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| Birthplace: | Llan Ddew, Peutun, Breconshire, Wales |
| Death: | Died in Hereford, Herefordshire, UK |
| Occupation: | Known as "The Star of Abergavenny"; Legend has it she was so beloved by her people that 3000 knights, nobles and weeping peasantry followed her body from Coldbrook House to the Herbert Chapel of St. Mary's Priory Church where she was buried. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Gam
Descendants
Some of Dafydd's descendants, who adopted the surname 'Games' to mark their connection to him, remained one of the most powerful families in the Breconshire area till Stuart times.[5] They were noted for their support for Welsh bards. His beautiful daughter Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, the 'Star of Abergavenny', made two good marriages, the first to Sir Roger Vaughan, who also died at Agincourt. Her second was to Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan Castle who survived the battle. Her son became the extremely powerful William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469) and took the surname Herbert, later to become one of the most well known names in the nobility.
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Gwladus (the star of Abergavenny, as she was hailed by the poet Lewys Glyn Cothi), died in 1454 and her tomb and effigy can also be seen in Abergavenny in the Priory Church of St Mary.
From thePeerage.com:
Gladys Dafydd is the daughter of Thomas ap Gwilym and Maud Morley.1 She married Sir William ap Thomas, son of Gwilym ap Jenkin and Gwenillian Hywel.
Child of Gladys Dafydd and Sir William ap Thomas
* Richard Herbert+ d. Jul 1469
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Tretower, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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Llan Ddew, Peutun, Breconshire, Wales
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Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Llan-Ddew, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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1410
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Tretwr, Llnfhngl Cwm Du, Breconshire, England
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1413
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Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
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1413
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Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
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1415
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1421
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Of Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
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1423
Age 49
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Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
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