About: Hwyel III of Wales (Welsh History Post Glyndwr)   Sponge Permalink

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Born on the 5th August 1625 in Harlech Palace, Hywel was given a considered education by his father. Born late in life, Dafydd was concerned to ensure that Hywel wanted for nothing in terms of a princely education. As part of Dafydd's attempts to integrate Wales more firmly into the European order he had embarked upon a series of trade treaties with various powers, including the Holy Roman Empire. Such contact, however, also opened up other obligations, and as Dafydd owed his throne to the fight against Protestantism, when Ferdinand II of Austria gained the Imperial throne and began to act against the Protestant princes of the Empire, Dafydd's natural inclinations were to support the Imperial monarch. To this end Wales sent troops to fight under the Imperial banner and in 1639 the Crown Pr

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  • Born on the 5th August 1625 in Harlech Palace, Hywel was given a considered education by his father. Born late in life, Dafydd was concerned to ensure that Hywel wanted for nothing in terms of a princely education. As part of Dafydd's attempts to integrate Wales more firmly into the European order he had embarked upon a series of trade treaties with various powers, including the Holy Roman Empire. Such contact, however, also opened up other obligations, and as Dafydd owed his throne to the fight against Protestantism, when Ferdinand II of Austria gained the Imperial throne and began to act against the Protestant princes of the Empire, Dafydd's natural inclinations were to support the Imperial monarch. To this end Wales sent troops to fight under the Imperial banner and in 1639 the Crown Pr
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  • Born on the 5th August 1625 in Harlech Palace, Hywel was given a considered education by his father. Born late in life, Dafydd was concerned to ensure that Hywel wanted for nothing in terms of a princely education. As part of Dafydd's attempts to integrate Wales more firmly into the European order he had embarked upon a series of trade treaties with various powers, including the Holy Roman Empire. Such contact, however, also opened up other obligations, and as Dafydd owed his throne to the fight against Protestantism, when Ferdinand II of Austria gained the Imperial throne and began to act against the Protestant princes of the Empire, Dafydd's natural inclinations were to support the Imperial monarch. To this end Wales sent troops to fight under the Imperial banner and in 1639 the Crown Prince followed them. Hywel was an eager soldier and quickly settled down to a life as an officer cadet within the Imperial army. His first taste of war was the Battle of Chemnitz on the 14th April 1639 from which he was lucky to escape unharmed. The young Prince continued with his European education, traveling round the various Imperial cities between hostilities and was not engaged again in action until after his ascension to the Welsh throne. However, due to the slow nature of the news leaving Wales and not knowing where in the Empire he was, although his father died on the 4th October 1640, the Prince was not to be made aware of this until after the Battle of La Marfee on the 6th July 1641 during which he suffered a wound to the thigh from shrapnel. Made aware after the battle of his fathers death, Hywel left for Wales. Landing in Dover, England in January 1642, shortly before the outbreak of the English Civil war, Charles gave his nephew his blessing and more importantly his permission to cross England for the safety of Caerodor, from where Hywel sailed to St Davids, arriving there in the beginning of February finally being crowned king of Wales on 30th April 1642.
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