Treaty of Montgomery
Lordships of the King of England
Kingdom of England
The Treaty of Montgomery was an
Welsh dynasties. Likewise Llywelyn's uncle, Dafydd ap Llywelyn
, claimed the title of Prince of Wales during his reign from 1240 to 1246. However, Llywelyn's supremacy in the late 1260s forced recognition of his authority in Wales by an English Crown weakened by internal division.
Conditions of the treaty
Many of the conditions of the treaty had been anticipated by the
Dafydd ap Gruffudd
, into Welsh society after his defection to England in the early 1260s.
The key text would be seen later by the Lord Edward as
“XIII. For the principality, lands, homages and grants the prince and his successors will be bound to give fealty, homage and service to the king and his heirs, which he or his predecessors have been accustomed and obliged to give the kings of England.”
Implications
Though the treaty required Llywelyn to
Edward I as king of England in 1272, relations between England and Wales deteriorated, and Edward declared war on Llywelyn in 1276; the Treaty of Aberconwy of 1277 superseded the stipulations laid down at Montgomery and severely curbed Llywelyn's power. In December 1282, fifteen years after the original treaty, the army of Montgomery marched to Builth Wells from Montgomery Castle
, to surprise and kill Llywelyn. After 1295 and the final Welsh War of the thirteenth century, the castle became more of a military backwater and prison than a front line fortress.
See also
References
- ^ Brown, A. E. (1972). "The castle, borough and park of Cefnllys". The Radnorshire Society Transactions. 42: 13. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- Pryce, Huw. The Acts of Welsh Rulers 1120–1283 (University of Wales Press, 2005), no. 363, pp. 536–542.[ISBN missing]
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