Ancestral Trails 2016 » LLEWELLYN FAWR AP IOWERTH (1170-1240)

Personal data LLEWELLYN FAWR AP IOWERTH 

• He was born in the year 1170 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales.
• Title: Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, Prince of Aberffraw, Lord of Snowd
• (Nickname) : "The Great".
• (Ancestry) : House of Aberffraw.
• He died on April 11, 1240 in Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales, he was 70 years old.
• He is buried April 1240 in Aberconwy Abbey, Caernarvonshire, Wales.
• A child of IOWERTH-DRWYNDWN AB OWAIN and MARARED FERCH MADOG

Household of LLEWELLYN FAWR AP IOWERTH

(1) He had a relationship with Daughter of The ISLES.

(2) He is married to JOAN PLANTAGENET.

They got married on June 18, 1205, he was 35 years old.

Child(ren):

1. MARGARET VERCH LLEWELLYN  1204-> 1267 
2. GWLADYS VERCH LLEWELLYN  1207-1251 
3. Dafydd Ap LLEWELLYN  1209-????
4. ELEN VERCH LLEWELLYN  1211-1253 
5. Susanna Verch LLEWELLYN  1214-1259 

(3) He had a relationship with Tangwystl Verch LLYWARCH.

Child(ren):

1. Gwenllian Verch LLEWELLYN  1198-1281
2. Angharad Verch LLEWELLYN  1200-????
3. Gruffydd ap LLEWELLYN  1196-???? 

(4) He is married to Eva FITZWARIN.

They got married in the year 1237 at Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales, he was 67 years old.

Notes about LLEWELLYN FAWR AP IOWERTH

Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales also went by the nick-name of Llwelyn 'the Great'. He gained the title of Prince Llywelyn of North Wales. He hanged the Anglo-Norman baron, William de la Braose, for having an affair with his wife.

Llywelyn the Great (Welsh: Llywelyn Fawr, full name Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, (c. 1172 - 11 April 1240) was a Prince of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually de facto ruler over most of Wales. By a combination of war and diplomacy he dominated Wales for 40 years.

During Llywelyn's boyhood, Gwynedd was ruled by two of his uncles, who split the kingdom between them, following the death of Llywelyn's grandfather, Owain Gwynedd, in 1170. Llywelyn had a strong claim to be the legitimate ruler and began a campaign to win power at an early age. He was sole ruler of Gwynedd by 1200 and made a treaty with King John of England that year. Llywelyn's relations with John remained good for the next ten years. He married John's natural daughter Joan in 1205, and when John arrested Gwenwynwyn ab Owain of Powys in 1208, Llywelyn took the opportunity to annex southern Powys. In 1210, relations deteriorated, and John invaded Gwynedd in 1211. Llywelyn was forced to seek terms and to give up all lands west of the River Conwy, but was able to recover them the following year in alliance with the other Welsh princes. He allied himself with the barons who forced John to sign Magna Carta in 1215. By 1216, he was the dominant power in Wales, holding a council at Aberdyfi that year to apportion lands to the other princes.

Following King John's death, Llywelyn concluded the Treaty of Worcester with his successor, Henry III, in 1218. During the next fifteen years, Llywelyn was frequently involved in fights with Marcher lords and sometimes with the king, but also made alliances with several major powers in the Marches. The Peace of Middle in 1234 marked the end of Llywelyn's military career, as the agreed truce of two years was extended year by year for the remainder of his reign. He maintained his position in Wales until his death in 1240 and was succeeded by his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn.

Llywelyn married Joan, natural daughter of King John of England, in 1205. Llywelyn and Joan had three identified children in the records but in all probability had more as Llywelyn's children were fully recognised during his marriage to Joan whilst his father-in-law, King John, was alive. The identity of the mother of some of Llywelyn's children before this union is uncertain, but the following are recorded in contemporary or near-contemporary records.

Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1212-1246), son by Joan, wife of Llywelyn.
Elen (Helen) ferch Llywelyn (c. 1206-1253), daughter by Joan. M. John Earl of Huntington m. 2nd Robert de Quincy 3rd Donald Malcolm Mar Earl of Mar.
Susanna ferch Llywelyn, died after November 1228, daughter by Joan. Henry III King of England granted the upbringing of "L. princeps Norwallie et Johanna uxor sua et…soror nostra Susannam filiam suam" to "Nicholao de Verdun et Clementie uxori sue" by order dated 24 Nov 1228. Her birth date is estimated on the assumption that Susanna was under marriageable age, but older than an infant, at the time.
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1196-1244), a son by Tangwystl Goch (d. c. 1198).
Gwladus Ddu (c. 1206-1251), probable daughter by Joan.
Angharad ferch Llywelyn (c. 1212-1256), probable daughter of Joan; married Maelgwn Fychan.
Marared ferch Llywelyn (died after 1268), married John de Braose and secondly (about 1232) Walter III de Clifford. Marared had issue by both husbands.
Elen the Younger ferch Llywelyn (before 1230-after 16 Feb 1295) who married firstly Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife, son of Duncan Macduff of Fife & his wife Alice Corbet. She married secondly (after 1266) Domhnall I, Earl of Mar, son of William, Earl of Mar & his first wife Elizabeth Comyn of Buchan. Elen and Domhall's daughter, Isabella of Mar, married Robert, the Bruce, King of Scots. Isabella had one child by the King of Scots, Marjorie Bruce, who was the mother of the first Stewart monarch, Robert II of Scotland.
Tegwared y Baiswen ap Llywelyn (c. 1215), a son by a woman named as Crysten in some sources, a possible twin of Angharad

Little is known of Llywelyn's mistress, Tangwystl Goch, except that she was the daughter of Llywarch "Goch" of Rhos. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1196-1244) was Llywelyn's eldest son and known to be the son of Tangwystl. He married Senena, daughter of Caradoc ap Thomas of Anglesey. Their sons included Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who for a period occupied a position in Wales comparable to that of his grandfather, and Dafydd ap Gruffydd who ruled Gwynedd briefly after his brother's death.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llywelyn_the_Great

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