Norman conquest of south-west Wales

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The Norman conquest of south-west Wales was the late 11th- and 12th-century expansion of Norman rule into the Welsh territories of Dyfed and surrounding regions, marked by castle-building, colonization, and the establishment of marcher lordships such as those centered on Pembroke.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norman expansion
historical event
military campaign
carriedOutBy Anglo-Normans
surface form: Anglo-Norman knights

Norman Marcher lords
surface form: Norman barons
characterizedBy castle-building
military campaigns
settlement of Flemish and Norman colonists
country Wales
endTime 12th century
follows Norman Conquest of England
surface form: Norman conquest of England
hasCause Norman expansionist policy
hasEffect colonization by Norman settlers
construction of castles in south-west Wales
establishment of marcher lordships
integration of parts of south-west Wales into the Anglo-Norman realm
introduction of feudal structures in south-west Wales
reduction of Welsh political control in Dyfed
hasLocation Ceredigion
Kingdom of Dyfed
surface form: Deheubarth

Dyfed
Pembrokeshire
West Wales
surface form: south-west Wales
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
historicalRegionAffected Ceredigion
Kingdom of Dyfed
surface form: Deheubarth

Dyfed
Pembrokeshire
involves marcher lordship of Cemaes
Marcher lordships
surface form: marcher lordship of Narberth

Lordship of Pembroke
surface form: marcher lordship of Pembroke

marcher lordship of St Davids
languageContext Latin
Normand
surface form: Norman French

Welsh
mainParticipants lords of the Marches
surface form: Marcher lords

Normans
Welsh princes of Deheubarth
notableSite Cardigan
Haverfordwest
Pembroke Castle
Tenby
opposedBy Rhys ap Tewdwr
Welsh rulers of Deheubarth
partOf Norman conquest of south-west Wales self-linksurface differs
surface form: Norman conquest of Wales

Norman expansion into Wales
relatedTo Marcher lordships
Norman conquest of south-west Wales self-linksurface differs
surface form: Norman conquest of Glamorgan

Norman conquest of south-west Wales self-linksurface differs
surface form: Norman conquest of Gwent
startTime late 11th century

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Pembroke Castle associatedWith Norman conquest of south-west Wales
Swansea Castle partOf Norman conquest of south-west Wales
this entity surface form: Norman defensive network in South Wales
Swansea Castle builtAfter Norman conquest of south-west Wales
this entity surface form: Norman conquest of Gower
Usk Castle hasOrigin Norman conquest of south-west Wales
this entity surface form: Norman conquest of Wales
The Summer of the Danes featuresHistoricalContext Norman conquest of south-west Wales
this entity surface form: Welsh–Norman conflicts
Brut y Tywysogion mentions Norman conquest of south-west Wales
this entity surface form: Norman conquest of parts of Wales
Arnulf de Montgomery participantIn Norman conquest of south-west Wales
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman colonisation of the Welsh borderlands
Norman conquest of south-west Wales partOf Norman conquest of south-west Wales self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Norman conquest of Wales
Norman conquest of south-west Wales relatedTo Norman conquest of south-west Wales self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Norman conquest of Glamorgan
Norman conquest of south-west Wales relatedTo Norman conquest of south-west Wales self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Norman conquest of Gwent