Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd: Student - Teacher Edition

By Laurel A. Rockefeller

Queen Elizabeth Tudor's Heroic Welsh Foremother!

Born in 1097 in Aberffraw Castle, Princess Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan was always destined for great things. As daughter to one of Gwynedd's greatest warriors she grew up strong and passionate -- more than a match for her older brothers.

At sixteen Gwenllian's life changed forever when she fell in love with Prince Gruffydd ap Rhys, the beleaguered heir to Rhys ap Tewdur of Deheubarth. Together husband and wife fought for and ruled southern Wales, challenging the Norman Conquest of Wales and proving once and for all the nobility and courage of the Welsh people, a courage that endures across the centuries and lives in the heart of every Welsh man, woman, and child.

Student - Teacher Edition features challenging puzzles and study guide questions after every chapter, Plus a detailed timeline, and an extensive suggested reading list.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Laurel A. Rockefeller
• Release date: Apr 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463995747

Laurel A. Rockefeller

Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller’s passion for animals comes through in everything she writes. First self-published in 2012 as social science fiction author (the Peers of Beinan series), Laurel has expanded her work into the animal care/guide, history, historical fiction, and biography genres.Find Laurel’s books in digital, paperback, and hardcover in your choice of up to ten languages, including Welsh, Chinese, and Dutch. Audio editions are published in all four available languages for audible: English, French, Spanish, and German.Besides advocating for animals and related environmental causes, Laurel A. Rockefeller is a passionate educator dedicated to improving history literacy worldwide, especially as it relates to women’s accomplishments. In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, travelling to historic places, and watching classic motion pictures and classic television series.

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Gwenllian Ferch Gruffydd

Student – Teacher Edition

By Laurel A. Rockefeller

Cover art derived from the Codex Manasse, 1304.

Music excerpted from the Pais Dinogad (7th century).

© Copyright 2020 by Laurel A. Rockefeller

This book is work of narrative history based on events in the life of Princess Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan and constructed using primary and secondary historical sources, commentary, and research.

 Study guide questions immediately follow each chapter. In most cases, there are no right or wrong answers. Instead, the purpose is to provoke critical thinking while practicing reading and improving reading comprehension skills.

Consulted sources appear at the end of this book. Interpretation of source material is at the author’s discretion and utilized within the scope of the author’s imagination, including names, events, and historical details.

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Table of Contents

Gwenllian’s Tears

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Timeline

Puzzles

Suggested Reading and Bibliography

Answer Keys for Puzzles

About This Series

Gwenllian’s Tears

Cry out for me, my people.

Where my blood was spilt, let your voices be heard forever more.

Cymru in all your glory:

Deheubarth, Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Powys, Dyfed

Ynys Môn where I was born!

Let not these conquerors go unanswered

Swear to me you shall never forget.

We are Cymraeg.

We are forever.

Chapter One

The king welcomes into his court Princess Nest ferch Rhys of Deheubarth, baroness of Pembroke! cried the herald as she processed through the great hall of King Gruffydd ap Cynan’s castle in Aberffraw on the coast of Ynys Môn in the northwest of Gruffydd’s kingdom.

Confidently the twenty nine year old princess strode to greet King Gruffydd and kneeled respectfully at the king on his throne, Bore da, f'arglwydd.

Bore da f’arglwyddes, smiled Gruffydd as he motioned for her to rise. "Sut ydych chi?

Da iawn, diolch yn fawr. My son Henry Fitzhenry gives his kind regards.

King Gruffydd rose and stepped down from the dais. Nodding, he motioned for her to follow him, Your husband does not mind he is King Henry’s son?

"Gerald of Windsor is the king’s man, a baron because King Henry