Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn

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Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn was the only child of the last native Prince of Wales, whose capture and lifelong confinement in an English priory came to symbolize the end of independent medieval Wales.

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Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn canonical 3
Princess Gwenllian of Wales 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Welsh princess
historical figure
noblewoman
associatedWith Edwardian conquest of Wales
end of the Welsh Wars of Independence
birthDate 1282
birthPlace Abergwyngregyn
Gwynedd
Wales
burialPlace Sempringham Priory
capturedBy English forces
countryOfCitizenship Wales
culturalLegacy commemorated in modern Welsh nationalism
subject of historical and literary works about medieval Wales
deathDate 1337
deathPlace England
Lincolnshire
Sempringham Priory
detainedBy English crown
linked to: English Crown
detentionPeriod lifelong
educatedAt Sempringham Priory
ethnicGroup Welsh
event captured as an infant during the conquest of Wales by Edward I of England
father Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
fullName Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn
grandfather Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
historicalRegion Medieval Wales
languageOfName Welsh
meaningOfName Gwenllian means "blessed" or "white, fair" in Welsh
memberOf religious community at Sempringham Priory
mother Eleanor de Montfort
nameStructure "ferch" indicates "daughter of" in Welsh patronymic naming
notableFor being the only child of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales
symbolizing the end of independent medieval Wales
onlyChildOf Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Eleanor de Montfort
paternalGrandfather Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fawr
paternalGreatGrandfather Llywelyn the Great
placeOfDetention Sempringham Priory
positionHeld Princess of Wales
relative Edward I of England
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Sempringham Priory
sexOrGender female
sibling none
symbolOf lost Welsh independence
suppression of the native Welsh princely line

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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd child Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn
Eleanor de Montfort child Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn
Garnedd Uchaf renamedInHonorOf Princess Gwenllian of Wales
linked to: Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn
Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn fullName Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn