Llywelyn the Great's capture of Cardigan in 1214 — while King John was distracted by the campaign that led to Magna Carta the following year — was part of his systematic extension of authority over all Wales. By 1216 he had convened a council of all Welsh princes at Aberdyfi. Cardigan's castle, where Lord Rhys had held his famous 1176 Eisteddfod, was central to controlling south-west Wales.
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