Elen ferch Llywelyn (the Elder)
Elen ferch Llywelyn (c. 1218 – 1253) was the daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd in North Wales by Joan, Lady of Wales, the natural daughter of King John of England.
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Countess of Huntingdon and Chester | |
![]() The arms of the Aberffraw House of Gwynedd were traditionally first used by Elen's grandfather, Iorwerth Drwyndwn. | |
Born | c. 1218 |
Died | 1253 (aged 46–47) |
Spouse | John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon Sir Robert de Quincy |
Issue | Hawise de Quincy |
House | Aberffraw |
Father | Llywelyn the Great |
Mother | Joan, Lady of Wales |
Elen married John of Scotland, 9th Earl of Huntingdon,[1] in about 1222. He died aged thirty in 1237, and she was forced by King Henry III (her mother's half-brother) to marry Sir Robert de Quincy, the son of Saer de Quincy. Their daughter, Hawise, married Baldwin Wake,[2] Lord Wake of Liddell.
Elen ferch Llywelyn in fiction
- Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine
- Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
- Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman: In Penman's version, Elen and Robert de Quincy are lovers, and she marries him immediately on John's death despite her father's opposition.
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References
- Thomas Jones Pierce. "Llywelyn ap Iorwerth". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 194.
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