Did you know that the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil has Christian origins and gets its name from a (possibly historical) legendary figure named Tydfil? Tydfil, according to legend, lived in the…
Author: Niklas George
Niklas is the founder, owner, manager, editor, writer, video creator, voice over artist, and so forth, of Welsh Histories. He is passionate about the preservation of Welsh culture; the rejuvenation of the Welsh language and the promotion of Welsh history. Niklas currently resides in Pune, Maharashtra, with his beloved wife.
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd & Cilmeri (1282)
The reign of Llywelyn was mostly troubled by a rivalry with Dafydd. By 1258, Llywelyn was using the title “Prince of Wales”, something King Henry of England
Aylesford: The First Battle Between the Welsh & English
Did you know that the first major battle between the ancient Britons (the predecessors of the Welsh) and the Anglo-Saxons (predecessors of the English) is widely believed to be the Battle of…
Titanic Anniversary: Welsh Aboard the Titanic
As I write this blog, I think about the more than 1,500 people who lost their lives aboard the Titanic exactly 113 years ago. Death does not discriminate – it comes for…
The Story of Caratacus
More than a millennium before the Uprising led by Owain Glyndŵr against English rule, there was the Brythonic resistance led by Caradog (more commonly known as Caratacus) against the might of imperial…