Margaret le Strange

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Living: 1284.

The date is given by Bridgeman (p. 232 fn).

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

(probable) Father: John le Strange (IV) of Knockin.

This relationship is given by le Strange (pp. 175-6), who suggests that, although Margaret does not appear in le Strange pedigrees, given her mention in the Welsh Rolls, “it looks as if she must have been a daughter of John le Strange (IV) of Knockin.” John le Strange (III) has also been suggested. Both appear to be chronologically possible.

(probable) Mother: Joan de Somery.

This relationship is suggested by le Strange (pp. 175-6).

Spouse: Rhys ap Gruffudd ab Ednyfed Fychan.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 17), and given by Edwards, and by Bridgeman (p. 232 fn). Bridgeman (p. 231 fn) cites a charter dated at Caernarvon on April 20, 1284, in which “King Edward I concedes to Margaret, widow of Res ap Griffith ap Ednevet Vechan and daughter of John l’Estrange, for the term of her life, the whole Lordship of the Vill of Trefgarned, which had been settled on her by her late husband at the time of her marriage.”

Children:

Sir Gruffudd Llwyd (died 1335) married Gwenllian ferch Cynan.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Mabon Glochydd 2” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Rhys are: Peniarth 131 (229), written by Ieuan Brechfa about 1500; Peniarth 129 (118), copied from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; and Peniarth 137 (15) by Syr Thomas ab Ieuan ap Deiews, written between 1510 and 1523.]

Bridgeman, George T.O. History of the Princes of South Wales (Wigan: Thomas Birch, 1876).

Edwards, Sir John Goronwy. “Gruffudd Llwyd, Sir” in Welsh Biography Online.

Edwards, Sir John Goronwy. “Sir Gruffydd Llwyd” in The English Historical Review volume XXX, pp. 589-601 (1915).

Le Strange, Hamon. Le Strange Records: A Chronicle of the Early Le Stranges (London:1916)