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LLYWELYN Dafydd Ap
Abt 1209 - 1246

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• Birth	Abt 1209	Of Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Feb 1246
  Notes	***1. "The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc. New York, 1998 "The Early Welsh Kingdoms Gwynedd". ***2. David Walker, "Medieval Wales," Cambridge University Press, 1990: ***3. Flame-Bearers of Welsh History, "The Sons of Cunedda" by Owen Rhoscomyl, School Edition, 1905 The Welsh Ed. Pub. Co. Merthry Rydfil, part one, p. 177 XLIX, THE RISE OF LLYWELYN III, Llywelyn's son that reigned after him was no Llywelyn. His grandson was, however, in action as well as in name. We need not trouble about Llywelyn's son Davydd, who succeeded to the crown. First and last there have been three Davydds, prince of Gwynedd. Every one of them brought Calamity to Cymru. It was by a most strange and wonderful occurrence that this particular Davydd lived to become the curse of his country. One day, when he was a baby, his foster mother left him asleep on the bed, and went out of the chamber, leaving his father's gallant hound, Celart, lying at the foot of the bed, as a guard while she was gone. Presently in came a great grey wolf to devour the baby. Up sprang Celart. With bristles up, fangs bare, and eyes on fire, he flew upon the terrible beast. On the bed, on the floor, over and over and under they rolled and fought, locked in the death-struggle. They baby Davydd, tangled in the bedclothes, was pushed off the bed to the floor, but still the grim battle went on. p 178 It was under the bed it ended at last, and from there Celart crawled, his jaws red with blood, leaving the wolf dead behind him. Then he lay down again, beside the tangled heap of bedclothes under which the baby was hidden, guarding his charge still till some one should come. It was Llywelyn who came. He looked upon the bed for his little son and saw that he was gone. He looked in fierce fear round the room and saw no sign of Davydd. He looked upon the faithful hound and saw his jaws all red with blood. At once his fear believed that Celart had eaton the baby, and with that thought he flashed out his sword and ran it through the brave and loyal creature...Poor Celart's dying howl rang through the chamber till it waked the little one beneath the heap of clothes, and its cry of fright came to its fathers ears. hastily he stooped and found it, and as he stooped he saw, too, the body of the dead wolf. Then he understood what had happened, and turned in swift grief to Celart. But it was too late; Celart was dying. Llywelyn buried poor Celart with many a sign of grief for what he had done. The grave is yonder yet in the place that is called Beddgelart after it. No one knows the grave of Davydd, neither is any placed called after his name. But the bards as well as the princes remember Celart, and in an old manuscript of 1591 there is still to be seen an englyn, or verse, about him. Alas that so true and brave a creature should have died for saving so worthless a prince. Davydd reigned six years only, but in those six years he brought to the ground the strong Cymru which his great father had built up, dying and leaving it desolate beneath the heel of Henry III. Let be his epitaph. But Davydd was not the only son of Llywelyn. There had been another, Gruffydd, a handsome giant of a prince, born of a Cymric Mother. Llywelyn had weighed his two sons in his mind as to which would be the better ruler for the land. Davydd's mother was sister of the King of England - surely the King of England would be less the enemy of his nephew than of Gruffydd. So thought Llywelyn, and accordingly he made Davydd his heir; the one tragic mistake which undid all that he had accomplished in his own strenuous life. Gruffydd, with his turbulent valour, could not have brought his country lower than his brother's smoothness brought it. He might have saved it. Davydd had handed over his brother Gruffydd to the King of England as a prisoner. The king sent him to the Tower of London. One night Gruffydd made a rope of his clothes and began to let himself down out of his window to escape. The rope broke, and Gruffydd was killed, his neck being broken by the fall. But he left four sons, Owen, Llywelyn, Davydd and Rhodri. Owen and Llywelyn seized the crown of Gwynedd between them when their uncle Davydd died. Now King Henry claimed all the land as his own, for, amongst the rest of Davydd's doings, he had agreed that, if he died childless, Henry should be his heir and take the country. It would be hard to find words severe enough to describe such a transaction as that. ***5. The History of the Gwydir Family" written by Sir John Wynne, Knt. and Bart, ut creditur & Patet. Oswestry, 1878, Prince David began his reign in 1240 d = d= d. = Prince David, &c = | Ellis ap Jer = Agnes Werth ap Owen Bro. Gyntyn. > he is father of : > 1.Agnes ferch Dafydd ***The History of the Gwydir Family" written by Sir John Wynne, Knt. and Bart, ut creditur & Patet. Oswestry, 1878, d. = Prince David, &c = | Ellis ap Jer = Agnes Werth ap Owen Bro. Gyntyn. > married Elise ap Iorwerth ab Owain Brogyntyn ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 376 Goronwy Llwyd ap Y Penwyn, of Bettws living 1356 = Leuki d. and h's of Madog ap Elisse ap Iorwerth ap Owen Brogyntyn. > parents of Madog ab Elise ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 217 Griffith = Eva d. and co-h's of Madog ap Ellis, of Cryniarth, in Edernion p. 376 Goronwy Llwyd ap Y Penwyn, of Bettws living 1356 = Leuki d. and h's of Madog ap Elisse ap Iorwerth ap Owen Brogyntyn. > married (?) NN > parents of Efa ferch Madog ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 217 Griffith = Eva d. and co-h's of Madog ap Ellis, of Cryniarth, in Edernion p. 279 Gruffydd ob 1399 - Eva d. and h's of Madog ap Ellis sister to Llewelyn, Bishop of St. Asaph 1357 - 1375. > married Gruffudd ap Llewelyn ap Cynwrig ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 217 Griffith = Eva d. and co-h's of Madog ap Ellis, of Cryniarth, in Edernion p. 279 Gruffydd ob 1399 - Eva d. and h's of Madog ap Ellis sister to Llewelyn, Bishop of St. Asaph 1357 - 1375 p. 282 1st Robert ap Robin ap Gruffydd Goch, Lord of Rhos = Lowry, sold h's = 2nd Gruffydd ap Einion, of Gwyddelwern, ap Gruffydd ap Llewelyn ap Cynwrig ap Osborn Wyddel p. 279. > parents of Einion ap Gruffudd ***Welsh Founder of Penn. P. 98, by Allen Glenn Vol. I, 1911. Son of Thomas ap John Wynne, of Bron Vadog, in the parish of Ysceifiog, Flintshire. ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 217 Einion, living Oct 15, 1380 = Tanglwst, d. of Rhydderch ap Evan Lloyd of Gogerddan, co. Cardigan p. 234 Morris, of Clenenney, bestowed upon him by Rhys ap Dicws Foel, his foster-father, living 1511 = Catherine, d. of Eliza ap Gruffydd ap Einion, of Gwyddelwern. [in some books Angharad] p. 279 Einion, H.S.M. 1351-59 = Tanglwst, d. of Rhydderch ap Evan Llwyd ap Evan ap Gruffydd Foel ap Gruffydd ap Cadivor ap Gwaithfoed. p. 282 1st Robert ap Robin ap Gruffydd Goch, Lord of Rhos = Lowry, sold h's = 2nd Gruffydd ap Einion, of Gwyddelwern, ap Gruffydd ap Llewelyn ap Cynwrig ap Osborn Wyddel p. 279. > married Tangwystl ferch Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd > > 2.Llywelyn ap Dafydd ***Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 169, Dafydd Goch, of Penllech, living 1324 = Mawd, d. of Llewelyn ap Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn, from Iorwerth Drwyndwn. p. 230, p. 272 Dafydd Goch, of Penllech Abbot of Barsey living 1324 = Mawd, d. of Llewelyn ap Dafydd Lloyd ap Llewelyn ap Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Iorwerth Drwyndwn p. 169 > married (?) NN > parents of Cynwrig ap Llywelyn > married Angharad ferch Thomas ap Gwion > parents of Dafydd Llwyd ap Cynwrig ***Plas Mawr, Conway, N. Wales" by Arthur Baker and Herbert Baker - 1888 pg. 30 & 31 shows a pedigree of Robert Wynne. > married Annes ferch Gwyn ap Madog > parents of Mawd ferch Dafydd Llwyd ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 168 Dafydd Goch = Maud d. of Dafydd Lloyd ap Llewelyn, from Iorwerth Drwyn dwn. p. 169 Dafydd Goch, of Penllech, living 1324 = Mawd, d. of Llewelyn ap Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn, from Iorwerth Drwyndwn. p. 230 p. 272 Dafydd Goch, of Penllech Abbot of Barsey living 1324 = Mawd, d. of Llewelyn ap Dafydd Lloyd ap Llewelyn ap Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Iorwerth Drwyndwn p. 169. > married Dafydd Goch ap Trahearn Goch ap Madog ***"Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families" by John Edwards Griffith, 1914 ed., p. 168 Dafydd Goch = Maud d. of Dafydd Lloyd ap Llewelyn, from Iorwerth Drwyn dwn. p. 169, Dafydd Goch, of Penllech, living 1324 = Mawd, d. of Llewelyn ap Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn, from Iorwerth Drwyndwn. p. 230, p. 272 Dafydd Goch, of Penllech Abbot of Barsey living 1324 = Mawd, d. of Llewelyn ap Dafydd Lloyd ap Llewelyn ap Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Iorwerth Drwyndwn p. 169 p. 280 Meredydd, of Cefn y fan, living 26 Edward III = Morfydd, d. of Evan ap Dafydd ap Trahaiarn Goch, ob. 1416. p. 396, Dafydd Goch, of Penllech, Abbot of Barsey, Living Nov. 9, 1324. p. 272. ***Peerage and Baronetage, Wynn p. 2373, Meredith ap Howel, who was living 26th Edward III. He m. Morvydd dau of Ievan ap David ap Traheyarn Goch. of the Royal line of South Wales, and was s. by his eldest son Robert ap Meredith. ***The History of the Gwydir Family" written by Sir John Wynne, Knt. and Bart, ut creditur & Patet. Oswestry, 1878, p. 30 Of Jevan ap Eingan his brother are descended very many gentlemen of principall account in the county of Carnarvon. Howell3 begate Meredith and David; Meredith ap Howell4 dwelled in Evioneth at his houses Keffin y fan, and Keselgiffarch, and David ap Howell in Llanrwst in Denbigh land, at his house called Henblas in Maethebroyd. Meredith ap Howell maried Morvydd the daughter of Jevan ap David ap Trahayarn goch of Llun, who was descended of the house of Rys ap Teudwr. In the extent of North Wales, made in the 26th of Edward the third, you shall find that Meredith ap Howell5 and others are the heires of Gwely, Griff' David ap Howell his brother maried 6 viz. Jevan ap Howell ap Meredith, the daughter of Gwenllian, p. 31 and Jevan ap Griff' ap Madog ap Jerweth was wife to 1 Reginall ap Bleddyn, and had by her issue Robin Vaughan ap David ap Howell, who maried Angharad the daughter of Rys ap Gruff' ap Rys ap Ednyfed Vaughan, and had no issue male,2 but one daughter called Cattrin vch Robin Vaughan, who married Rhys ap Eingan Vaughan of Llanrwst, a gentleman of the house of Penwyn in Nanconwy and Denbigh Land; 3 who having noe issue male by her, but daughteres, the greatest part of the possessions of that house, which were now worth a thousand markes a yeare, came to the Salisburies. For Robert Salisbury the elder, fourth sonne of Tho. Salisbury of Lleweny, in the county of Denbigh, Esq. maried Gwenhwyfar, the daughter of Rys ap Eingan and Catherin the daughter of Robin Vaughan ap David ap Howell. Hope it helps. Becky T. ttg-inc@attbi.com
  Person ID	I4624	Royal Family of Europe
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	IORWERTH Llewelyn Ap, Llewelyn the Great,   b. 1173, Aberffraw Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. 11 Apr 1240, Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Mother	ENGLAND Joan Princess Of,   b. 1188, Of, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 3 Apr 1236, Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Married	1205	England
  Family ID	F654	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	BRAOSE Isabella De,   b. Abt 1238, Of Bramber, Sussex, England
  Married	Abt 1231
  Children	1. DAFYDD Dafydd Ap,   b. Abt 1258, Of, , Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Family ID	F1145	Group Sheet