Gwladys (Ddu, The Dark Eyed) verch Llewelyn (Gladys "The Dark" of Wales)

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Gwladys (Ddu, The Dark Eyed) verch Llewelyn (Gladys "The Dark" of Wales)

Gwladys, known as Ddu, The Dark Eyed, was born in 1187.¹ Ddu, The Dark Eyed's father was Llewelyn (The Great) ap Iorweth and her mother was Tangwystl verch Llywarch. Her paternal grandparents were Prince of Gwynedd Iowerth Drwyndwn ap Owain and Marared verch Madog; her maternal grandparents were Llywarch (The Red) Goch ap Iowerth of Rhos and Tangwystl verch Llywarch. She had a brother named Fawr. She was the older of the two children. She had three half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Dafydd, Tegwared-Y-Baiswen, Llywelyn, Angharad, Elen, Margred and Helen. She died at the age of 64 in 1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Prince of North Wales Cynan ap Iago ^*
  - b.1004 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
  
  King of Gwynedd Gruffydd ap Cynan
  - b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
  
  Rhanullt O'Olaf ^*
  - b.1031 in Dublin, Ireland
  
  Prince of Gwynedd Owain ap Gruffydd
  - b.1100 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
  
  Owain (Vradwr, The Traitor) Tegaingl ap Edwin ^*
  - b.1044 in Llys Edwn, Llaneurguin, Flintshire, Wales d.1105
  
  Angharad verch Owain
  - b.1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
  
  Merfydd verch Goronwy ^*
  - b.1048 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
  
  Prince of Gwynedd Iowerth Drwyndwn ap Owain
  - b.1129 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.1176 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales
  
  Prince of North Wales Trahaearn ap Caradog ^*
  - b.1030 in Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1081 in Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales
  
  Llywarch ap Trahaearn
  - b.1070 in Arwystli, Powys, Wales d.1129
  
  Nesta verch Gruffudd ^*
  - b.1057 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d.1153
  
  Gwladus verch Llywarch
  - b.1098 in Pembroke, Montgomershire, Wales d.1155
  
  Iowerth ap Cadwgon ^*
  - b.1020 in Buillth, Breconshire, Wales
  
  Dyddgu verch Iowerth
  - b.1060 in Buillth, Breconshire, Wales
  
  Gwenllian verch Aron ^*
  - b.1042 in Cwm Aron, Ceri, Montgomeryshire, Wales
  
  Llewelyn (The Great) ap Iorweth
  - b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
  
  Prince of Deheubath Bleddyn ap Cynfyn Tywysog Deheubarth ^*
  - b.1025 in Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1075 in Castell Powys, Powys, Cymru
  
  Maredydd ap Bleddyn
  - b.1047 in Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1125
  
  Haer verch Cillin ^*
  - b.1025 in Gest, Carnarvonshire, Wales
  
  King of Powys Madog ap Maredydd
  - b.1091 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Herefordshire, England
  
  Einudd ap Gwernwy ^*
  - b.1020 in Dyffryn, Clwyd, Wales
  
  Hunydd verch Einydd
  - b.1063 in Powys, Wales
  
  Eva verch Llewelyn ^*
  - b.1024 in Dyffryn, Clwyd, Wales
  
  Marared verch Madog
  - b.1148 in Overton-Madoc, Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
  
  Prince of North Wales Cynan ap Iago ^*
  - b.1004 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
  
  King of Gwynedd Gruffydd ap Cynan
  - b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
  
  Rhanullt O'Olaf ^*
  - b.1031 in Dublin, Ireland
  
  Susanna verch Gruffydd
  - b.1095 in Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales
  
  Owain (Vradwr, The Traitor) Tegaingl ap Edwin ^*
  - b.1044 in Llys Edwn, Llaneurguin, Flintshire, Wales d.1105
  
  Angharad verch Owain
  - b.1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
  
  Merfydd verch Goronwy ^*
  - b.1048 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
  
  Gwladys (Ddu, The Dark Eyed) verch Llewelyn
  - b.1187 d.1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
  
  Chamberlain Llywarch Holwbrwch ap Pyll of Wales ^*
  - b.1020
  
  Cynan ap Llwarch
  - b.1060 in Wales
  
  <Unknown>
  
  Iowerth ap Cynan
  - b.1100 in Wales
  
  <Unknown>
  
  Llywarch (The Red) Goch ap Iowerth of Rhos
  - b.1140 in Rhos, Wales
  
  Einudd ap Gwernwy ^*
  - b.1020 in Dyffryn, Clwyd, Wales
  
  Ithel ab Einydd
  - b.1080 in Wales
  
  Eva verch Llewelyn ^*
  - b.1024 in Dyffryn, Clwyd, Wales
  
  verch Ithel
  - b.1100
  
  <Unknown>
  
  Tangwystl verch Llywarch
  - b.1168 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
  
  Dinawal ap Tudwal ^*
  
  Lord of Menai Bran ap Dinawal
  - b.~ 1082
  
  Dydda verch Lorweth
  
  Lord of Menai & Cwmmwd Llywarch ap Bran
  - b.~ 1107 in Menai, Wales
  
  Maud Decorbeil
  
  Tangwystl verch Llywarch
  - b.1143 in Tref, Llwywarch, Wales
  
  Owain (Vradwr, The Traitor) Tegaingl ap Edwin ^*
  - b.1044 in Llys Edwn, Llaneurguin, Flintshire, Wales d.1105
  
  Gronwy ap Owain
  - b.1073 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1124
  
  Morwyl verch Ednywain ^*
  - b.1044 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
  
  Rhael verch Gronwy
  - b.1115 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
  
  Genilles verch Hoedlyw
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of Ddu, The Dark Eyed's family with Earl of Wigmore Ralph de Mortimer

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Gwladys (Ddu, The Dark Eyed) verch Llewelyn (Gladys "The Dark" of Wales)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

Details of Ddu, The Dark Eyed's family with Earl of Wigmore Ralph de Mortimer