Elen ferch Llywelyn
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Elen ferch Llywelyn (c. 1207 ā 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.
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Elen ferch Llywelyn | |
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Countess of Huntingdon and Chester | |
Born | c. 1207 |
Died | 1253 (aged 46ā47) |
Spouse | John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon Sir Robert de Quincy |
Issue | Hawise de Quincy |
House | Aberffraw |
Father | Llywelyn the Great |
Mother | Joan, Lady of Wales |
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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. Hawise's granddaughter, Margaret Wake, was the mother of Joan of Kent, the first English Princess of Wales.[3]