Joan, Lady of Wales

Joan of Wales (English Joan of Wales, also known as Joan Siwan ) ( † 1237 ) was an illegitimate daughter of King John Lackland. As a woman of the Welsh prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth of Gwynedd was a useful mediator between the English crown and her husband.

Life

The name of her mother and the year of her birth is unknown, maybe she was a child from the relationship between the King and Agatha Ferrers. To 1203 Johanna was brought from Normandy to England. Her father became engaged in 1204 for diplomatic reasons with Llywelyn from Iorwerth, she then married in the spring of 1205. As dowry to her husband received the castle of Ellesmere in Shropshire, which was transferred to him on 16 April 1205. In contrast to her husband, Prince Llywelyn, it was never referred to as a Welsh princess, but only as Lady of Wales.

Through a campaign of his father in 1211 Llywelyn was brought into great distress. He was ready to make peace at any price, and sent Johanna as a mediator to her father. John graduated with a peace Llywelyn, Llywelyn cede in the four Cantrefi in northeast Wales, pay large herds of cattle as tribute and had to ask his son Gruffydd hostage, but was able to keep its independence in return. When Johann in September 1212 was preparing another campaign against Wales, Johanna warned her father against a conspiracy of his own barons, who were planning a rebellion against the king, whereupon the king broke his campaign. Her husband took advantage of this in order to win back a lot of his possessions. 1214 Johanna began for the Welsh hostages in England, which were then released in 1215, including her stepson Gruffydd.

Even as her half-brother Henry III. 1216 King was, she sat on one of their family connection to balance between her husband and the King. In September 1224, she met Henry III. in Worcester, and in 1225 he gave her dominion Rothley in Leicestershire and 1226 Condover in Shropshire. In 1226, Pope Honorius III. their birth subsequently legitimate. My brother moved in 1228 the two goods due to the tensions between Hubert de Burgh and her husband again, but Johanna met Henry in Shrewsbury, reaching that their goods have been returned again in November her. Dafydd ap Llywelyn paid homage to her son Henry 1229.

Easter 1230 there was a deep crisis between Llywelyn and Joanna. The Marcher Lord William de Braose was a guest at the court of Llywelyn, to visit his daughter Isabell, who was engaged to Joan's son Dafydd. Her husband is said to have caught her and William together in her chamber, accused her of adultery and left William to death by hanging humiliating. Johanna was imprisoned until 1231, but she succeeded again with her husband reconciled. In 1232 she was part of a delegation that Henry III. met in Shrewsbury.

She died on February 2, 1237 But at Bangor and was buried in Llanfaes on the island of Anglesey. Llywelyn founded in her memory there is a small Franciscan monastery, which was dissolved in the Reformation. Your ornate sarcophagus declined after the Reformation was lost and in the early 19th century, when it served as a horse trough, rediscovered. He is now in the portico of the church of Beaumaris.

Progeny

From her marriage to Llywelyn they had the following children:

  • Dafydd ap Llywelyn
  • Ellen

Besides, she was probably the mother of

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Henry III of England Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent William de Braose (died 1230) John de Braose
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