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- Owen, son of Gruffyth, prince of North Wales, had many sons, but only one legitimate, namely, Jorwerth Drwyndwn, which in Welsh means flat-nosed, who had a son named Lhewelyn. This young man, being only twelve years of age, began, during the period of our journey, to molest his uncles David and Roderic, the sons of Owen by Christiana, his cousin-german; and although they had divided amongst themselves all North Wales, except the land of Conan, and although David, having married the sister of king Henry II, by whom he had one son, was powerfully supported by the English, yet within a few years the legitimate son, destitute of lands or money (by the aid of divine vengeance), bravely expelled from North Wales those who were born in public incest, though supported by their own wealth and by that of others, leaving them nothing but what the liberality of his own mind and the counsel of good men from pity suggested: a proof that adulterous and incestuous persons are displeasing to God.
source: Wright, Thomas, ed. The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis, Containing the Topography of Ireland, and the History of the Conquest of Ireland, Translated by T. Forester, Esq. M.A. The Itinerary through Wales, and the Description of Wales, Translated by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. London, UK: H. G. Bohn, 1863.
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Abt 1100 - 1170 (~ 70 years)
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