Editing Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (section)

=== Descendants confusion ===
Since the lifetime of Llywelyn II, sources have differed as to how many children he fathered and whether he has any living descendants today. Llywelyn definitely had one daughter named [[Gwenllian of Wales]]. However, she died childless in 1337. He was also alleged to have had another daughter by the same wife, [[Eleanor de Montfort]], named Catherine. However, her existence as Llywelyn's first daughter has since been contested by Professor [[John Edward Lloyd]], who said when speaking of [[Gruffydd Fychan II]] who supposedly married Catherine's granddaughter, Eleanor (parents of [[Owain Glyndwr]]):<ref name=elan/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://journals.library.wales/view/1386666/1396091/159#?xywh=-101%2C1469%2C2529%2C1623 |title=Lloyd, J. E.; "Owain Glyndwr: His Family and Early History", The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Session 1918–1919|page= 138 |website=journals.library.wales |access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref><ref name=burke>{{cite book| url= https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/The_Royal_Families_of_England%2C_Scotland%2C_and_Wales_%28IA_royalfamiliesofe01burk_1%29.pdf| title=The Royal Families of England, Scotland| author-link=Bernard Burke| author-first=Bernard| author-last=Burke| date=1876| pages=7, 43, 51, 97|publisher=Harrison|location =[[Pall Mall, London]]}}</ref> {{blockquote|"The genealogists of a later age are not content even with this distinction; they proceed to heighten its effect by alleging that Helen was descended on her mother's side from a daughter of the last Llywelyn, so making Glyn Dwr represent Gwynedd as well as the other two principalities. But there is no evidence that Llywelyn had any daughter but Gwenllian, born in the last year of his life and after his death confined for the rest of her days as a nun of the order of [[Sempringham Priory|Sempringham]]".}}

Some authors have subsequently adopted Lloyd's position and deny the existence of Catherine.<ref>{{cite book| title=[[A History of Wales (book)|A History of Wales]]|author-first=John|author-last=Davies|author-link=John Davies (historian)|page=154|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0713990980}}</ref>{{sfn|Maund|2006}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}} However, genealogist [[Bernard Burke]] the [[Norroy and Ulster King of Arms]] in the 19th century did confirm the evidence of Catherine's supposed lineage which continues in modern times with noble families such the former Welsh [[Baron of Cymmer-yn-Edeirnion|Barons of Cymmer-yn-Edeirnion]] ([[Hughes of Gwerclas]]), and also the current [[Croft baronets of Croft Castle (1671)|Croft baronets]] today.<ref>{{cite book | title=The History of the Princes |url= https://archive.org/details/historyprincesl01lloygoog | first=Jacob Youde W.|last=Lloyd| volume=1|page=256| location=[[Great Queen Street]], London | year=1881|chapter=6|publisher=T. Richards Printer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5C0BAAAAQAAJ&q=lord+of+south+wales+eleanor&pg=PA28-IA47| title=Heraldic illustrations | last1=Burke | first1=John Bernard | year=1844 |pages=23–24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://castrumtocastle.com/english-castles/herefordshire-croft-castle/| website=castrumtocastle.com| title=Croft Castle| access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>