She became mistress to a number of powerful men including King Henry I, earning herself the nickname ‘Helen of Wales’ after the femme fatale of Homer’s Iliad, Helen of Troy.
Daeth hi’n feistres ar nifer o ddynion pwerus, ac yn eu plith Brenin Harri I, gan fagu iddi ei hun y llysenw ‘Elen o Gymru’ ar ôl yr hudoles Elen o Droea yn Iliad Homer.