earl (marquess since 1796) of Bute. The Bute family greatly influenced the subsequent development of Cardiff.
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