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About Emma Plantagenet

Emma d'Anjou, Princess of Wales

According

  • The Peerage: Emma Plantagenet was the daughter of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou et Maine and Matilda 'the Empress' of England.1
    • She married Guy de Laval, Sire de Laval.2
    • She married Dafydd ap Owain, Prince of East Gwynnedd, son of Owain ap Gruffyd, King of Gwynedd and Cristin ferchGoronwy, in 1175.3 She died before 1214.4 Illegitimate.3
  • Medlands: Emma d’Anjou ’’she had only one husband’’ m ([1174]) DAFYDD I Prince of Gwynedd, son of OWAIN King of Gwynedd & his second wife Crisiant of Deheubarth (-1203).
  • Euweb: E4. [illegitimate] Emma d'Anjou, *after 1128; m.Guy V, sire de Laval /OR m.ca VII.1174 David I, Pr of Gwynedd (She was an illegitimate daughter of GEOFFROY V Plantagenet, Cte d'Anjou.
  • Myheritage https://www.myheritage.com/names/emma_plantagenet
  • WikiTree Emme (Plantagenet) of Anjou before 1151 - about 1214

From Medlands: Comte Geoffroy had three illegitimate children by Mistresses (1) to (3): 6. EMMA d´Anjou A manuscript entitled "De Origine Comitum Andegavensium" records that "Gaufridus Plantagenet Comes Andegavensium" had an illegitimate daughter "Emmam quam David Norwallensium Princeps"[361]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "king David married dame Emma the sister of the king of England" in 1175[362]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Emma quondam uxor David Regis Wallie" was granted "manerium de Hales" in Shropshire by King Henry II[363]. m (1174) DAFYDD I Prince of Gwynedd, son of OWAIN King of Gwynedd & his second wife Christina of Deheubarth (-1204).

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The Peerage: Emma Plantagenet1

F, #104744, d. before 1214

Last Edited=10 May 2003

Consanguinity Index=0.06%

Emma Plantagenet was the daughter of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou et Maine and Matilda 'the Empress' of England.1 She married Guy de Laval, Sire de Laval.2 She married David ap Owen, Prince of East Gwynnedd, son of Owain Gwynedd (?) and unknown (?).2 She died before 1214.3

Citations

  • [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online <ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html>. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
  • [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 57. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
  • [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 54.

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Please see Darrell Wolcott: Kingship of Gwynedd - 1170 to 1175: http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id301.html (Steven Ferry, September 8, 2022.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Childrn of Owain Gwynedd; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id302.html (Steven Ferry, September 11, 2022.)

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Emma Plantagenet's Timeline

1140
1140
Anjou, France
1170
1170
1175
1175
1212
1212
Age 72
Cornwall, UK