Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd

**Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd** ( , ya mutu a shekara ta 1136) ɗan tawayen Welsh ne na ƙarni na 12. 'Yar Yarima Gwynedd Gruffudd ap Cynan kuma memba na Gidan Aberffraw, ta auri Gruffudd ap Rhys, Yarima Deheubarth, kuma ta jagoranci "juyin juya hali na kishin ƙasa" tare da shi a lokacin Babban Tawayen 1136 har zuwa mutuwarta a yaƙin da aka yi a Gidan Kidwelly .

Mutuwarta za ta zama abin da zai jawo hankalin 'yan tawayen Welsh, kuma ta zama alamar 'yancin kai na Welsh. Akwai zane-zane da dama na fasaha na Gwenllian, waɗanda galibi ke nuna ta da takobi a hannu, ko kuma hawa karusa zuwa yaƙi kamar Boudicca . Wani lokaci ana rikita ta da Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn, wacce ta rayu ƙarni biyu bayan haka.

## Rayuwar farko
Gwenllian ita ce ƙaramar 'yar Gruffudd ap Cynan, Yariman Gwynedd, da matarsa, Angharad. Ita ce jikanyar Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, Babban Sarkin Ireland . 

Gwenllian ta girma ta zama kyakkyawa sosai. Bayan Gruffudd ap Rhys, Yariman Deheubarth, ya yi ƙoƙarin zuwa Gwynedd a kusa da 1113 don saduwa da mahaifinta, Gwenllian kuma yarima Deheubarth ya shiga cikin soyayya kuma ya yi tsere .  Ta auri Gruffudd ap Rhys jim kaɗan bayan 1116. 

Gwenllian da Gruffudd suna da yara kamar haka: 

* Morgan ap Gruffudd (c. 1116, Carmarthenshire - 1136)
* Maelgwn ap Gruffudd (c. 1119, Carmarthenshire - 1136)
* Gwladus ferch Gruffudd (tsakanin 1120 da 1130, Carmarthenshire - bayan 25 Yuli 1175)   
* Nest ferch Gruffudd (tsakanin 1120 da 1130, Carmarthenshire - bayan 25 ga Yuli 1175)
* Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1126, Carmarthenshire - bayan 1155) 
* Maredudd ap Gruffudd (c. 1130/1, Carmarthenshire - 1155) 
* Rhys "Fychan" ap Gruffudd (c. 1132, Dynevor Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire - bayan 24 Afrilu 1197) 
* Sion ap Gruffudd (kimanin 1134, Carmarthenshire - bayan 1155) 

Gwenllian ta haɗu da mijinta a gidan iyalansa na Dinefwr da ke Deheubarth . Deheubarth tana fama da mamayar Norman a Kudancin Wales, tare da 'yan mulkin mallaka na Norman, Ingila, da Flemish da ke zaune a ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Yayin da rikici tsakanin Normans da Welsh ya ci gaba, iyalan sarauta galibi ana korarsu, inda Gwenllian ta haɗu da mijinta a wurare masu tsaunuka da dazuzzuka.  Daga nan, ita da Gruffudd ap Rhys suka jagoranci hare-haren ramuwar gayya, wanda aka fi sani da "harin walƙiya" akan mukamai da Norman ke riƙe da su a Deheubarth. 

## Babban Tawaye 1136
A shekara ta 1136, wata dama ta bayyana ga Welsh don dawo da filayen da suka ɓace ga Masu Mulkin Marece lokacin da Stephen de Blois ya kori ɗan uwansa, Empress Matilda, daga gadon mahaifinta zuwa gadon sarautar Ingila a shekarar da ta gabata, wanda ya haifar da rashin zaman lafiya a Ingila.   Kwace iko da rikicin da ya haifar ya haifar da rushewar ikon tsakiya a Ingila.  Tawayen ya fara ne a Kudancin Wales, yayin da Hywel ap Maredudd, Ubangijin Brycheiniog, ya tattara mutanensa suka yi tattaki zuwa Gower, inda ya kayar da ƙaramin rundunar Norman a can a Yaƙin Llwchwr, inda ya kashe Norman 500.   Da Hywel ya yi wahayi zuwa ga nasarar Brycheiniog, Gruffudd ap Rhys ya yi gaggawar haɗuwa da Gruffudd ap Cynan na Gwynedd, surukinsa, don neman taimakonsa a cikin tawayen. 

Yayin da mijinta yake Gwynedd yana neman haɗin gwiwa da mahaifinta a kan mutanen Norman, Maurice de Londres da sauran mutanen Norman sun jagoranci kai hari kan mutanen Welsh na Deheubarth kuma an tilasta wa Gwenllian ta tara sojoji don kare su.    A wani yaƙi da aka yi kusa da Fadar Kidwelly,  An fatattaki sojojin Gwenllian, an kama ta a yaƙi kuma mutanen Norman sun sare mata kai.  A cikin yaƙin an kashe ɗanta Morgan kuma an kama wani ɗa, Maelgwn, aka kashe shi.

## Bayan haka
Ko da yake an kayar da ita, tawayenta na ƙasa ya zaburar da wasu a kudancin Wales su tashi.  Ɗan ƙasar Welsh na Gwent, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Iorwerth ab Owain (jikan Caradog ap Gruffudd, sarkin Welsh na Gwent wanda mamayar Norman ta kora), ya yi wa Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare kwanton bauna ya kashe shi, sarkin Norman wanda ya mallaki Ceredigion . 

Lokacin da magana ta kai ga Gwynedd na mutuwar Gwenllian da tawaye a Gwent, 'yan'uwan Gwenllian Owain da Cadwaladr sun mamaye Norman-controlled Ceredigion, suna ɗaukar Llanfihangel, Aberystwyth, da Llanbadarn . 

Ɗan Gwenllian ya ci gaba da zama fitaccen shugaban Deheubarth, The Lord Rhys .

## Gado

An kwatanta ayyukan Gwenllian da na wani shugaban Celtic: Boadicea (Buddug). Gwenllian ita ce mace ɗaya tilo a zamanin daular da aka san ta jagoranci rundunar Welsh zuwa yaƙi. Sojojin Wales a shekarun baya sau da yawa suna kiran sunanta lokacin da suke shiga yaƙi. [1] Gwenllian da mijinta suma sun kai hari kan 'yan mulkin mallaka na Norman, Ingila, da Flemish a Deheubarth, suna wawushe kayayyaki da kuɗi tare da sake rarraba su tsakanin Deheubarth Welsh. Waɗannan ayyukan sun sa masanin tarihi kuma marubuci Philip Warner ya kwatanta Gwenllian da mijinta a matsayin " Robin Hoods na Wales". [1]

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