Richard fitz Gilbert, lord of Ceredigion and one of the most powerful Normans in Wales, was killed in a forest ambush in the Grwyne valley as he rode with a small escort to deal with the Welsh rising. The Welsh annals say he was caught in narrow wooded paths. This is a distinct event from the Battle of Crug Mawr that followed; Richard was killed before Crug Mawr and his death contributed to the Norman disaster at that battle. Combined with Gwenllian's death at Kidwelly the same year, 1136 was catastrophic for both sides.
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