Elen ferch Llywelyn (the Elder)
Elen ferch Llywelyn | |
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Countess of Huntingdon and Chester | |
Born | c. 1207 |
Died | 1253 (aged 46–47) |
Spouse | John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon Sir Robert de Quincy |
Issue | |
House | Aberffraw |
Father | Llywelyn the Great |
Mother | Joan, Lady of Wales |
Elen ferch Llywelyn (c. 1207 – 1253) was the daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd in North Wales by Joan, Lady of Wales, the natural daughter of King John of England. She is sometimes referred to as Elen (Helen, Ellen) 'the Elder' to distinguish her from a younger sister of the same name, wife of Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife.
Elen married John of Scotland, 9th Earl of Huntingdon,[1] in about 1222. He died aged thirty in 1237, and she was forced by King Henry III (her mother's half-brother) to marry Sir Robert de Quincy, the son of Saer de Quincy. Their daughter, Hawise, married Baldwin Wake,[2] Lord Wake of Liddell.
Elen ferch Llywelyn in fiction[]
- Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine[3]
- Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman[4]
- Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman: In Penman's version, Elen and Robert de Quincy are lovers, and she marries him immediately on John's death despite her father's opposition.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Llywelyn ap Iorwerth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 194.
- ^ "Child of the Phoenix". barbara-erskine.co.uk.
- ^ a b "The Welsh Trilogy". sharonkaypenman.com. 17 February 2022.
Categories:
- 1200s births
- 1253 deaths
- Welsh princesses
- House of Aberffraw
- House of Dunkeld
- English countesses
- Welsh people of English descent
- 13th-century Welsh nobility
- 13th-century Welsh women