The Welsh March: Border Lords and the Shaping of England

Before England was England, its western edge was a jagged frontier. This episode of The History of England: Kings, Empires, and the Birth of Britain follows the story of the Welsh March — the turbulent borderlands where Norman lords carved out their own lawless domains. We walk the earthworks of Offa's Dyke, meet the marcher lords who answered to no king, and see how the conquest of Wales under Edward I finally brought the March to heel. Along the way, Lucas and Luna explore how the March became a breeding ground for ambitious families like the Mortimers, whose power would one day challenge the throne itself. With castles like Chepstow and Caerphilly rising from the valleys, and figures like Llywelyn the Last fighting to hold onto Welsh independence, this is the story of a border that shaped both nations. We also touch on the legacy of the March in the Wars of the Roses, and how the Tudor dynasty — born of this borderland — would forever change the course of English history. #WelshMarch #OffasDyke #MarcherLords #ChepstowCastle #CaerphillyCastle #LlywelyntheLast #EdwardI #MortimerFamily #WarsOfTheRoses #TudorDynasty #MedievalEngland #NormanConquest #WelshHistory #Borderlands #Castles #History #FexingoHistory #Britain Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo