Gwladus "Ddu" ferch Llywelyn of Gwynedd 1
- Born: Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- Married (1): 1216
- Married (2): 1230
- Died: 1251, Windsor, Berkshire, England
 Known in English as Gladys "the black" or "the dark-eyed".
Research Notes:
The identity of Gwladus's mother is still a matter of debate. There is no clear contemporary evidence that her mother was Joan, and a daughter of Llewelyn and Joan could not have been aged more than about 9 in 1215. The only direct statements appear to come some centuries later. One strand of the later tradition does identify Gwladus's mother as Joan, but another says she was Llewelyn's mistress Tangwystl. 3
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The Annals of Dunstable record that “Reginaldus frater eius” (referring to “Ćgidius Herefordensis episcopus”) married “Leulini Regis Wallić…filiam” in 1216. Henry III King of England granted protection to "Gwladosa filia…[L.] principis [Norwallie] que fuit uxor Reginaldi de Brausa" dated [May] 1229, issued at the same time as letters of protection to her brother David. Henry III King of England granted safe passage to "David filium L. principis Norwallier in veniendo ad regem ad faciendum ei homagium suum, et sororem ipsius David" dated 5 Sep 1229. It is likely that this unnamed sister of David was Gwladus, coming to England with her brother before her second marriage.
The Annals of Worcester record that “Radulphus de Mortuomari” married “filiam Lewelini, conjugem quondam Reginaldi de Breusa” in 1230. A manuscript narrating the foundation of Wigmore Abbey records that “Radulphus” married “Lewelinus princeps…Gwladusam Duy filiam suam”, who brought her husband “omnibus terries de Kery et Kedewyn”.
The Annales Cambrić record the death in 1251 of "Gladus filia domini Lewelini" at Windsor. 2
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10 Aug 1246, Merleberg
Ex quo Radulfus de Mortuo Mari diem clausit extremum, mandatum est Gladus' de Mortuo Mari et Henrico de Mortuo Mari quod castra que fuerunt ipsius Radulfi in Wallia liberent Waleramo Teutonico custodienda.
19 Aug 1246, Woodstock
Rex commisit Gladuse que fuit uxor Radulfi de Mortuo Mari maneria de Stretfeld et Chaumers' cum rationabili estoverio suo de blado, catallis et aliis que sunt in eisdem maneriis, habenda in tenanciam quousque plenarium dotem rex ei assignari fecerit, et mandatum est Henrico de Wingeham' et co-excaetatoribus suis in comitatibus Berk', Sutht' et Salop quod de eisdem maneriis eidem Gladuse plenam seisinam habere faciant, sicut predictum est.
Mandatum est vicecomiti Hereford' quod de omnibus terris et tenementis que Radulfus de Mortuo Mari et Gladusa uxor ejus tenuerunt in dote ipsius Gladuse de dono Reginaldi de Braus' quondam viri sui, que cepit in manum regis occasione mortis ipsius Radulfi, eidem Gladuse plenam seisinam habere faciat.
8 Nov 1246
Mandatum est Henrico de Wingeham excaetatori regis quod Gladuse que fuit uxor Radulphi de Mortuo Mari faciat habere racionabilem dotem suam de terris que fuerunt ipsius Radulfi et sunt in custodia sua.
20 Nov 1246
Mandatum est Henrico de Wingeham excaetatori regis, quod faciat habere Gladehus' que fuit uxor Radulfi de Mortuo Mari racionabilem dotem suam que eam contingit de terris que fuerunt ipsius Radulfi quondam viri sui.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 30 Hen. III, pp. 450, 452-3, 31 Hen. III, pp. 484, 486
Marriage Information:
Gwladus married Reginald de Braose, Lord of Brecon, 13th Baron Abergavenny, son of William III de Braose, 11th Lord Abergavenny, and Mathilde de Saint-Valéry, dame de la Haye, in 1216. (Reginald de Braose was born about 1179 in Bramber, Sussex, England, died before 9 Jun 1228 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales and was buried in Priory Church, Brecon, Breconshire, Wales.)
Marriage Information:
Gwladus also married Sir Ralph II de Mortimer of Wigmore, Knt., son of Sir Roger III de Mortimer of Wigmore, Knt. and Isabel de Ferrers, in 1230. (Ralph II de Mortimer was born in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England and died on 6 Aug 1246 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.)
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