3/ Welsh history obviously didnโt start with devolution in 1998, though!
The Celts settled in Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ around 600 BCE and developed the Welsh language. Several hundred years later, the Romans invaded in 43 CE as part of their incursion against the Celts and established themselves in the territory.
4/ From the 9th century until 1282, Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ was governed by princes, but the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd marked its conquest by ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ English King Edward I and began tightening ties between the English and Welsh.
After decades of assimilation, the Laws in Wales Acts (1535 & 1542) officially incorporated Wales into the Kingdom of England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542