Emma of Anjou

Emma (Emme, or Agnes ) of Anjou ( – ) She was the wife of Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, a Welsh prince who was king of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195.

Life Emma married Dafydd in the summer of 1174, after an unsuccessful rebellion by the queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and her older sons had led her half-brother the king to disperse Eleanor's court in Aquitaine and bring Emma back to England.

Emma had four children by Dafydd:

Owain Einion Gwenllian Gwenhwyfar, (sometimes called Wennour) who married one Meurig ap Roger, the son of a Powys nobleman who had allied himself with Henry II.

In 1176, after her husband's rule in the Kingdom of Gwynedd had been challenged by his brother, Emma is known to have visited King Henry II and received a gift of manors in Shropshire and Worcestershire.

In 1196, Emma and her husband, at the request of their son, Owain, Shortly afterwards, Dafydd was deposed by his nephew, Llywelyn the Great, and was forced into exile in England, where he died in 1203.