Joan of England (d. 1237)

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Joan of England (d. 1237)

Princess of North Wales. Name variations: Joanna, Anna, or Janet. Died on February 2, 1237, in Aber, Gwynedd, Wales; buried at Llanfaes, Gwynedd, Wales (another source maintains that her stone coffin now resides in Baron Hill Park, Beaumaris); illegitimate daughter of John I Lackland, king of England (r. 1199–1216), and Agatha Ferrers (others suggest her mother was Clemantina, wife of Henry Pinel); married Llywelyn II the Great (1173–1240), Ruler of All Wales, in 1205 or 1206; children: David II (c. 1208–1246), Ruler of All Wales; possibly Ellen of Wales (d. 1253); possibly Margaret verch Llywelyn (who married Walter Clifford). Llywelyn II the Great also had offspring with his mistress Tangwystl , and there is some confusion between Joan of England and Tangwystl as to who had which children.

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