Gwladus verch Dafydd Gam (1374 - 1454) MP

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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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About Gwladus verch Dafydd Gam

  • Father: Dafydd 'gam' Ap Llewellyn
  • Mother: Gwenllian Ferch Gwilym
  • Birth: 1395 Peutun, Llan-Ddew, Breconshire, Wales
  • Death: 1454
  • Burial: Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
  • Spouse 1: Roger Vaughan Disc #75 Pin #644252
  • Marriage: 1409 Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
  • Spouse 2: William Ap Thomas Herbert Disc #75 Pin #650359
  • Marriage: 1421 Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England

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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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Gwladus verch Dafydd Gam's Timeline

1312
1312
Tretower, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1374
1374
Llan Ddew, Peutun, Breconshire, Wales
1400
1400
Age 26
Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
1405
1405
Age 31
Llan-Ddew, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1410
1410
Age 36
Tretwr, Llnfhngl Cwm Du, Breconshire, England
1413
1413
Age 39
Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
1413
Age 39
Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
1415
1415
Age 41
Of Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
1421
1421
Age 47
Of Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
1423
1423
Age 49
Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales