Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn

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Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn was the only child of the last native Prince of Wales, whose capture and lifelong confinement in an English priory came to symbolize the end of independent medieval Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn canonical 3
Princess Gwenllian of Wales 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Welsh princess ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
associatedWith Edwardian conquest of Wales ⓘ
end of the Welsh Wars of Independence ⓘ
birthDate 1282 ⓘ
birthPlace Abergwyngregyn ⓘ
Gwynedd ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
burialPlace Sempringham Priory ⓘ
capturedBy English forces ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Wales ⓘ
culturalLegacy commemorated in modern Welsh nationalism ⓘ
subject of historical and literary works about medieval Wales ⓘ
deathDate 1337 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Sempringham Priory ⓘ
detainedBy English crown ⓘ
linked to: English Crown
detentionPeriod lifelong ⓘ
educatedAt Sempringham Priory ⓘ
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
event captured as an infant during the conquest of Wales by Edward I of England ⓘ
father Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ⓘ
fullName Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn ⓘ
grandfather Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Medieval Wales ⓘ
languageOfName Welsh ⓘ
meaningOfName Gwenllian means "blessed" or "white, fair" in Welsh ⓘ
memberOf religious community at Sempringham Priory ⓘ
mother Eleanor de Montfort ⓘ
nameStructure "ferch" indicates "daughter of" in Welsh patronymic naming ⓘ
notableFor being the only child of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales ⓘ
symbolizing the end of independent medieval Wales ⓘ
onlyChildOf Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Eleanor de Montfort ⓘ
paternalGrandfather Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fawr ⓘ
paternalGreatGrandfather Llywelyn the Great ⓘ
placeOfDetention Sempringham Priory ⓘ
positionHeld Princess of Wales ⓘ
relative Edward I of England ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Sempringham Priory ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling none ⓘ
symbolOf lost Welsh independence ⓘ
suppression of the native Welsh princely line ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd → child → Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn ⓘ
Eleanor de Montfort → child → Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn ⓘ
Garnedd Uchaf → renamedInHonorOf → Princess Gwenllian of Wales ⓘ
linked to: Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn
Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn → fullName → Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn ⓘ