What the records say
- When
- 1165
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.94° N, 3.10° W
- Description
- 1165 skirmish or battle where Welsh troops engaged an Anglo-Norman invasion force
Battle of Crogen
Engagement said to have taken place in Wales during Henry II of England
The Battle of Crogen is an engagement said to have taken place in Wales during Henry II of England's summer 1165 campaign against an alliance of Welsh princedoms led by Owain Gwynedd. Later Welsh chronicles recorded that a detachment of Welsh troops inflicted a number of casualties on the Anglo-Norman army in the Ceiriog Valley; Henry subsequently abandoned the campaign after an attempt to cross the Berwyn Mountains…
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Crogen: Owain Gwynedd (Owain Fawr), ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in north Wales, having formed an alliance with his nephew Rhys ap Gruffydd”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page