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
5/ But likewise there are parts of Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ that have been "English" ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ for a millennia, for example "Little England beyond Wales" in the south of Pembrokeshire, where many Anglo-Saxons and Flemish immigrants were relocated by the Normans in the early 12th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_England_beyond_Wales
The "Landsker Line" marks the language border.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsker_Line
#geoweirdness
5/ But likewise there are parts of Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ that have been "English" ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ for a millennia, for example "Little England beyond Wales" in the south of Pembrokeshire, where many Anglo-Saxons and Flemish immigrants were relocated by the Normans in the early 12th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_England_beyond_Wales