Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd († 1136 ) was a Welsh princess.

She was the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd and his wife Angharad, daughter of Owen ap Edwin. Gruffydd ap Rhys She married the Prince of Deheubarth.

During the great Welsh uprising of 1136 against the Anglo-Normans led her into her husband's absence to attack Kidwelly Castle to meet a Anfgriff the Anglo-Normans. Not far from the castle, she met an Anglo-Norman army under Maurice de Londres, who had made ​​a counter-attack after the defeat at the Battle of Loughor. The Anglo-Norman army was superior to the Welsh, so that the Welsh were defeated. In the battle Gwenllian and her son Morgan were killed while her son Maelgwn was taken prisoner. According to other data she was captured and beheaded after the battle as a traitor.

In many sources it is referred to as the " Welsh Boudicca "; their rather low historical significance, however, this title does not match. Located near Kidwelly Castle field on which the battle is said to have taken place is, today Maes Gwenllian (Welsh Gwenllians field). A memorial stone from the 20th century the castle reminiscent of the battle.

With her ​​husband she had four children, in addition to Morgan and Maelgwn Maredudd ap Gruffydd and Rhys ap Gruffydd, the Lord Rhys later.