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Dafydd Llywelyn (born November 1976) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician. Since May 2016, he has served as the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner. [1] Career
Since Dafydd's marriage to Isabella de Braose, daughter of William de Braose, had failed to produce an heir (though some early modern genealogists record him as having sired sons, including Dafydd [citation needed]) the two elder sons of Gruffydd, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Owain Goch ap Gruffydd, divided Gwynedd between them and continued the ...
The Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Dyfed-Powys Police in the Welsh counties of Dyfed and Powys.
Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark Eyes"), full name Gwladus ferch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a member of the Royal House of Gwynedd. She was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and Joan Plantagenet , a daughter of John, King of England .
Llywelyn ap Dafydd (c.1267–1287), potential claimant to the title Prince of Gwynedd, was the eldest son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd, the last free ruler of Gwynedd, and his wife Elizabeth Ferrers. Nothing is known of his early life, though it is thought he was probably born some time around 1267.
According to early modern genealogist Lewys Dwnn, Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn was the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales and King of Gwynedd between 1240 and 1246. He is considered the ancestor of the Prys or Price of Esgairweddan family, who bore the royal arms of Gwynedd as their own.
Shortly thereafter, Dafydd hands over his half-brother, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, to Henry for imprisonment in the Tower of London. 1244 1 March – after several years of imprisonment, Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fawr dies in an escape attempt. Dafydd ap Llywelyn wages war in the Marches against Henry III. 1245 March – Dafydd ap Llywelyn recovers ...
Dafydd ap Llewelyn, in the Welsh language, means "David, son of Llewelyn", and there have been several notable people known by this patronymic, including Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1215–1246), Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales; Dafydd Gam (1380–1415), Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt