Princess Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn

- 1251

• Name	Princess Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Princess
  Gender	Female
  Died	1251	Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Notes	Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn was the daughter of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales and Tangwystyl Goch. She married, firstly, Reynold de Briouze, son of William de Briouze and Maud de Saint Valéry, in 1215. She married, secondly, Ralph de Mortimer, son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrieres, after 1228. Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn also went by the nick-name of Gwladus 'the Dark'. Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark"), full name Gwladus ferch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a Welsh noblewoman who was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and married 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. Some sources say that Joan gave her lands to Gwladus, which suggests, but does not prove, the former. Gwladus is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion as having died at Windsor in 1251. Marriage She married firstly, 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 secondly, Ralph de Mortimer of Wigmore about 1230. Ralph died in 1246, and their son, Roger de Mortimer, inherited the lordship. Issue Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore, in 1247, married Maud de Braose, by whom he had seven children. Hugh de Mortimer John de Mortimer Peter de Mortimer
  Person ID	I3586	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Llywelyn, the Great,   b. Abt 1172, Dolwyddelan, Gwynedd, Wales ,   d. 11 Apr 1240, Aberconwy, Wales  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Joan, Lady of Wales,   b. Abt 1191,   d. 02 Feb 1236/37, Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, Wales  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Between Dec 1203 and Oct 1204  [4]
  Family ID	F2305	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Ralph de Mortimer,   b. 1190, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England ,   d. 06 Aug 1246, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1230  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Roger de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore,   b. 1231,   d. Abt 30 Oct 1282, Kingsland, Herefordshire, England  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F1013	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Reginald de Braose,   b. Bef 1188,   d. Between 05 May 1227 and 09 Jun 1228  (Age 39 years)
  Married	1215  [1, 5]
  Family ID	F1016	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Mortimer. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwladus_Ddu. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan,_Lady_of_Wales. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_de_Braose.