Principality of Wales

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The Principality of Wales was a medieval political entity under the rule of the English Crown, encompassing much of modern-day Wales and serving as the territorial basis for the title "Prince of Wales."

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former political entity ⓘ
medieval principality ⓘ
appliesToTerritory much of modern-day Wales ⓘ
basisForTitle Prince of Wales ⓘ
capital Caernarfon ⓘ
linked to: Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Caernarfon Castle ⓘ
containsAdministrativeUnit Anglesey ⓘ
Caernarfonshire ⓘ
Cardiganshire ⓘ
Carmarthenshire ⓘ
Merionethshire ⓘ
North Wales ⓘ
Pembrokeshire ⓘ
West Wales ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
createdBy Edward I of England ⓘ
Statute of Rhuddlan ⓘ
currency English penny ⓘ
dissolvedBy Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
endTime 1536 ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
firstPrinceOfWales Edward of Caernarfon ⓘ
firstRuler Edward I of England ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion North Wales and West Wales ⓘ
integratedInto Kingdom of England by Laws in Wales Acts ⓘ
legalFramework Statute of Rhuddlan 1284 ⓘ
linked to: Statute of Rhuddlan
legalStatus subject territory of the English Crown ⓘ
locatedIn British Isles ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
officialLanguage Middle English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
overlord English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

King of England ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
precededBy Principality of Gwynedd ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Gwynedd

native Welsh principalities ⓘ
religion Latin Church ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle King of England ⓘ
Prince of Wales ⓘ
startTime 1284 ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
subordinateTo Kingdom of England ⓘ
successor Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
usedFor investiture of the Prince of Wales ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Statute of Rhuddlan → appliesTo → Principality of Wales ⓘ
First War 1276–1277 → conflictBetween → Principality of Wales ⓘ
Second War 1282–1283 → conflictBetween → Principality of Wales ⓘ
Glyndŵr Rising → historicalRegion → Principality of Wales ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Wales → appliesToJurisdiction → Principality of Wales ⓘ
Kingdom of Powys Fadog → successor → Principality of Wales (English crown) ⓘ
linked to: Principality of Wales
Treaty of Aberconwy → country → Principality of Wales ⓘ
Statutum Walliae → appliesToTerritory → Principality of Wales ⓘ