Helen verch Llewelyn 
Helen verch was born about 1234 in Caernarvonshire, Wales. Helen verch's father was Llewelyn ap Iorwerth , Prince of Wales and her mother was Unknown Mistress. Her paternal grandparents were Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain , Prince North Wales and Marared verch Madog. She had a half-brother and four half-sisters, named Gruffudd ap, Gwladys "Ddu" verch, Angharad verch, Helen Ellen verch and Margaret verch. She died in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.General Notes
Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41-5]
Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41b-5]
This Helen was illegitimate and born very late- shortly before Llewellyn's death.
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His [Donald 6th Earl of Mar's] wife, and mother of Isabel, was Helen, widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife, d. 1266, and daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales. Helen's first husband must have been an old man when she married him, for he succeeded his uncle in 1228. When he died, his son and heir was Colban, the 8th Earl, then under age, who had been knighted in his teens in 1264. Colban was married in his nonage, for when he died in 1270, when he could not have been more than 24, his heir was his son Duncan, aged 8. (Mr. Balfour Paul believes Colban's wife Alice was one of three daughters and co-heirs of Sir Alan Durward. If so, his issue shared with the Soulis family the descent from Alexander II of Scotland. However, since the line of his heir Duncan has died out, remaining descendants of this line would stem from younger children of Colban and Alice, if there were any.) The Helen, daughter of Llewellyn, who was successively the wife of Malcolm and of Donald, and mother of the children of both, appears clearly the daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth but must not be confused with his daughter Helen, successively the wife of John le Scot, Earl of Chester, and of Robert de Quincy, whose mother was Princess Joan. [Ancestral Roots, Line 252-30]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Wales
- b.~ 1100 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Bangor Cathedral, Is Gwyrfai, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1129 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.~ 1174
- b.~ 1070 in Arwystli, Powys, Wales d.~ 1129
- b.~ 1098 in Pembroke, Montgomershire, Wales d.< 1155
- b.~ 1060 in Buillth, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
- b.~ 1047 in Monmouthshire, Wales d.~ 1132
- b.~ 1097 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1078 in Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1129 in Powys-Vadoc, Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Wales
- b.~ 1098 in Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
- b.~ 1234 in Caernarvonshire, Wales d.AFT FEB 1294/95 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1210 in Wales
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Helen verch and Donald 6th Earl de were married in a religious ceremony about 1269 in 2nd husband. They had a son and three daughters, named Gratney 7th Earl de, Margaret (Marjory or Mary) de, Margaret of and Isabel (Matilda) de.
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Children
Margaret (Marjory or Mary) de Mar
Margaret (Marjory or Mary) de was born about 1270 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died before July 24th, 1326 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.
Gratney 7th Earl de Mar , Sir
Gratney 7th Earl de was born about 1272 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died before September 1305.
Isabel (Matilda) de Mar
Isabel (Matilda) de was born about 1278 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died before 1302.
Helen verch and Malcolm 7th Earl of were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband.
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