| “ | Rally, fearless warriors, and send these wretches to the abyss! For Y Brythoniad! | ” |
| —Attacking the last building castle in Of Castles and Kings | ||
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282) is an infantry hero unit in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Lords of the West. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health.
Campaign appearances[]
Edward Longshanks[]
- Of Castles and Kings: Llywelyn ap Gruffydd commands the Welsh resistance from his western Castle. It is possible to break the Welsh resistance by killing him and his brother Dafydd.
Victors and Vanquished[]
- Ragnar: Halfdan Hvitserk, the third son of Ragnar, is a renamed Llywelyn. He will join Ragnar's warband upon coming of age.
History[]
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282), sometimes written as Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, was Prince of Wales (Latin: Princeps Walliae; Welsh: Tywysog Cymru) from 1258 until his death at Cilmeri in 1282. Llywelyn was the son of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr and grandson of Llywelyn the Great, he was one of the last native and independent princes of Wales before its conquest by Edward I of England.
On Palm Sunday in 1282, Llywelyn's brother Dafydd ap Gruffydd attacked the English at Hawarden Castle and then laid siege to Rhuddlan. The revolt quickly spread to other parts of Wales, with Aberystwyth castle captured and burnt and rebellion in Ystrad Tywi in south Wales, also inspired by Dafydd according to the annals, where Carreg Cennen castle was captured. Llywelyn, according to a letter he sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury John Peckham, was not involved in the planning of the revolt. He felt obliged, however, to support his brother and a war began for which the Welsh were ill-prepared.
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