Llywelyn ap Dafydd
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Llywelyn ap Dafydd (c.1267–1287), potential claimant to the title Prince of Gwynedd, was the eldest son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd, the last free ruler of Gwynedd, and his wife Elizabeth Ferrers.
Nothing is known of his early life, though it is thought he was probably born some time around 1267. It is likely he accompanied his father during periods of exile in
Dafydd ap Gruffudd. Dafydd and his son Owain were captured together at Nanhysglain near to Bera Mawr in the uplands above Abergwyngregyn
on 21 June 1283.
high treason
in October 1283, he became the de jure Prince of Gwynedd.
The only senior members of the Welsh royal family who retained their liberty were Llywelyn ap Dafydd's uncle
Thomas ap Rhodri
, who had formally renounced their rights to the Principality.
Llywelyn ap Dafydd died at
King Edward I. His brother Owain
would "succeed" him but would remain a prisoner until the end of his life.
Further reading
- J. Beverley Smith, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales (Cardiff, 1998), p. 579
- Accounts of Bristol Castle, 17, 26-7
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1281–92, 71 and 1307–1313
- Hagnaby Chronicle