Gwenllian Was 39, Norman-English Forces Attacked Deheubarth While Gruffydd Was When Rhys Was 5 Years Old, Gwenllian Had a Third Son, Away

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When Gwenllian was 39, Norman-English forces attacked Deheubarth while Gruffydd was When Rhys was 5 years old, Gwenllian had a third son, away. Gwenllian raised an army Gwenllian had her sixth and Owain ap Gruffydd, when of thousands and led them into final son, Sion ap Gruffydd. she was 29. battle near Kidwelly Castle — the only known occasion where a woman led a Welsh army into battle . Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Throughout her twenties, Deheubarth, travelled to Gwynedd Gwenllian and Gruffydd lived When Owain was 2 years old, to meet Gruffydd ap Cynan, away from Dinefwr, in mountainous Gwenllian had a fourth son, and while he was there he saw and forested strongholds, hiding Maredudd ap Gruffydd. Gwenllian, who had grown into from the Normans, and raiding a beautiful 16 year old. their strongholds in Dehheubarth. King Henry I and Gruffydd made After a brief courtship, the couple When she was 34, Gwenllian gave peace, and Gruffuydd was allowed eloped and went to live in Dinefwr birth to her fifth son, Rhys ap to rule Cantref Mawr (part of castle. Gwenllian accompanied Gruffydd, in Dinefwr castle. Rhys ! Deheubarth). Owain was a baby Gruffydd on his military campaigns was later known as ‘Lord Rhys’, when the Normans forced Gruffydd against the Normans, English and re-united and ruled the to flee Wales for Ireland. We do not and Flemish people who were Kingdom of Deheubarth from know whether Gwenllian went too. trying to take Deheubarth. Dinefwr castle. Gwenllian gave birth to her first son, Morgan ap Gruffydd, when Gwenllian had her second son, she was 19. We do not know if Maelgwyn, when Morgan was this was her first child, as the 3 years old. birth date of one of her daughters was not recorded. .

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