Llywelyn ap Gruffudd captured and destroyed the royal castle at Builth in 1260, one of a series of attacks on English positions in the middle March in the years leading up to the Treaty of Montgomery 1267. The destruction of Builth was particularly significant as it was a royal castle rather than a Marcher lord's fortress, representing a direct challenge to Henry III's authority. Builth's later reconstruction by Edward I made it a key base in the 1282 war — and it was near Builth that Llywelyn was eventually killed.
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