Jeanne of England (Princess of Wales)

See also: Jeanne of England

Jeanne of England (towards 1180 - March 1236) was the illegitimate girl of the king Jean of England and a woman called Clemence. She is also the half-sister of Jeanne, queen of Scotland. She was the woman of Llywelyn Large the.

One knows almost nothing of his childhood if not which it was born before the first marriage from her father who goes back to 1189. One knows the name of his mother only through the chronicle obituary of Jeanne in annals of Tewkesbury where it appears under the mysterious name of “Regina Clementia” (Queen Clemence). It would seem that Jeanne passed her childhood in France, because Jean had it arch in England by the Normandy for his marriage which took place in 1203 or 1204.

Jeanne married Llywelyn Large the, king of Gwynedd, traditionally known by the title of “Prince de Galles”, between December 1203 and October 1204. She gave him four children:

  • Gwladys Ddu (dead in 1251) which married Reginald de Broase and Ralph de Mortimer

  • Elen (dead in 1253) which married John Scot, baron de Chester, and Robert de Quincy
  • Susanna , which was sent in England like hostage in 1228
  • Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1211? - 1246) which reigned 6 years on Gwynedd

In April 1226, Jeanne obtained a decree of the Pope Honorius III which declared its legitimacy, although his/her parents were not married with its birth, but which prohibits to him nevertheless to claim with the crown of England. It was about an attempt at her husband so that his/her son legitimates Dafydd can be his only heir.

In 1230, Llywelyn surprised Jeanne in full adultery with Guillaume de Braose in his room to be laid down. It made hang Guillaume and imprison Jeanne, but ends up forgiving it and returning its row of princess to him.

Jeanne died in March 1236 and was buried with the parish of Llanfaes close to Beaumaris. Its funerary stele can be seen with the parish church of Beaumaris.

Fiction

Adultery between Guillaume de Braose and Jeanne was the topic of a Welsh play of Saunders Lewis entitled Siwan .

Jeanne also seems main character in the novel “Young stag Be Dragons” of Sharon Kay Penman.

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