Elen ferch Llywelyn

Elen ferch Llywelyn (c. 1207 – 1253) was the daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd in North Wales by Joan, Lady of Wales, the natural daughter of King John of England.

Elen ferch Llywelyn
Countess of Huntingdon and Chester
The arms of the Aberffraw House of Gwynedd were traditionally first used by Elen's grandfather, Iorwerth Drwyndwn.
Born	c. 1207
Died	1253 (aged 46–47)
Spouse	John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon Sir Robert de Quincy
Issue	Hawise de Quincy
House	Aberffraw
Father	Llywelyn the Great
Mother	Joan, Lady of Wales

Elen married John of Scotland, 9th Earl of Huntingdon,^[1] in about 1222. He died aged thirty in 1237, and she was forced by King Henry III (her mother's half-brother) to marry Sir Robert de Quincy, the son of Saer de Quincy. Their daughter, Hawise, married Baldwin Wake,^[2] Lord Wake of Liddell. Hawise's granddaughter, Margaret Wake, was the mother of Joan of Kent, the first English Princess of Wales.^[3]

Elen ferch Llywelyn in fiction

Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine^[4]
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman^[5]
Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman: In Penman's version, Elen and Robert de Quincy are lovers, and she marries him immediately on John's death despite her father's opposition.^[5]

^ "Llywelyn ap Iorwerth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
^ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 194.
^ Deborah Fisher (2005). Princesses of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780708319369.
^ "Child of the Phoenix". barbara-erskine.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b "The Welsh Trilogy". sharonkaypenman.com. 17 February 2022.