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Today in Wales we celebrate Princess Gwenllian’s Day. Gwenllian was born around 12th June 1282 at Garth Celyn, Abergwyngregyn near Bangor. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last ruling Prince of Wales before the English conquest, was her father, and her mother was Eleanor de Montfort, daughter of the French baron Simon de Montfort who played a key role in English politics at that time. Eleanor died shortly after Gwenllian was born. Llywelyn was killed on 11th December 1282. The circumstances of his death are disputed. Perhaps he was killed in a skirmish with King Edward’s men; but he may have been the victim of a political assassination. About six months after his death the whole of Wales came under Norman control. Little Gwenllian was Llywelyn's heir, and Edward I, King of England, did not want her to have children who might rebel against him, so at the age of a little over one she was taken to the convent at Sempringham in Lincolnshire. She spent the rest of her life there, dying there on 7th June 1337 aged 54.
Today in Wales we celebrate Princess Gwenllian’s Day. Gwenllian was born around 12th June 1282 at Garth Celyn, Abergwyngregyn near Bangor. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last ruling Prince of Wales before the English conquest, was her father, and her mother was Eleanor de Montfort, daughter of the French baron Simon de Montfort who played a key role in English politics at that time. Eleanor died shortly after Gwenllian was born. Llywelyn was killed on 11th December 1282. The circumstances of his death are disputed. Perhaps he was killed in a skirmish with King Edward’s men; but he may have been the victim of a political assassination. About six months after his death the whole of Wales came under Norman control. Little Gwenllian was Llywelyn's heir, and Edward I, King of England, did not want her to have children who might rebel against him, so at the age of a little over one she was taken to the convent at Sempringham in Lincolnshire. She spent the rest of her life there, dying there on 7th June 1337 aged 54.
