Gwladys ferch Dafydd

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Gwladys ferch Dafydd was the daughter of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the last free Prince of Wales, and Elizabeth Ferrers. She was born around 1270 and probably spent most her life in the company of her father in England and Gwynedd. She was arrested sometime following the surrender of her father and brothers (Llywelyn and Owain) in Gwynedd at the end of the Anglo-Welsh War of 1282-1283. On orders from king Edward I of England she was dispatched to Sixhills convent in Lincolnshire where she spent the remainder of her life. She is thought to have died there in 1336, outliving her other siblings. She may have had other illegitimate sisters but their names and fates have been lost.