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== Biography ==
===Birth and Parentage===
Born at Castell Hen Blas, Coleshill, Bagillt in Flintshire[ , he was the only son of Llywelyn the Great][[http://en.wikiped i a . o r g/wiki/Llywelyn_the_Great Wikipedia - Llywelyn the Great]] by h i s w i f e , Joan[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan,_Lady_of_Wales Wik i p e d i a - Joan, Lady of Wales]] (daughter of King John[[http:// e n . w i kipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England Wikipedia - John of England ] < / r e f>). He was a direct descendant of Rhodri "Mawr."]
Dafydd, born 1208 to Llywelyn and his wife Joan, died 25 Feb 1246. bur A b e r c o nway). [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.ht m # L l y wellyndied1240B Cawley, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth], The Foundation for M e d i e v al Genealogy, Accessed Feb 15 2016 by jhd ]
(Dafydd was the only legitimate son of Llywelyn and his wife Joan. Ll y w e l y n had an illegitimate son, Gruffudd, by his mistress Tangwystl. G r u f f u dd died in 1244. Llywelyn also had son Tegewared by another unkno w n m i s t ress.)[Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans by Carl B o y e r , 3 rd (n.p., Santa Clarita, CA 2004) Pages 300-302]
===1229 Safe Passage===
Henry III King of England granted protection to "nepotem nostrum David f i l i u m .L. principis Norwallie" dated [May] 1229[280].
Henry III King of England granted safe passage to "David filium L. prin c i p i s N orwallier in veniendo ad regem ad faciendum ei homagium suum, et s o r o r e m ipsius David" dated 5 Sep 1229[281].
===1230 Marriage to Isabel de Braose===
m (1230) ISABEL de Briouse, daughter of WILLIAM de Briouse & his wife E v a M a r s hal of the Earls of Pembroke (-1248).
A letter from "L. princeps de Aberfrau, dominus Snauedoni�" to "E. de B r a u s " , dated [May] 1230, enquires whether she wishes the proposed marri a g e b e t ween "David filium nostrum et I. filiam vestram" to take place[2 8 5 ] . < r ef name="fmg"/>
A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Ab b e y n a m es "Isabella, Matildis, Eva et Alianora" as the four daughters o f " W i l l ielmus de Brews quartus" and his wife "Evam filiam domini Willie lm i M a r e schalli", adding that Isabel married "David filio Lewelini prin c ip i s W a lli�"[286]. The Annals of Dunstable record that "Willelmus de B r a u s e .filiam suam" married "Leulino.filio", with as her dowry "castello d e B o e t " , which reverted to her family after her husband died[287].
Son of Llywelyn according to Matthew of Paris[278].
The Annales Cambri� name "David filius eius [Lewelini] de Johanna filia J o h a n n is regis Angli�"[279].
===1240 Reign===
Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c. March 1212 - 25 February 1246) was Prince of Gwy n e d d f r om 1240 to 1246. He was the first ruler to claim the title Princ e o f W a l e s.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_ap_Lly we ly n W i k ipedia - Dafydd ap Llywelyn]]
He succeeded his father in 1240 as DAFYDD II Prince of Wales.
===1246 Death===
He died in 1246 and was buried at Aberconway.
The Annales Cambri� record the death in 1246 of "David filius Lewelini a p u d A b e r" and his burial "apud Aberconuy"[282]. The Chronicle of the P r i n c e s of Wales records that "David son of Llywelyn died at Aber in the m o n t h o f M arch and was buried with his father at Aberconway" in 1246[283 ] . < r e f n ame="fmg"/>
The Annales Cestrienses record the death "V Kal Mar" 1246 of "David fil . L e w e l ini princeps Wallie" and his burial "apud Abercon juxta patrem s uu m " [ 2 84].
== Sources ==
* '''Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V page 301'''
See also:* [https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I3 6 8 1 & t ree=Welsh Welsh Medieval Database]* Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Ce r t a i n A mericans by Carl Boyer, 3rd (n.p., Santa Clarita, CA 2004) * [ht t p : / / yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-DAFY-APL-1246.html Dictionary of Welsh Biogra p h y ]
==Acknowledgements==
This person was created through the import of Sheppard_Duncan_Bickham_S t r o u d .ged on 01 February 2011.
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1212 - 1246 (33 years)