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Female Princess Gladys Dhu ("the Dark", "Ddu") verch Llewelyn Click to view Princess Gladys Dhu ("the Dark", "Ddu") verch Llewelyn in the family tree

Gladys Dhu, known as "the Dark", "Ddu", was born about 1205 in Caernarvonshire, Wales.  "the Dark", "Ddu"'s father was Prince Llewelyn Fawr ("the Great") ap Iowerth of Wales and her mother was Princess Joan of England.  Her paternal grandfather was Iowerth ("Drwyndwn") ap Owain Gwynned and her paternal grandmother is Margaret ferch Madog; her maternal grandfather was King John ("Lackland") I of England and her maternal grandmother is Agatha de Ferrers. She had a brother and four sisters, named Llywelyn, Elen, Angharad, Margred and Marared Drwyndon. She had a half-brother named Gruffudd.  She died in 1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.


"the Dark", "Ddu"'s family with Ralph de Mortimer II

‌"the Dark", "Ddu" and Ralph were married in a religious ceremony in 1230 in England.  They had a son and two daughters, named Roger, Maude and Joan.

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