Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameDafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel
Birthca 1380
Death25 Oct 1415, Agincourt
Alias/AKADafydd Gam, David Gam, Davy Gam
Spouses
Unmarried
ChildrenGwladys ferch Dafydd (-1454)
Notes for Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel
Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (c. 1380 – 25 October 1415), better known as Dafydd Gam, anglicized to David or Davy Gam, was a Welsh warrior, a prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr. He died at the Battle of Agincourt fighting for Henry V, King of England in that victory against the French.

The epithet "Gam" is a soft-mutated form of the Welsh word "cam" (one-eyed, cross-eyed). As the University of Wales Dictionary notes "according to tradition, Syr Dafydd Gam (Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel Fychan) was one-eyed or cross-eyed". Regarded by
Welsh nationalists as a traitor, Gam is regarded as a hero in England; his reputation has waxed and waned with those of his enemy Owain Glyndŵr and his ally King Henry V.

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