...to possible successors. One as the earl of March, the seven-year-old grandson of Edard IIIs son. The other as Henry of Lancaster, son of John of Gaunt. It as difficult to say hich had the better claim to the throne. But Henry as stronger. He on the support of other poereful nobles and took the cron by force. Richard died in mysteriously soon after. Henry IV spent the rest of his reign establishing his royal authority. But although he passe the cron to his son peacefully, he had son the seeds of civil ar. Half a century later the nobility ould be divided beteen those ho supported his family, the Lancastrians, and those ho supported the family of the earl of March, the Yorkists.ales in revoltEdard I had conquered ales in the 1280s, and colonised it. He brought English people to enlarge small tons. Pembrokishire, in the far southest, even became knon as the little England beyond ales. Edards officers drove many of the elsh into the hills, and gave their land to English farmers. Many elsh ere forced to join the English army, not because they anted to serve the English but because they had lost their lands and needed to live. They fought in Scotland and in France, and taught the English their skill ith the longbo. A century later the elsh found a man ho as ready to rebel against the English king and home they ere illing to follo. Oain Glyndr as the first and only elsh prince to have ide and popular support in every part of ales. In fact it as he ho created the idea of a elsh nation. He as descended from to royal families, hich had rules in different parts of ales before the Normans came. Oain Glyndrs rebellion did not start as a national revolt. At first he joined the revolt of Norman-elsh border lords ho had alays tried to be free of royal control. But after ten years of ar Oain Glyndrs border rebellion had developed in to a national ar, and in 1400 he as proclaimed Prince of ales by his supporters. Hoever, Oain Glyndr as not strong enough to defeat the English armies sent agains him. He continued to fight a successful guerrila ar, hich made the control of ales an extrmely expensive problem for the English. But after 1410 Oain Glyndr lost almost all his support as elsh people realised that hoever hard they fought they ould never be free of the English. Glyndr as never captured, but he created a feeling of national identity.8ts a aaJ5CJ taJ5CJ taJ5CJtaJ 9FtJVXYZitsaas 1h à!ia8i8NormalCJsHaJmHsHtHAiDefault Paragraph Font0Ba0Body TextaaaaCJs 9FatJVXYZitsi0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0
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