The medieval era Perhaps, quite simply, Elizabeth loved Dafydd,
and was blind to his faults. The same could be said of Llywelyn
ap Iorwerth’s feelings for Joan. Despite her affair with William
de Braose, when Joan died, Llywelyn paid for the construction of
a priory at Llanfaes on Anglesey where she was buried. Her
coffin lid, which still survives and is now in Beaumaris church,
is of the highest quality. It is perhaps not unconnected that
soon after her death Llywelyn suffered a stroke from which he
never fully recovered. Gruffudd ap Cynan’s (1055-1137) wife
Angharad inspired similar devotion. When he died he left her the
port of Abermenai on Anglesey, where he first landed when he
came from Ireland to claim his inheritance as Prince of Wales.