Llywelyn Fawr the Great ap Iowerth, Prince of Wales^[1]

1173 - 1240  (67 years)

• Name	Llywelyn Fawr the Great ap Iowerth
  Suffix	Prince of Wales
  Birth	1173	Dolwyddelan, Gwynedd, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1194
  _FSFTID	9CC1-7MC
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=9CC1-7MC
  Death	11 Apr 1240
  Burial	Conway
  Notes	Acceded: 1194 Sources disagree on the name of the mother of Gruffydd, some say it is Gwenllian. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01913 Llewelyn Fawr ap Iowerth, Prince of Wales was born in 1173 in «u»Dolwyddelan, Gwynedd, Wales «/u». He was the son of «u»Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain Gwynedd «/u» and «u»Marared/Margaret «/u». He and «u»Tangwystyl Goch«/u» had a liaison producing children before Llewelyn married Joan Plantagenet. A liaison or marriage has been mentioned between Llewelyn Fawr ap Iowerth, Prince of Wales and «u»Gwenllian «/u» assumed to be in Llywelyn's younger days. He married «u»Joan Plantagenet«/u», daughter of «u»John I Plantagenet, King of England «/u» and «u»Agatha Ferrers «/u», in 1205. He died of natural causes on 11 April 1240 in «u»Aberconwy, Gwynedd, Wales «/u». He was buried after 11 April 1240 in «u»Aberconwy Abbey, Aberconwy, Gwynedd, Wales «/u». Llywelyn II, was also known as "The Great," Prince of Gwynedd (Northern Wales 1194-1240), Prince of Wales, and Ruler of All Wales (1203-1240). Llewelyn was the son of Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain Gwynedd and considered to be the true heir of Iorwerth's father, Owain Gwynedd, the son of Gruffudd Ap Cynan of the House of Aberffraw (Geoffrey Plantagent, father of Henry II of England, is another descendant of the House of Aberffraw). In 1230, Llewelyn had William de Breos (father of his daughter-in-law Isabella) hanged "for excessive familiarity" with his wife Joanna. Llewelyn spent most of his life fighting off his father-in-law, King John, and trying to free Wales from English domination. He also spent a good deal of time fighting with the other Marcher Lords of Wales over territory. There are some wonderful historical novels about this period in Wales and the romance and lives of Llewelyn and Joanna, including King John of England, written by Sharon Kay Penman. Children of Llewelyn Fawr ap Iowerth, Prince of Wales and «u»Tangwystyl Goch«/u»: «u»Gruffydd ap Llewelyn Fawr«/u»«b»+«/b» b. 1196, d. 1 Mar 1244 «u»Gwladys DDU The Dark«/u» b. 1198, d. 1251 «u»(?) Helen «/u» b. ?unknown Children of Llewelyn Fawr ap Iowerth, Prince of Wales and «u»Joan Plantagenet«/u»: «u»Angharad «/u» b. a 1205 «u»Margareet verch Llywelyn «/u» b. ?unknown «u»Tegwared-y-Bais Wen «/u» b. ?unknown «u»Elen or Helena «/u» b. 1207, d. 1253 «u»Davydd (Dafydd) ap Llewelyn Fawr, Prince of Gwynedd «/u» b. 1208, d. 25 Feb 1246 «b»Citations«/b» RoyaList Online, A Royal Genealogy Database, «u»<http://www.royalist.info>«/u». Historical novels by Sharon Kay Penman, two of her books about Llywelyn and Joan (Joanna) are "«i»Here Be Dragons«/i»" and "«i»Falls the Shadow.«/i»" "«i»A History of Wales«/i»" by John Davies. http://kerrysdavis.home.comcast.net/p34.htm#i334
  Person ID	I977	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Iorwerth Drwyndwn the broken-nosed ap Owain Gwynedd,   b. 1145   d. Abt 1174, Pennant Melangell , in Powys, Wales (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Margaret ferch Madog   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gwenllian   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Family ID	F2314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Joan of England Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1188   d. 2 Feb 1237, Aber, , Caernarvon, Wales (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Dafydd (Davydd) ap Llywelyn Fawr, Prince of Gwynedd,   b. 1208   d. 25 Feb 1246, Aber., Canarvonshire (Age 38 years)   2. Elen (Helena)   d. 1253   3. Angharad   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret verch Llywelyn   bur. Aconbury Church, Hereford
  Family ID	F2313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 3	Tangwystyl Goch   d. Abt 1202, Wales
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr,   b. 1196   d. 1 Mar 1244 (Age 48 years)   2. Gwenllian (Gwladus) Ddu the Dark (Dark Eyes) Verch Llwewlyn,   b. Abt 1205, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 1251, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 46 years)   3. Helen   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).