Gwladys Dhu "Dark Eyed" verch Llewelyn of GWYNEDD

Gwladus Ddu ("Gwladus the Dark"), full name Gwladus verch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a Welsh princess who was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and was married to two Marcher lords. Sources differ as to whether Gwladus was Llywelyn's legitimate daughter by his wife Joan or an illegitimate daughter by Tangwystl Goch. However, it is more than likely she was the daughter of Joan, as some sources say that Joan gave her lands to Gwladus. This is something that probably would not have been done had Gwladus not been her daughter. She married Reginald de Braose, Lord of Brecon and Abergavenny in about 1215, but they are not known to have had any children. After Reginald's death in 1228 she was probably the sister recorded as accompanying Dafydd ap Llywelyn to London in 1229. She married Ralph de Mortimer of Wigmore about 1230. Ralph died in 1246, and their son, Roger de Mortimer, inherited the lordship. Gwladus is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion as having died at Windsor in 1251. Children Roger de Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore Hugh de Mortimer John de Mortimer Peter de Mortimer http://en.wikipedia.org

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