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Rhuddlan Castle
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<p>Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in <a href="/facts/Rhuddlan/4tKLG5zQ">Rhuddlan</a>, <a href="/facts/Denbighshire/gNmFs0tw">Denbighshire</a>, Wales. It was erected by <a href="/facts/Edward_I/McXM7vvt">Edward I</a> in 1277, following the <a href="/facts/Welsh_Wars/oa8uUlbx">First Welsh War</a>. </p><p>Much of the work was overseen by master mason <a href="/facts/James_of_Saint_George/mlMxIMag">James of Saint George</a>. Rhuddlan, which was not completed until 1282, was built concurrently with <a href="/facts/Flint_Castle/bA6IUotw">Flint Castle</a>, at a time when King Edward I of England was consolidating his conquest of Wales. It was temporarily his residence, and his daughter, <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan/dexCmB22">Elizabeth</a>, is presumed to have been born there. </p>