Prince of North Wales and Lord of Snowdonia Llywelyn ap Lorwerth

1172 - 1240  (68 years)

• Name	Llywelyn ap Lorwerth  [1]
  Title	Prince of North Wales and Lord of Snowdonia
  Birth	1172	Caernarvonshire, Wales
  	Aberffraw Castle
  Gender	Male
  Notable Quote	True lord of the land – how strange that today, He rules not o'er Gwynedd; Lord of nought but the piled up stones of his tomb, Of the seven-foot grave in which he lies
  Name	the Great
  Occupation	1215
  	He allied himself with the barons who forced John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215
  		(Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
  _MILT	Among the chieftains who battled against the Anglo-Norman power his place will always be high, if not indeed the highest of all, for no man ever made better or more judicious use of the native force of the Welsh people for adequate national ends
  Death	11 Apr 1240	Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Person ID	I7914	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Iowerth Drwyndwn ap Owain,   b. 1130, Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales d. 1184, Pennant, Cardiganshire, Wales (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margred Maney verch Madog,   b. 1129, Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales d. 1198, Wales (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1163	Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales
  Family ID	F2675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady of Wales and Snowdon Lady Joan Plantagenet,   b. 1191   d. 2 Feb 1237 (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1205
  	At Easter 1230, William de Braose, who was Llywelyn's prisoner at the time, was discovered with Joan in Llywelyn's bedchamber. William de Braose was hanged on 2 May 1230. Joan was placed under house arrest for twelve months, but then forgiven
  Children	1. Princess of North Wales Gwladus verch Llywelyn,   b. 1205, Gwynedd, Wales d. 1251, Wales (Age 46 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1172 - Caernarvonshire, Wales Death - 11 Apr 1240 - Caernarvonshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  (Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.