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JOAN (SIWAN) (died 1237), princess and diplomat. 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 ...
- Braose Family
Calendar of Ancient Correspondence concerning Wales (1935)...
- Died 1244
Natural son of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth by Tangwystl, daughter...
- Ednyfed Fychan
As seneschal (in Welsh, distain) of Gwynedd c. 1215-1246 (A...
- 1173-1240, Prince of Gwynedd
A great feudal magnate - for Llywelyn's policy was conceived...
- Braose Family
Apr 23, 2024 · Joan, Lady of Wales' grave in Beaumaris on the Isle of Angelsey off the north coast Wales. 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.
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Brief Life History of Joan. When Joan Lady of Wales was born about 1188, in France, her father, John King of England, was 23 and her mother, Clementia, was 20. She married Llywelyn ap Iorwerth King of Gwynedd on 23 March 1204. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 2 February 1237, in Aber, Caernarfonshire, Wales ...
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- Llywelyn ap Iowerth
Joan, Lady of Wales, also known by her Welsh name Siwan, was an illegitimate and favoured daughter of King John, and one of several illegitimate medieval women married off by her father for the sake of politics. Years earlier Henry I only had two legitimate children, leaving his throne to his daughter, Matilda, when his only son died, but ...
Sep 24, 2015 · Posted on September 24, 2015. Joan was the natural daughter of King John. She is known as Joanna, Joan of Wales, Lady of Wales or Siwan to the Welsh. She was born in about 1191 but history isn’t entirely sure who her mother was. It may have been Clemence Pinel but this information is gleaned from a sentence in the Tewkesbury Annals.
May 2, 2020 · Joan and Llywelyn were probably married in the spring of 1205; part of Joan’s dowry, the castle and manor of Ellesmere, were granted to Llywelyn on 16 April 1205, suggesting the wedding took place around that time. Joan was fourteen or fifteen at the time; at thirty-two, Llywelyn was about eighteen years her senior.
JOAN (died 1237), princess. natural daughter of king John by an unknown mother. She was betrothed to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1204, and married to him in 1205. Her role as ambassadress and intermediary between her husband and the Crown in the period 1211-32 was an important one.
