Lord of Glamorgan

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Lord of Glamorgan was a prominent medieval feudal title associated with the powerful marcher lordship centered on Glamorgan in south Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord of Glamorgan canonical 10
Lords of Glamorgan 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marcher lordship title
medieval feudal title
appliesToJurisdiction Bridgend area
Caerphilly area
linked to: Caerphilly

Cardiff
Glamorgan
Merthyr Tydfil area
linked to: Merthyr Tydfil

Rhondda Cynon Taf area
linked to: Rhondda Cynon Taf

Vale of Glamorgan
associatedWith Lordship of Glamorgan
country Wales
createdBy Norman conquest of Glamorgan
dissolvedIn Tudor period
endTime 16th century
firstHolder Robert Fitzhamon
linked to: Robert FitzHamon
hasCapital Cardiff
hasHolder Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
Hugh Despenser the Younger
Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser
Isabella, Countess of Gloucester
Jasper Tudor
King John of England
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
Robert Fitzhamon
linked to: Robert FitzHamon

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
William, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
the English Crown
linked to: Crown of England
hasPrivilege palatine jurisdiction
right to build castles
right to collect certain taxes
right to hold courts
right to raise armies
hasStronghold Caerphilly Castle
Cardiff Castle
Coity Castle
Kenfig Castle
Neath Castle
Ogmore Castle
inception c. 1091
languageOfOfficialName Latin
Middle English
Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman
locatedIn Glamorgan
south Wales
linked to: South Wales
partOf Welsh Marches
feudal system in medieval Wales
replacedBy County of Glamorgan
startTime late 11th century
subordinateTo Kingdom of England

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Referenced by (11)

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

Hugh Despenser the Younger positionHeld Lord of Glamorgan
Newport Castle builtFor Lords of Glamorgan
linked to: Lord of Glamorgan
Robert of Gloucester feudalTitle Lord of Glamorgan
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester heldTitle Lord of Glamorgan
de Clare family nobleTitleHeld Lord of Glamorgan
Gloucester family associatedTitle Lord of Glamorgan
Robert FitzHamon title Lord of Glamorgan
FitzRobert family heldTitle Lord of Glamorgan
Robert FitzHamon title Lord of Glamorgan
subject linked to: FitzRobert family