Biography of eleanor gwynedd

Gwenllian, daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was born on 12th June 1282 at Garth Celyn Abergwyngregyn. Eleanor de Montfort, daughter of the French baron Simon de Montfort, was her mother.

Eleanor died shortly after the birth of Gwenllian at Pen-y Bryn in Abergwyngregyn where she had spent a period of three years as a prisoner of the English Crown. Her father and mother had been married at Worcester and Gwenllian was the only child of the marriage.

Biography of eleanor gwynedd pa

The marriage seems to have been a love match as Llywelyn did not father any illegitimate children.

Not only was Gwenllian the heiress of the royal family of Aberffraw, she was also related, through her mother Eleanor, to the crown of England: her great-grandfather was King John of England.

Gwenllian was only a few months old when North Wales was threatened by the English army.

Her father was killed near Irfon Bridge on 11th December 1282. There are several conflicting accounts of her father’s death, howe