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Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales 1172–1240 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1172

Birth Location: Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales

Death Date: 11 Apr 1240

Death Location: Conwy, Conwy, Wales

Father: Iorwerth Llywelyn

Mother: Margred Madog

Spouse(s): Joan Illegitimate

Children(s): Ellen Chester, Dafydd Snowdon, Margaret Llywelyn, Princess Llewelyn, Angarad Fawr, Gruffydd born

Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales was born in 1172 in Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales, the child of Iorwerth Drwyndwn Ap Owain Gwynedd Direct Ancestor Via Angharad Ferch Llywelyn And Margred Ferch Madog. Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales married Joan Of Wales Plantagenet House Lady Of Wales And Snowdon Illegitimate, Tangwystl Goch, and had children including Angarad Verch Lllewelyn Fawr, Dafydd Ap Llywelynn Prince Of Aberffraw And Lord Of Snowdon, Ellen Ferch Llywelyn House Of Aberffraw Countess Of Huntingdon And Chester, Gruffydd Ap Llewelyn Prince Of Wales Held Hostage By King John 1St Born, Margaret Ferch Llywelyn, Princess Gwadys The Dark Eyed Of Gwyndd Wales Ferch Llewelyn. Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales passed away in 1240 in Conwy, Conwy, Wales.

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Biography

  • Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales was born in 1172 in Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales, the child of Iorwerth Drwyndwn Ap Owain Gwynedd Direct Ancestor Via Angharad Ferch Llywelyn And Margred Ferch Madog.
  • Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales married Joan Of Wales Plantagenet House Lady Of Wales And Snowdon Illegitimate, Tangwystl Goch, and had children including Angarad Verch Lllewelyn Fawr, Dafydd Ap Llywelynn Prince Of Aberffraw And Lord Of Snowdon, Ellen Ferch Llywelyn House Of Aberffraw Countess Of Huntingdon And Chester, Gruffydd Ap Llewelyn Prince Of Wales Held Hostage By King John 1St Born, Margaret Ferch Llywelyn, Princess Gwadys The Dark Eyed Of Gwyndd Wales Ferch Llewelyn.
  • Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales passed away in 1240 in Conwy, Conwy, Wales.

Immediate Family

Parents

Iorwerth Llywelyn
1145–1174
Birth Location: Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales
IL
Margred Madog
1150–1198
Birth Location: Powys, Wales
MM

Spouses(s)

Joan Illegitimate
1188–1237
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
JI

Children(s)

Ellen Chester
1218–1253
Birth Location: Wales
EC
Dafydd Snowdon
1212–1246
Birth Location: Castell Hen Blas, Coleshill, Bagillt, Wales
DS
Margaret Llywelyn
1202–
Birth Location: Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales
ML
Princess Llewelyn
1198–1251
Birth Location: Gwynedd, Wales
PL
Angarad Fawr
1205–1257
Birth Location: Kingdom of Gwynned, Wales
AF
Gruffydd born
1196–1244
Birth Location: Wales
Gb

Llywelyn Wales's Ancestors

Self
Llywelyn Wales
1172–1240
Birth Place: Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Parents
Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain Gwynedd, direct ancestor via Angharad ferch Llywelyn
1145–1174
Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales
Margred (ferch) Madog
1150–1198
Powys, Wales
Grandparents
Owain (ap Cynan, King of) Gwynedd
1100–1170
Caernarvonshire, Wales
Gwladys (ferch Llywarch ap) Trahaearn
1115–
Arwystli, Montgomerishire, Wales
Madog (ap Maredudd, last Prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys, Wales and for a time held the Fitzalan Lordship of) Oswestry
1091–1161
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
Susanna (ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan o Gwynedd) (region)
1095–1168
Caernarvonshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Gruffydd rule
1055–1137
Angharad Owain
1065–1128
Maredudd Powys
1047–1132
Hunydd Einudd
1063–1132
Gruffydd rule
1055–1137
Angharad Owain
1065–1128
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Cynan Gwynedd
1014–1063
Rhanullt Ireland,
1031–1120
Bleddyn Cynfyn
1025–1075
Hær Gest
1025–1056
Cynan Gwynedd
1014–1063
Rhanullt Ireland,
1031–1120

Llywelyn Wales's Descendants

1.
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Llywelyn (the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of) Wales (1172–11 Apr 1240) m. Joan (of Wales Plantagenet house, Lady of Wales and Snowdon,) Illegitimate (1188–2 Feb 1237)
  1. 1. Ellen (ferch Llywelyn (House of Aberffraw), Countess of Huntingdon and) Chester 1218–1253 m. John (Canmore of Scotland, 9th Earl of) Huntingdon 1207–1237
  2. 2. Dafydd (ap Llywelynn Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of) Snowdon 1212–1246 m. Isabella (de Braose, Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon,) childless 1222–1248
  3. 3. Margaret (ferch) Llywelyn 1202– m. John ('Tadody' House of Braose (de Brewes), Lord of Bramber, Anglo-Norman) line 1198–1232 m. Walter (III de Clifford, Welsh Marcher Lord during the reign of King John) (1199-1216) 1190–1263
    1. 1. William (House of Braose (de Brewes), Lord of Bramber, a councilor of Henry III & Edward) I 1224–1291
  4. 4. Princess (GWADYS 'THE DARK- EYED,' OF GWYNDD WALES , Ferch) Llewelyn 1198–1251 m. Ralph Mortimer 1198–1246 m. Reginald (de Braose, Lord Abergavenny, 5th Lord of) Bramber 1176–1228
    1. 1. Roger (de Mortimer, 6th Lord Of) Wigmore 1231–1282 m. Maud (Matilda de Braose,) Lady 1224–1300
      1. 1. Margaret Mortimer –1297 m. Robert (de Vere, 6th Earl of) Oxford 1257–1331
        1. 1. Thomas (de) Vere, –1331
      2. 2. Edmund (de Mortimer, 7th Lord) Mortimer 1261–1304 m. Lady (Margaret de Fiennes, Baroness) Wigmore 1262–1333
        1. 1. Roger (IV de Mortimer, 3rd Baron of Wigmore, 1st Earl of) March 1287–1330 m. 1295–1358 m. Joan (de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness) Mortimer 1286–1356
        2. 2. Maude Mortimer –1312
        3. 3. Isolde (de Mortimer (de) Audley) 1270–1338 m. Hugh (de Audley, Lord) Audley 1250–1325
      3. 3. Ralph (de Mortimer, Sheriff of Shropshire and) Staffordshire 1274–
      4. 4. Isabella (de Mortimer, Countess of) Arundel 1248–1300 m. John (FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh) Marches 1246–1272
        1. 1. Richard (Fitz Allen, 8th Earl of Arundel,) Anglo-Norman 1266–1301 m. Alicia (Alesia di Saluzzo, Countess of) Arundel 1269–1292
        2. 2. Joan (fitzAlan, of Cornwall Lady of) Winchester 1260–
  5. 5. Angarad (verch Lllewelyn) Fawr 1205–1257 m. Philip (ap Ifor, Lord of) Cardigan 1190–
    1. 1. Ellen (Eleaonor verch Maelgon of) Ceredigion –1265
    2. 2. Gwenllian Fychan –1254
    3. 3. Marered Fychan –1255
    4. 4. Iscoed (ap Philip, Lord of) Cardigan 1225– m. Seneca (verch) Caradog 1200–1262
      1. 1. Ifor (Cadivor Cydifor Bach ap Iscoed, Lord of) Cardigan 1250–1282
        1. 1. Philip (ap Ifor ap Cadivor ap Gwaithvoed, Lord of Iscoed in) Cardigan 1278–1315 m. Catherine (verch) Llywelyn 1279–1340
  6. 6. Gruffydd (ap Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, held hostage by King John, 1st) born 1196–1244
    1. 1. Llewelyn ('Our Last Leader' ap Gruffydd, last prince of an independent Wales before conquered by King Edward) I 1230–1282 m. Eleanor (de) Montfort, 1252–1282
      1. 1. Gwenllian (verch Llewelyn, princess, incarcerated in the Gilbertine Priory at Sempringham for over fifty years by Edward) I 1282–1337

Llywelyn Wales's Timeline

4 Records

1172
1172
Birth of Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales in Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales
1174
1174
Age 2
Birth of Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales in Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales
1240
11 Apr 1240
Age 68
Death of Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales in Cistercian, Aberconwy Abbey, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Cistercian, Aberconwy Abbey, Carmarthenshire, Wales
1240
11 Apr 1240
Age 68
Death of Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth, House of Aberffraw, Prince of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, & Aberffraw; Lord of Snowdon, ruler of Wales in Cistercian, Aberconwy Abbey, Wales
Cistercian, Aberconwy Abbey, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1174
    Event Place: Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1172
    Event Place: Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1240
    Event Place: Cistercian, Aberconwy Abbey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1240
    Event Place: Cistercian, Aberconwy Abbey, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Conwy, Conwy, Wales
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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