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In September 1224 as 'Lady of North Wales' Joan was granted safe passage to meet with Henry at Worcester to facilitate the groundwork for a peace conference. Such political efforts were rewarded by the king who granted her the manor of Rothley in Leicestershire in 1225.
- Braose Family
John was killed at Bramber in 1232 by a fall from his horse....
- 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
Princess of North Wales. Name variations: Joanna, Anna, or Janet. Died on February 2, 1237, in Aber, Gwynedd, Wales; buried at Llanfaes, Gwynedd, Wales (another source maintains that her stone coffin now resides in Baron Hill Park, Beaumaris); illegitimate daughter of John I Lackland, king of England (r. 1199–1216), and Agatha Ferrers (others ...
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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.
In 1211, when John attacked Wales, Joan pleaded her husband's cause. The following year she warned her father of the hostile plans of his barons. She continued to act as a mediator during the reign of John and of his successor Henry III.
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.
Sep 24, 2015 · The marriage was certainly important for the peace of Wales. In 1210 there was a bit of a misunderstanding with Llywelyn having a bit of a rebellion whilst his father-in-law was in Ireland. The result was that John collected men and resources and proceeded to invade North Wales where his men promptly began to starve.
Joan played such a key role in Anglo-Welsh relations during the 1220s that Henry granted her English estates and acted, alongside Llywelyn, as her sponsor when Pope Honorius III declared her legitimate in 1226. In 1222, she had already secured recognition from Henry, her husband and the pope that her son by Llywelyn would succeed to her husband ...
