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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282), Llywelyn II, also known as Llywelyn the Last (Welsh: Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf, lit. '"Llywelyn, Our Last Leader"'), was Prince of Gwynedd , and later was recognised as the Prince of Wales (Latin: Princeps Walliae ; Welsh: Tywysog Cymru ) from 1258 until his death at Cilmeri in 1282.
Gruffudd's wife, Senana [2] (possibly a daughter of Caradog ap Thomas of Anglesey), agreed to pay Henry 600 marks for the release of her husband and their eldest son, Owain, and to hand over her two youngest sons, Dafydd and Rhodri, to the King as hostages to ensure that she kept her part of the bargain. Henry did not keep his part, however ...
Senana ferch Caradog (c.1198–1263) was the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fawr (1198–1244). Senana's full name was Senana ferch Caradog ap Thomas ap Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd therefore Owain Gwynedd was her great great grandfather, although she came from an illegitimate line. She had four sons: Owain, Llywelyn, Dafydd and Rhodri.
Isabella Mortimer, Lady of Clun and Oswestry (after 1247 – before 1 April 1292 [1]) was a noblewoman and a member of an important and powerful Welsh Marcher family. Although often overshadowed in modern historiography by her better-known parents, she is now known to have played an important part in her family's struggles against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and to have helped to secure the frontline ...
The Friary had been founded by Llywelyn the Great, the grandfather of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, in memory of his wife Joan (Eleanor's aunt). On 12 July 1282, members of Eleanor's personal household were given safe-conduct while travelling back into England. [12] Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed on 11 December 1282.
She was the daughter of the "gentleman poet" Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (c. 1485–1553) of Llannerch and his first wife Sioned ferch Rhisiart ab Hywel of Mostyn (died 1540). [1] Her two sisters, Catrin [2] and Gwen, were also poets. [3]
Aerial view of Sycharth, the site of Owain Glyndŵr's court. Nothing is known of Margaret's early life, not even the precise date of her marriage. She was the child of Sir David Hanmer, who was a chief justice of the King's Bench during Edward III's reign, [3] and his wife Angharad ferch Llywelyn Ddu, and was probably raised in a Welsh household. [4]
Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268 or 1258 – c. 1293, [1]) was a Welsh-language poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.. His surviving works are a sequence of five awdlau for Llywelyn and four poems that praise the dynasty of Powys Fadog.