Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameGwladys ferch Dafydd Gam
Death1454
FatherDafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (ca1380-1415)
Spouses
ChildrenWilliam (ca1423-1469)
Notes for Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam
Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam (died 1454) was a Welsh noblewoman. She was the daughter of Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel, otherwise known as Dafydd Gam, who was killed at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

Gwladys was named "the star of
Abergavenny" (Welsh: Seren-y-fenni) —"Gwladys the happy and the faultless" by Welsh poet Lewys Glyn Cothi. He describes the lady of Raglan Castle, which she became upon her second marriage, as a brilliant being, "like the sun—the pavilion of light." She has been compared to the legendary Queen Marcia for her discretion and influence.

She died in 1454.
Gwladys and her husband William ap Thomas were patrons of Abergavenny Priory where they were both buried; their alabaster tomb and effigies can still be seen in the church of St Mary's.

Gwladys was so beloved by her people that, according to legend, 3,000 knights, nobles and weeping peasantry followed her body from Coldbrook House (her son Richard's manor) to the Herbert Chapel of St. Mary's Priory Church where she was buried.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwladys_ferch_Dafydd_Gam
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