Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr

Gruffydd (also: Gruffudd ) ap Llywelyn Fawr (* 1200, † March 1, 1244 in London) was the eldest son of Llywelyn the Great ( Welsh: Llywelyn Fawr ).

Gruffydd grew up as a hostage at the court of King John lands on. Since he was an illegitimate child, his father joined him from the succession, although this was not required by Welsh law, and sat instead Gruffydds half-brother Dafydd as the only heir. After the death of Llywelyn Gruffydd Dafydd lived as a prisoner in Gwynedd; However, this 1241 had him after a successful invasion of England in Wales in the custody of the English King Henry III. give that had imprisoned him in the Tower of London. Although Gruffydds woman Senena paid a large ransom for the release of her husband and her eldest son Owain and Henry her two youngest sons, Dafydd and Rhodri, as hostages left in exchange, that his promise not kept and maintained Gruffydd and Owain as "guests " at is to use it later against Dafydd to. Gruffydd died in 1244 while trying to escape from the Tower. According to legend, he was on a self -knotted rope from a window on the south side of the " White Tower " down, but crashed and fell about 30 feet in depth. The window was bricked up after it; the site can still be admired today. 1248 prompted the abbeys of Strata Florida and Aberconwy the repatriation of his remains to Wales, where he was buried next to his father in Aberconwy.

In the throne soon following disputes between Gruffydds sons and his brother Dafydd eventually his son Llywelyn prevailed and became the last ( Welsh ) Prince of Wales.