Gwladus Ddu

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Name Gwladus Ddu Parents Llywelyn the Great		Grandparents Iorwerth Drwyndwn
Role Llywelyn the Great's daughter Died 1251, Windsor, United Kingdom Children Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer Grandchildren Isabella Mortimer, lady of Clun and Oswestry Great grandchildren Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel Similar People Llywelyn the Great, Joan - Lady of Wales, John - King of England

Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark Eyes"), 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 a daughter Matilda de Braose. 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 Mortimer, in 1247, married Maud de Braose, by whom he had seven children.

Hugh de Mortimer

John de Mortimer

Peter de Mortimer

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