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Deheubarth in a sentence
Deheubarth meaning
A historical kingdom of Wales, in the south of the country.
Using Deheubarth
- The main meaning on this page is: A historical kingdom of Wales, in the south of the country.
- In the example corpus, deheubarth often appears in combinations such as: of deheubarth, deheubarth and, to deheubarth.
Context around Deheubarth
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deheubarth
- In this selection, "deheubarth" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ruled and rampant stand out and add context to how "deheubarth" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all ruled deheubarth in turn and control of deheubarth but lost. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deheubarth" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deheubarth
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After Rhys died in 1197, fighting between his sons led to the splitting of Deheubarth between warring factions. (18 words)
That year, four days before May Day, died Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth and unconquered head of all Wales. (20 words)
Deheubarth was one of the traditional kingdoms of Wales, shown here as they were in 1093 when Rhys ap Tewdwr died. (21 words)
In the south, Gruffydd ap Rhys was killed in 1137, but his four sons, who all ruled Deheubarth in turn, were eventually able to win back most of their grandfather's kingdom from the Normans. (35 words)
He usually used the title "Proprietary Prince of Deheubarth " or "Prince of South Wales", but two documents have been discovered in which he uses the title " Prince of Wales " or " Prince of the Welsh ". (34 words)
Jones p. 38. Rhys eventually became the main power in Deheubarth, but never ruled more than a portion of his father's realm and was a client prince of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd. (34 words)
Example sentences (16)
According to Brut y Tywysogion : The arms attributed to Rhys ap Gruffydd are those of the princes of Deheubarth and feature a lion rampant.
After Rhys died in 1197, fighting between his sons led to the splitting of Deheubarth between warring factions.
But it was his achievement which was astounding: he had reconstituted the kingdom of Deheubarth and made it the premier Welsh kingdom.
Deheubarth was one of the traditional kingdoms of Wales, shown here as they were in 1093 when Rhys ap Tewdwr died.
He later returned to Deheubarth and ruled a portion of the kingdom, but was forced to flee to Ireland again in 1127.
Henry and Rhys met once more at Laugharne as Henry returned from Ireland in 1172, and shortly afterwards Henry appointed Rhys "justice on his behalf in all Deheubarth".
He usually used the title "Proprietary Prince of Deheubarth " or "Prince of South Wales", but two documents have been discovered in which he uses the title " Prince of Wales " or " Prince of the Welsh ".
In the 910s Gwent acknowledged the lordship of Wessex, and Deheubarth and Gwynedd accepted that of Æthelflæd of Mercia; following Edward's takeover of Mercia, they transferred their allegiance to him.
In the south, Gruffydd ap Rhys was killed in 1137, but his four sons, who all ruled Deheubarth in turn, were eventually able to win back most of their grandfather's kingdom from the Normans.
Jones p. 38. Rhys eventually became the main power in Deheubarth, but never ruled more than a portion of his father's realm and was a client prince of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd.
On his death in 949 his sons were able to keep control of Deheubarth but lost Gwynedd to the traditional dynasty of this kingdom.
Owain’s personal standard — the quartered arms of Powys and Deheubarth rampant — began to be seen all over Wales, especially at rugby union matches against the English.
Since the death of Owain Gwynedd in 1170, Rhys ap Gruffydd had made the southern kingdom of Deheubarth the strongest of the Welsh kingdoms, and had established himself as the leader of Pura Wallia.
That year, four days before May Day, died Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth and unconquered head of all Wales.
Wales was divided into a number of small kingdoms, including Deheubarth in the southwest, Gwent in the southeast, Brycheiniog immediately north of Gwent, and Gwynedd in the north.
Warren p. 163. Rhys had other reasons for rebellion, for he had returned to Deheubarth from England to find that the neighbouring Norman lords were threatening Cantref Mawr.
Common combinations with deheubarth
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of deheubarth 7×
- deheubarth and 5×
- to deheubarth 2×
- and deheubarth 2×
- deheubarth in 2×
- deheubarth but 2×