669. Llewellyn "The Great"³⁰ apIORWERTH (IORWERTH "Drwyndwn"³¹ apOWAIN GWYNEDD, OWAIN I³² apGWYNEDD)⁽⁴⁶⁶⁾ was born 1172. Llewellyn died 11 APR 1240 at 67 years of age.

He married twice. He married TANGWYSTYL of RHOS. He married Joan PLANTAGENET 1205. Joan was born in Gloucester 22 JUL 1210.⁽⁴⁶⁷⁾ Joan was the daughter of JOHN "Lackland" PLANTAGENET and Isabelle TAILLEFER of ANGOULEME. Joan died 4 MAR 1238 in London, at 27 years of age. Prince of N.Wales; adopted title "Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdonia."

Llewellyn "The Great" apIORWERTH and Joan PLANTAGENET had the following children:

670 i. Helen²⁹ of Wales⁽⁴⁶⁸⁾. She married twice. She married John deHUNTINGDON. John⁽⁴⁶⁹⁾ was the son of David MacHENRY Earl of HUNTINGDON & CHESTER and Maud (Matilda) deGUERNAN of CHESTER. John died 1237. She married Malcolm Earl of FIFE. m(1) Malcolm, Earl of Fife

+ 601 ii. Gwladys Dhu.

Llewellyn "The Great" apIORWERTH and TANGWYSTYL of RHOS had the following child:

671 iii. Gruffudd apLLEWELYN. Gruffudd died St.David's Day, 1244 in The White Tower of London.⁽⁴⁷⁰⁾ RESEARCH NOTES: Fell to his death while attempting to escape from the White Tower down a rope made of sheets. Gruffudd had been imprisoned by England's King Henry III as a means of insuring that Gwynedd would pass to the English Crown upon the death of Dafydd apLlywelyn, Gruffudd's younger half-brother. He married Senana.

Llewellyn "The Great" apIORWERTH and Joan PLANTAGENET had the following children:

672 iv. Dafydd apLLEWELYN. Dafydd died 1246. He married Isabella deBRIOUSE 1229. Isabella is the daughter of William deBRIOUSE.

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