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Battle of Coleshill 1150

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Key facts

Date (year)1150Wikidata P585 point in time
Century12th centuryderived
PeriodNorman & medievalderived
CountryWalesderived

About the battle

Battle at Coleshill, west of Flint, in 1150 in which Owain Gwynedd defeated Madog ap Maredudd of Powys and his ally Ranulf, Earl of Chester. (Wikidata description, reviewed and corrected; sources: Coflein (RCAHMW) NPRN 404847: Coleshill, Battle in 1150, near Flint; German Wikipedia: Schlacht am Coleshill (1150) (rev 256470629))

Note: Not the same event as the Battle of Ewloe (1157), which is also sometimes called the Battle of Coleshill: RCAHMW records them as two separate battles near Flint (Coflein 404847 for 1150, 402325 for 1157). See Battle of Ewloe (1157).

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Location

  • Approximate location: the point for Coleshill, near Flint (Coflein NPRN 404847) (Wikidata’s own point for this battle is wrong; corrected, see sources under “About the battle”): 53.2484, -3.1554

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Battle location from Wikidata (CC0). There is no English Wikipedia article on this battle yet; the description above is based on Wikidata, corrected against the sources cited.

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