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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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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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