Individual Details
Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn
(Abt 1209 - Bef 14 Nov 1281)
[[Category: Cymru 742-1535]]}
== Biography ==
===Parentage===
Price states that Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn was the daughter of [[ap Iorwerth-26|Llywelyn ap Iorwerth]] and his mistress [[ferch_Llywarch-3|Tangwystl ferch Llywarch]] and the sister of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
This is also stated by Marriages and politics in Wales, 1066-1282. "Marriage and politics in Wales, 1066-1282" ''Welsh History Review'' 4 Nos. 1-4 (1968-69):3-20, especially 17; OCR copy, Welsh Journals Online. (http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1073091/llgc-id:1074521/llgc-id:1074544/getText : accessed 26 Feb 2016).
Wikipedia shows Gwennlian's mother to be Eleanor de Montfort, but this is an error. Eleanor married Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Gwenllian's nephew by her brother Gruffydd.)
Cawley states that only Gruffydd is known to be Tangwystl's child and therefore Gwenllian, birth date unknown, was born to Llywelyn and a mistress other than Tangwystl. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Llywellyndied1240B Llywelyn ap Iorwerth], Cawley, The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
===Birth Estimation===
No sources give a birth year for Gwennlian. If she was 15 at her first marriage in 1224, her birth year could be estimated at 1209. This year is consistent with other estimates.
===1224 Marriage to William de Lacy===
By 28 July 1224, she had married William de Lacy, son of Hugh de Lacy and Rose O'Connor of Connacht (daughter of Roderick O'Connor), and half-brother of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster.John Edward Lloyd, "Who Was Gwenllian de Lacy," ''Archaeologia Cambrensis'' 19 (1919): 292-298. Image copy, HathiTrust http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112051008636;view=1up;seq=304 : 2016
In his report to King Henry dated 5 Aug 1224 following the capture of castle Trum, William Marshall Earl of Pembroke records that "the wife of William de Lacy, the daughter of Llewllyn, Griffin´s sister, the wife of Thomas Blund, William´s brother, and the mother of William, of Thomas, and of him that was killed" were in the castle[295].
The fact of this married is confirmed by the case she brought in 1241 against Dafyd ap Llywelyn for the recovery of manors.''The acts of Welsh rulers, 1120-1283'' by Dr. Charles Insley Huw Pryce, Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2005. Accessed 25 Feb 2016 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=4E2uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=william+de+lacy+llywelyn&source=bl&ots=6A-KMf1cu7&sig=QLy3KRlodXyGbgVs7IiZ5Zz_MQI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib15uw6ZXLAhVN-mMKHYbxDMAQ6AEIMjAF#v=onepage&q=william%20de%20lacy%20llywelyn&f=false GoogleBooks], Page 412
m William de Lacy, son of HUGH de Lacy & his second wife Rose --- (-killed in battle Monach-cranncain 1233).
William died in 1233. There were apparently no children from this marriage.
===1280 Death of Gwennlian===
She died between 30 Aug 1280 and 14 Nov 1281.
==Sources==
* See Also: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwenllian_of_Wales Wikipedia] for further information. }
== Biography ==
===Parentage===
Price states that Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn was the daughter of [[ap Iorwerth-26|Llywelyn ap Iorwerth]] and his mistress [[ferch_Llywarch-3|Tangwystl ferch Llywarch]] and the sister of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
This is also stated by Marriages and politics in Wales, 1066-1282. "Marriage and politics in Wales, 1066-1282" ''Welsh History Review'' 4 Nos. 1-4 (1968-69):3-20, especially 17; OCR copy, Welsh Journals Online. (http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1073091/llgc-id:1074521/llgc-id:1074544/getText : accessed 26 Feb 2016).
Wikipedia shows Gwennlian's mother to be Eleanor de Montfort, but this is an error. Eleanor married Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Gwenllian's nephew by her brother Gruffydd.)
Cawley states that only Gruffydd is known to be Tangwystl's child and therefore Gwenllian, birth date unknown, was born to Llywelyn and a mistress other than Tangwystl. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Llywellyndied1240B Llywelyn ap Iorwerth], Cawley, The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
===Birth Estimation===
No sources give a birth year for Gwennlian. If she was 15 at her first marriage in 1224, her birth year could be estimated at 1209. This year is consistent with other estimates.
===1224 Marriage to William de Lacy===
By 28 July 1224, she had married William de Lacy, son of Hugh de Lacy and Rose O'Connor of Connacht (daughter of Roderick O'Connor), and half-brother of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster.John Edward Lloyd, "Who Was Gwenllian de Lacy," ''Archaeologia Cambrensis'' 19 (1919): 292-298. Image copy, HathiTrust http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112051008636;view=1up;seq=304 : 2016
In his report to King Henry dated 5 Aug 1224 following the capture of castle Trum, William Marshall Earl of Pembroke records that "the wife of William de Lacy, the daughter of Llewllyn, Griffin´s sister, the wife of Thomas Blund, William´s brother, and the mother of William, of Thomas, and of him that was killed" were in the castle[295].
The fact of this married is confirmed by the case she brought in 1241 against Dafyd ap Llywelyn for the recovery of manors.''The acts of Welsh rulers, 1120-1283'' by Dr. Charles Insley Huw Pryce, Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2005. Accessed 25 Feb 2016 at [https://books.google.com/books?id=4E2uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=william+de+lacy+llywelyn&source=bl&ots=6A-KMf1cu7&sig=QLy3KRlodXyGbgVs7IiZ5Zz_MQI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib15uw6ZXLAhVN-mMKHYbxDMAQ6AEIMjAF#v=onepage&q=william%20de%20lacy%20llywelyn&f=false GoogleBooks], Page 412
m William de Lacy, son of HUGH de Lacy & his second wife Rose --- (-killed in battle Monach-cranncain 1233).
William died in 1233. There were apparently no children from this marriage.
===1280 Death of Gwennlian===
She died between 30 Aug 1280 and 14 Nov 1281.
==Sources==
* See Also: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwenllian_of_Wales Wikipedia] for further information. }
Events
| Birth | Abt 1209 | Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, Wales | |||
| Death | Bef 14 Nov 1281 | Windsor, Berkshire, England | |||
| Marriage | William Lacy | ||||
| Alt name | Lacy | ||||
| Reference No | 12429264 | ||||
| Reference No | 13250395 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | William Lacy (1190 - 1233) |
| Father | Llywelyn "Llywelyn Fawr, Llywelyn the Great" ap Iorwerth (1173 - 1240) |
| Mother | Tangwystl ferch Llywarch (1168 - 1226) |
| Sibling | Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1198 - 1244) |