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450:"The most lovable and the most merciful of all kings... he was civil to his relatives, generous to the poor, merciful to pilgrims and orphans and widows and a defender of the weak... the mildest and most clement of kings... did injury to none, save when insulted... openhanded to all, terrible in war, but in peace beloved".
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256:, Angharad's son by her first husband. Gruffydd, aged about ten and passed over for succession at the time of his father's death, slowly rebuilt his father's realm, annexing its successor states.
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shortly afterwards, this was hailed as vengeance "for the blood of
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, his first cousin". After his death, Gwynedd was seized by Trahaearn and later recovered for the
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318:. These two submitted to Harold and swore themselves vassals and allies of
314:, but Powys and Gwynedd were given to Gruffydd's half-brothers Bleddyn and
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in their struggle against William and attacked the Normans at
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stealthily established his forces on the banks of the
302:. Upon Ælfgar's death in 1060, Harold and his brother
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191:installed Bleddyn and his brother,
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