History
Unlike many other 13th-century Welsh castles, Caerphilly Castle was not built by Edward I in his crack-down on the Welsh lords, but by Gilbert 'the Red' de Clare, a powerful, red-headed nobleman of Norman descent, as a response to a dispute between him and the Prince of Gwynedd, Llywelyn the Last.
At first the dispute was mediated by Henry III (1216–1272), who sent a bishop to take temporary control of the castle until matters were settled. However, de Clare soon regained control of the castle and occupied it until his death in 1295.
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