Helen Ellen verch Llewelyn 
Helen Ellen verch was born about 1215 in Gynedd, Wales. Helen Ellen verch's father was Llewelyn ap Iorwerth , Prince of Wales and her mother was Joan Plantagenet. Her paternal grandparents were Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain , Prince North Wales and Marared verch Madog; her maternal grandparents were John I "Lackland" Plantagenet King of England and Agatha de Ferrers. She had two sisters named Gwladys "Ddu" verch and Angharad verch. She was the youngest of the three children. She had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Gruffudd ap, Margaret verch and Helen verch. She died before October 24th, 1253 in Colne Quincy, Essex, England.General Notes
He [John le Scot] married, 1222, Helen, daughter of LLEWELLYN AP IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES, and by her is suspected to have been poisoned. He died s.p., at Darnall, co. Chester, very shortly before 6 June 1237, and was buried at St. Werburg's, Chester, leaving the two daughters of his eldest sister and his three surviving sisters, as his coheirs, but in 1246 the Earldom of Chester was annexed to the Crown "lest so fair (preclara) a dominion should be divided (inter colas feminarum) among women." His widow married, before 5 December 1237, Robert DE QUINCY (youngest son of Saher, Earl of Winchester), who died s.p.m., August 1257. She died 1253, before 24 October. [Complete Peerage III:169-70, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)
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Received manors of Bidford, Warwickshire & Suckley, Worcestershire as maritagium.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1129 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.~ 1174
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
- b.~ 1129 in Powys-Vadoc, Wales
- b.~ 1215 in Gynedd, Wales d.<24 Oct 1253 in Colne Quincy, Essex, England
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.22 Jul 1190 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.>30 Mar 1236 in Court of Aberconway, North Wales
- b.~ 1118 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.< 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.1140 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.<21 Oct 1190 in Seige of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.~ 1118 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1168 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Over Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales d.< 1193 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England
- b.1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.AFT 5 FEB 1227/28
- b.~ 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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