Rhys ap Tewdwr, King of Deheubarth and the last significant independent Welsh king of the south, was killed at Easter by Normans under Bernard de Neufmarché near Brecon. His death opened the floodgates — within a year, the Normans had overrun most of south and south-west Wales. The Welsh chronicle says "from that day kings ceased to bear rule in Wales." The Domesday Book was being compiled the same year. The battle transformed the political geography of Wales.
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