Eleanor de Montfort - Marriage To Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd

Marriage To Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd

Countess Eleanor died in Spring 1275, and shortly afterwards Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the Prince of Wales, and Eleanor de Montfort married by proxy, (per nuncios) per verba de presenti (Canon law endorsed a marital bond that was made in this way, with the full consent of both of the individuals, before witnesses).

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