Editing Glamorgan (section)

====History, 1080–1536====
The [[Lord of Glamorgan|Lordship of Glamorgan]] was established by [[Robert Fitzhamon]] following the defeat of [[Iestyn ap Gwrgant]], {{circa|1080}}.<ref name="Davies319">Davies (2008), p.319</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/history/pages/counties_glamorgan.shtml |title=BBC Wales: South East: Glamorgan |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> The Lordship of Morgannwg was split after it was conquered; the kingdom of Glamorgan had as its [[caput]] the town of Cardiff and took in the lands from the River Tawe to the River Rhymney.<ref name="Davies319"/> The Lordship took in four of the Welsh [[cantref]]i, [[Gorfynydd]], [[Penychen]], Senghenydd and [[Gwynllwg]]. The area later known as the Gower Peninsula was not under the Lordship of Glamorgan, and became the [[Gower (Lordship)|Gower Lordship]] which had previously been the cantref of [[Gŵyr]]. The lowlands of the Lordship of Glamorgan were manorialized, while much of the sparsely populated uplands were left under Welsh control until the late 13th century.<ref name="Davies319"/> Upon the death of [[William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester|William, Lord of Glamorgan]], his extensive holdings were eventually granted to [[Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford|Gilbert de Clare]] in 1217.<ref>{{cite book|title=Glamorgan County History, Volume III, The Middle Ages:The Marcher Lordships of Glamorgan and Morgannwg and Gower and Kilvey from the Norman Conquest to the Act of Union of England and Wales|author1=T.B. Pugh |page=39 |publisher=University of Wales Press| year=1971}}</ref> The subjugation of Glamorgan, begun by Fitzhamon, was finally completed by the powerful De Clare family,<ref name="Davies746">Davies (2008), p.746</ref> and in 1486 the kingdom was granted to [[Jasper Tudor]].<ref name="Davies319"/>