Welsh history

The forgotten years that forged Wales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Welsh flag, featuring a dragon. The red dragon of Wales dates back to Roman times. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&AWhy does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?

Part six in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1200–1249

Turning points1295: Edward I consolidates English rule. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Matthew Stevens tackles listener questions on the history of the Welsh regions during the Middle Ages

Medieval Wales: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II invests her eldest son, Prince Charles

Charles, The Prince of Wales’s 1969 investiture at Caernarfon Castle, 50 years on

NASA’s unknown Welsh hero: the story of Tecwyn Roberts

4 historical cricketing curiosities

The ruins of Dunluce Castle, which sit on the coastal cliffs of North Antrim in Northern Ireland. They are thought to have been the inspiration for CS Lewis’s castle Cair Paravel in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (1950–56). (Photo by Andrea Ricordi/Contributor/Getty Images)

9 of Britain’s best castles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women in traditional Welsh dress, c1896. (Past Pix/SSPL/Getty Images)

Wales: In search of a history

Will Millard – presenter of the BBC series 'Hidden Wales'. (Photo by BBC Wales)

Industrial revolution

The hidden history of Wales

The distinctive polygon towers of Caernarfon Castle. (Photo by Gail Johnson/Getty Images)

History explorerThe conquest of Wales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 1267 Treaty of Montgomery: a prince’s hope for the future of Wales

Bleddyn ap Cynfyn: the first Prince of Wales?

Charles VI of France (1380–1422)

Owain Glyndwr: The last Welsh Prince of Wales

Chepstow Castle', C1770S.

The LibraryWales in the Civil War: the last refuge of monarchy

The LibraryThe conquest of Wales and Mary I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

The making of Wales

England and Wales: best of enemies?