Helen ferch Llywelyn
Helen ferch Llywelyn (also Elen , Eleyne or Helen of North Wales ; * around 1207, † between January 1 and October 24, 1253 ) was a cambro-Norman noblewoman.
Helen was a daughter of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth , the prince of the Welsh principality of Gwynedd . Her mother was probably his wife Johanna von Wales , an illegitimate daughter of the English king Johann Ohneland . As the daughter of the most powerful Welsh prince at the time, Helen was first married in 1222 to John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon , the young heir to David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon . Her husband died in 1237, allegedly he was poisoned by Helen. Before December 5, 1237, Helen was second married to Robert de Quincy , Lord of Ware, a younger son of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont.
Her first marriage to John of Scotland was childless. From her second marriage to Robert de Quincy, she had at least two daughters:
- Joan de Quincy († 1283) ⚭ Humphrey V. de Bohun
- Hawise de Quincy (around 1250 – before 1285) ⚭ Baldwin Wake
Helen ferch Llywelyn in literature
Her fate served as a model for Barbara Erskine's novel The Daughter of the Phoenix .
Web links
- Helen ferch Llywelyn on thepeerage.com , accessed August 5, 2015.
- Charles Cawley: Helen , in Medieval Lands
literature
- Barbara Erskine: Child Of The Phoenix (Roman) . Heyne, Munich 1992. ISBN 3-453-13592-X
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helen ferch Llywelyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elen; Eleyn; Helen of North Wales |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | cambro-norman nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1207 |
| DATE OF DEATH | between January 1, 1253 and October 24, 1253 |