* Cynan ap Hywel ( King of Gwynedd ) 999-1005

The House of Aberffraw was displaced in 942 by Hywel Dda, a junior descendant of Rhodri Mawr and the King of Deheubarth.

King Hywel ap Rhys ( d. 886 ) was buried at the monastery.

The pedigree in Jesus College MS. 20 states that the later King Hywel ( reigned 816 – 825 ) was Caradog's son, while historical works such as that by Lloyd say that Hywel was the son of Caradog's predecessor and the brother of his successor, King Cynan ( reigned 798 – 816 ).

In England of 950, King Athelstan imposed an annual tribute of 300 wolf skins on Welsh king Hywel Dda, an imposition which was maintained until the Norman conquest of England.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, John Peckham when involved in negotiations with Llywelyn on behalf of King Edward in 1282 sent Llywelyn a letter in which he denounced Welsh law, stating that King Hywel must have been inspired by the devil.

It is the first time in almost 500 years that Wales has had its own laws, since Cyfraith Hywel was abolished and replaced by English law through the Laws in Wales Acts, passed between 1535 and 1542 by King Henry VIII of England.

Sir Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel ( c. 1380 – October 25, 1415 ), better known as Dafydd Gam or Davy Gam, was a Welsh medieval nobleman, a prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr, and who died at the Battle of Agincourt fighting for King Henry V, King of England in that victory against the French.

In England of 950, King Athelstan imposed an annual tribute of 300 wolf skins on Welsh king Hywel Dda, an imposition which was maintained until the Norman conquest of England.

However Hywel Dda King of Deheubarth took the opportunity to invade Gwynedd and dispossess the young princes.

Hywel ap Ieuaf ( died 985 ) was a King of Gwynedd in north-west Wales from 979 to 985.

Hywel is first recorded as accompanying Iago to Chester to meet King Edgar of England in 973, when together with a number of other kings including the kings of Scotland and of Strathclyde he pledged that he would be the king's henchmen on sea and land.

However, Ealdred did not receive the other two dioceses that Lyfing had held, Crediton and Cornwall ; King Edward the Confessor ( reigned 1043 – 1066 ) granted these to Leofric, who combined the two sees at Crediton in 1050.

After defeating the Army of Sir William Waller at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, King Charles marched west in pursuit of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex, who was invading the Royalist stronghold of Cornwall.

In the Palamedes and other works, the castle is eventually destroyed by King Mark of Cornwall after the loss of Arthur at the Battle of Camlann.

King Edward the Third first created his eldest sonne Edward surnamed the Blacke Prince, the Mirour of Chivalrie ( being then Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester ), Prince of Wales by solemne investure, with a cap of estate and Coronet set on his head, a gold ring put upon his finger, and a silver vierge delivered into his hand, with the assent of Parliament.

Among his childhood friends was his cousin Henry of Almain, son of King Henry's brother Richard of Cornwall.

Following on a reluctance by the public to universally support the second wife of HRH The Prince of Wales, it was announced by Clarence House that, should the Prince become King, his wife HRH The Duchess of Cornwall will not be known as HM The Queen but will take the lesser title of HRH The Princess Consort.

# Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans ( 5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272 ).

The royalist army, perhaps as much as twice the size of Montfort's, was led by Edward on the right and the King's brother Richard of Cornwall on the left, while the King himself commanded the central battalion.

Meanwhile, Montfort defeated the remainder of the royal army led by the King and Cornwall.

Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG ( 15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376 ) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England.

This bird is emblematic of Cornwall and is also said to embody the spirit of King Arthur.

In April 1260, Boniface worked with Richard of Cornwall to broker a peace between King Henry and Prince Edward.

Richard of Cornwall ( 5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272 ) was Count of Poitou ( from 1225 to 1243 ), 1st Earl of Cornwall ( from 1225 ) and German King ( formally " King of the Romans ", from 1257 ).

He was made High Sheriff of Berkshire at the age of only eight, was styled Count of Poitou from 1225 and in the same year, at the age of sixteen, his brother King Henry III gave him Cornwall as a birthday present, making him High Sheriff of Cornwall.

According to legend, Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall under King Uther Pendragon, rebelled against the latter's rule when the king became obsessed with Gorlois ' wife Igraine.

Cornwall was the first dukedom conferred within the Kingdom of England, although the Dukes of Normandy ( King of England ), Brittany ( Earl of Richmond ) and Aquitaine ( Duke of Lancaster ) held substantial estates and fiefs within England, being based in France.

King Edward VII and his mistress Alice Keppel ( great-grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall ) regularly enjoyed the luxury ( and discretion ) of the Grand Hotel on The Leas.

King Doniert's Stone in East Cornwall, Ninth century

Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ( c. 1284 – 19 June 1312 ) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of King Edward II of England.

Consolidated Edison proposed building a giant hydro-electric plant on the river at Storm King Mountain near Cornwall.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St. James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.

Director and script writer Sam Raimi drew from a variety of sources, including literature with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and films like The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and The Three Stooges.

When Bacon was appointed Lord Chancellor, " by special Warrant of the King ", Lady Bacon was given precedence over all other Court ladies.

* 1768 – James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.

* 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

In January 1604, King James VI of Scotland and I of England convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived problems of the earlier translations as detected by the Puritans, a faction within the Church of England.

The revived Arthurian romance also proved influential in the United States, with such books as Sidney Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur ( 1880 ) reaching wide audiences and providing inspiration for Mark Twain's satiric A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ( 1889 ).

* The King and Royal Family leave Whitehall for Hampton Court.

* The King leaves Hampton Court for the North 2 March 1642

Mark Twain made Merlin the villain in his 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

King Crimson's album In the Court of the Crimson King ( 1969 ) has been seen as an important link between psychedelia and progressive rock.

In 1801 the Upper House moved into the larger White Chamber, which had formerly housed the Court of Requests ; the expansion of the Peerage by King George III during the 18th century, along with the imminent Act of Union with Ireland, necessitated the move as the original chamber could not accommodate the increased number of peers.

Court accounts of Henry III of England record pears shipped from La Rochelle-Normande and presented to the King by the Sheriffs of the City of London.

The first major time travel novel was Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

The Supreme Court is headed by a president, nominated by the King, proposed by the General Council of the Judiciary.

King Solomon and His Court India ( Deccan, Hyderabad )- this painting, from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, appears to draw on a Turkish prototype.

Under the leadership of Cardinal Wolsey ( the Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor ) and Thomas Cranmer ( the Archbishop of Canterbury ) ( 1515-1529 ), the Court of Star Chamber became a political weapon for bringing actions against opponents to the policies of King Henry VIII, his Ministers and his Parliament.

The power of the Court of Star Chamber grew considerably under the House of Stuart, and by the time of King Charles I, it had become synonymous with misuse and abuse of power by the King and his circle.

King Charles I used the Court of Star Chamber as Parliamentary substitute during the eleven years of Personal Rule, when he ruled without a Parliament.

King Charles made extensive use of the Court of Star Chamber to prosecute dissenters, including the Puritans who fled to New England.

King Crimson released their landmark album In the Court of the Crimson King in 1969 bringing acclaim to progressive rock.