Gruffudd ap Llywelyn seizes Gwynedd by killing Iago ab Idwal in the same year as Rhyd y Groes. Having secured his northern base, he can launch the decisive strike against Mercia. The double achievement of taking Gwynedd and destroying a Mercian army in a single year is remarkable and establishes him as the dominant Welsh ruler of his age.
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