Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd and Powys, conducted raids into the English border counties in 1070 to exploit the chaos of the Harrying of the North and the 1069 rebellion. His raids into Shropshire and Herefordshire represented coordinated Welsh pressure on the Norman frontier at its most vulnerable moment and were linked to the broader Edric the Wild resistance in the same border zone.
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