Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark Eyes"), full name Gwladus ferch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a Welsh noblewoman who was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and Joan Plantagenet, a daughter of John, King of England. She married two Marcher lords.

Gwladus Ddu
Born
Gwladus ferch Llywelyn
Died1251 (1252)
Windsor, Berkshire, Kingdom of England
Spouse(s)Reginald de Braose (c. 1215-1228)
Ralph de Mortimer (c. 1230-1246)
Children3, including Roger
Parent(s)Llywelyn the Great and Joan Plantagenet
RelativesJohn, King of England (grandfather)
Maud de Braose (daughter-in-law)

Sources differ as to whether Gwladus was Llywelyn's legitimate daughter by his wife Joan or an illegitimate daughter by Tangwystl Goch, but she is widely regarded to be the daughter of Joan. Gwladus is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion as having died at Windsor in 1251.

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References

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  1. ^ Mortimer, Ian. "Outline Lineage of the Medieval Mortimer family" (PDF). mortimer.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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  • Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 132-C-29, 176B-28
  • John Edward Lloyd (1911) A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest (Longmans, Green & Co.)