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In 1485 Henry Tudor, of Welsh descent, won the Battle of Bosworth and became the first Welsh King of England. This marked the end of the War of Roses and established the Welsh lineage to the English throne.
Saint David: (Dewi Sant in the Welsh language) is the patron saint of Wales. Read more
Love in the Welsh Hills: (1920) directed by Bernard Dudley and starring James Knight and Marjorie Villis. Source: IMDb
83,000: hectares of areas of outstanding natural beauty in Wales (in 2002).
The leek: is known to have been displayed as a Welsh emblem in 1536 and Shakespeare acknowledged this as an ancient custom in Henry V.
Land of my Fathers: The Welsh National Anthem See lyrics
Welsh Rarebit See recipe
Can you find 17 words of three letters or more from the letters ‘WALES’. All of the words must be listed in the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionaries. See answer
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas http://www.bfsmedia.com/MAS/Dylan/Christmas.html
1588: the Bible was first published in Welsh. This is considered by some as one of the most important events in helping to continue the Welsh language.
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