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Dec 18, 2023 · Joan (also called Joanna), Lady of Wales was the wife of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, known as Llywelyn the Great, the longest-reigning ruler of the Welsh principalities, maintaining control for 45 years. Llywelyn was Prince of Gwynedd and Prince of Powys Wenwynwyn.
When she died at the palace of Aber on 2 February 1237 her body was conveyed across the Menai and buried in a new cemetery near the manor of Llan-faes, where Llywelyn founded a Franciscan friary in her memory. She was the mother of Dafydd ap Llywelyn.
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Joan is the only known illegitimate daughter of King John of England (c. 1167-1216) by an unknown mother who is identified in the Tewkesbury annals as 'queen Clemencia'. Though many claims as to who Joan's mother was remain unsubstantiated, the closest contender continues to be Clemence de Verdun (fl. 1228-1230).
Apr 23, 2024 · Joan, Lady of Wales was the only known illegitimate daughter of England's tyrannical King John, best remembered for his war with the English barons and his resistance to the 1215 Magna Carta. John was married twice, and he had five legitimate children. He also had at least five illegitimate sons and Joan.
May 2, 2020 · By 15 October 1204 Joan was betrothed to the foremost prince in Wales; Llywelyn ab Iorweth, prince of Gwynedd, also known as Llywelyn Fawr, or Llywelyn the Great.
JOAN, JOANNA, ANNA, or JANET (d. 1237), princess of North Wales, is described in the 'Tewkesbury Annals' (a. 1236) as a daughter of John, king of England, 'and Queen Clemencia,' words which may possibly represent John's first wife, Isabel of Gloucester.
Death of Joan, Lady of Wales. In February 1237, Joan died peacefully at the royal palace of Abergwyngegyn, north of Gwynedd. A grief-stricken Llywelyn never left her side. Llywelyn established a Franciscan Friary near the shores of Llanfaes in her honor where Joan was buried.
