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Tywysog Llywelyn Jones Cymru wants to be known just as Llywelyn.

However the 33-year-old Californian's formal title is a little longer.

Thanks to a court ruling he sought in an international tribunal sitting in Japan, he "has the right to be known as"...

Ei Uchelder Brenhinol Tywysog Llywelyn Jones, Brenin Cymru, Brycheiniog, Ceredigion, Deheubarth, Dogfeiling, Dunoding, Dyfed, Ergyng, Glywysing, Gwent, Gwynedd, Gwynllwg, Meirionnydd, Morgannwg, Powys Wenwynwyn, Powys Fadog, Rhos, Rhufoniog, Seisyllwg

Which means His Royal Highness Prince Llywelyn, King of Wales, and of a string of Welsh fiefdoms.

Llewelyn, who uses the handle brenin_y_cymru on Instagram and has set up his own website www.kingdomofwales.wales , came forward after we revealed that a man from Colorado was claiming to be the King of Wales :

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Llewelyn says the title is legally his, that two courts have now "confirmed the titles are [his] sole property" and that he now plans to fight for the Welsh.

He says that the ruling of the courts make his titles legally recognised in 156 nations.

He believes that, like the Native Americans in the United States, the Welsh are an indigenous people who are entitled to billions in reparations.

To explain his claim to the throne of Wales, the martial arts fan shared a copy of the court documents dated May 23, 2016, from the Place of Arbitration, Tokyo, Japan, with WalesOnline and we've attached them at the bottom of this article.

They state he is descended "through a direct and continuous masculine line, from the Welsh Kings or Warlords, and is a member of the Cenedl, or Royal Welsh Nation".

The documents even give his children the right to royal titles, making them Tywysog Doryan and Tywysog Gafyn (Princes Doryan and Gafyn).

Llywelyn was born plain Lawrence Jones Jr. in San Diego county, California

But he has changed his name by deed poll in his home city to Tywysog Llywelyn Jones Cymru.

Here's a copy of the form

Llywelyn, whose mother is a Native American, traces his Welsh heritage back through his father.

They are the descendants of a John W. Jones who was born in Wales in 1828 and emigrated to Ohio, then nicknamed "Little Ceredigion" in the 19th Century.

He has been in Wales over the last week, touring historic sites and allowed WalesOnline to use some of his photographs.

He asked us to publish this statement:

Although I may not be the Prince you imagined, being born in the United States, and not yet being fluent in the old language; I am the right Prince to finish this fight for you and get you what is rightfully yours.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and now that I have been legally recognized as the possessor of this position there are a plethora of legal avenues I will diligently pursue in your defense.

“Under public international law belligerent occupation does not affect the sovereignty of the occupied state. The occupying power is not a successor to the lawful sovereign in the occupied territory, but is a government based on force “(Oppenheim, 1942).

Because you have continued to demonstrate political protest for the last six centuries, flying Y Ddraig Goch and the old colors, and resisting assimilation into a foreign government; you have protected the sovereignty and independence of this great nation.

A Government-in-Exile, monarchical or republican, is deemed to have the implied constitutional power to perform all normal acts of state.

I intend to use these powers to speak out on your behalf and get you fair and equal treatment amongst the international family of nations.

In return for this, I ask for nothing. Claiming these titles made your defense and well-being my duty. I do not have to walk the streets of Cardiff very far to see that I am currently failing in those duties.

35% of Welsh living in poverty is an obscene number, especially with the amount of resources being taken out of these lands for free at your expense.

People assume when they hear about these titles that I expect some form of reverence. I am a servant leader and that is not the case with me.

I do not demand or even anticipate your respect, but I do intend to earn it. I do not need you to fight for me or raise violence on my behalf; on the contrary, I am fighting for you. It is my hope when you examine the facts and see what I am doing you will understand the nature of my actions and side with my resolve.

We did a quick Q&A with Llewelyn.

How old are you and what do you do for a living?

I’m 33 years old. When I’m not working for Wales I make a living as an engineering liaison for an aviation company.

When did you start researching your Welsh ancestry?

It was always a goal after my father told me as a boy we were related to royalty but he didn’t know how.

25% of Welsh males descend from a continuous masculine royal line so it isn’t very uncommon.

You say that there are many Welsh men who descend from a continuous, masculine royal line. What justifies your claim to the titles?

Under the legal principle, “Vigilantibus non dormientibus æquitas subvenit” (Equity aids the vigilant, not the sleeping ones or ones who sleep on their rights).

Since no one has stepped forward to fix the issues in Wales and the ones that have been approached and could have possibly filled this position and taken up this fight expressed no interest in it; I claimed the titles in accordance in with Welsh native laws.

Hywel Dda set up the laws so that Wales would always have the ability to be free and independent from foreign rule.

Owain Glyndwr protected that right when he re-established the native law. Now Wales can seek reparations under UNDRIP, which the UK voted in favor of.

Why did you decide to change your name?

Lawrence is not a Welsh name and it was my right to choose a regal name.

I did keep my surname however. I don’t hide the fact that I was born Lawrence J. Jones Jr.

But the name I have chosen is my internationally recognized legal name.

Do you know when your father’s family made the move from Wales to the US?

I’d have to look at the records but John Jones came across when many other Welsh were immigrating to the United States.

He settled in an area of Ohio nicknamed “Little Ceredigion” because so many people from that area had immigrated there.

You mention John Jones - how far back in your family is that? I.e. great grandfather, great, great grandfather?

John W. Jones was born in Wales in 1828, he is my 3rd Great Grand Father.

I should tell you my claim was made by right of blood because after I hit a brick wall due to the Welsh patronymic naming system I submitted to a Y-chromosome test.

This is why my claim was made jus sanguinis. The Welsh laws state a claimant need to be a member of the cenedl.

Which can mean royal Welsh nation or the nation of Wales as a whole in Triad 169 (-Ellis, T. P. (1926). Welsh tribal law and custom in the middle ages Chapter 3. Succession Kingship)

Where did you grow up in the US?

I was born and raised in San Diego County, California, but I have lived all over the US.

Can you tell me a bit more about how reparations would work?

DNA studies have proven the Welsh are the true Celtic Britons, the original inhabitants of this island.

According to the articles in UNDRIP they are entitled to reparations for land and resources taken from them, and entitled to their own independent government.

The situation is very similar between native Americans and the United States government.

Here are his documents from Japan