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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.
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.
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 ...
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 Treaty of Montgomery was an Anglo-Welsh treaty signed on 29 September 1267 in Montgomeryshire by which Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was acknowledged as Prince of Wales by King Henry III of England (r. 1216–1272). It was the only time an English ruler recognised the right of a ruler of Gwynedd over Wales.
The work Brut y Tywysogion is the Annals of the Princes of Wales and is a historical narrative of the deeds of the various rulers of the kingdoms, large and small, which existed in Wales from the end of Roman rule in Britain in c.410AD to the final conquest of Wales and the death of its last consecrated native Tywysog Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of ...
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]
Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch (fl. 1277–1282) was a Welsh court poet. Gruffudd composed a number of poems on the theme of religion. His greatest fame however, lies with his moving elegy for Llywelyn ap Gruffudd , Prince of Wales , which is widely considered to be one of the finest poems in Welsh and medieval European literature.