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Ifor Bach, the Glossary

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Ifor Bach (meaning Ivor the Short) (fl. 1158) also known as Ifor ap Meurig and in anglicised form Ivor Bach, Lord of Senghenydd, was a twelfth-century resident in and a leader of the Welsh in south Wales.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Brecon, Caerleon, Cardiff, Cardiff Castle, Castell Coch, Castle, Clwb Ifor Bach, Floruit, Franklin Pierce, Gerald of Wales, Glamorgan, Gwynllwg, Kingdom of Morgannwg, Llywelyn Bren, Morgan Gam, Nightclub, Normans, Primary school, Rhymney River, Rhys ap Gruffydd, River Taff, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Senghenydd, South Wales, Welsh language, Welsh law, Wentlooge, William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester.

  2. 12th-century Welsh people
  3. People from Cardiff
  4. Welsh soldiers

Brecon

Brecon (Aberhonddu), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town in Powys, mid Wales.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle (Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Castell Coch

) is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge. Abandoned shortly afterwards, the castle's earth motte was reused by Gilbert de Clare as the basis for a new stone fortification, which he built between 1267 and 1277 to control his freshly annexed Welsh lands.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Clwb Ifor Bach

Clwb Ifor Bach (meaning Little Ivor's Club) is a Cardiff nightclub, music venue, Welsh-language club and community centre.

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Floruit

Floruit (abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.

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Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was an American politician who served as the 14th president of the United States from 1853 to 1857.

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis; Gerallt Cymro; Gerald de Barri) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian.

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Glamorgan

Until 1974, Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Gwynllwg

Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of mediaeval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref.

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Kingdom of Morgannwg

Morgannwg was a medieval Welsh kingdom formed via the merger of the kingdoms of Glywysing and Gwent.

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Llywelyn Bren

Llywelyn Bren, or Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ap Rhys / Llywelyn ap Rhys (also Llewelyn) or in Llywelyn of the Woods.

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Morgan Gam

Morgan Gam (died February 1241) was a Welsh lord of Afan, a small Welsh lordship in Glamorgan. Ifor Bach and Morgan Gam are 12th-century births.

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Nightclub

A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Primary school

A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

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Rhymney River

The Rhymney River (Afon Rhymni) is a river in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales, flowing through Cardiff into the Severn Estuary.

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Rhys ap Gruffydd

Rhys ap Gruffydd or ap Gruffudd (often anglicised to "Griffith"; c. 1132 – 28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales from 1155 to 1197.

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River Taff

The River Taff (Afon Taf) is a river in Wales.

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Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen (Latinised to Robertus de Cadomo), Robert Consul) was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England.

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Senghenydd

Senghenydd (Senghennydd) is a former mining village in the community of Aber Valley in South Wales, approximately four miles northwest of the town of Caerphilly.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

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Welsh law

Welsh law (Cyfraith Cymru) is an autonomous part of the English law system composed of legislation made by the Senedd.

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Wentlooge

Wentlooge (Gwynllŵg), sometimes known as Wentloog, is a community in the southwest of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward.

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William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester

William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1116 – 23 November 1183) was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon, and nephew of Empress Matilda.

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See also

12th-century Welsh people

People from Cardiff

Welsh soldiers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifor_Bach

Also known as Ifor ap Meurig.