Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Elen ferch Thomas ap Llewelyn

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• • 13th Great-grandmother of Robert Gould Shaw — 16th Generation
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  • Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd
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  Owen Glendower

  Lowri ferch Gruffydd Fychan (Ahnentafel No:23151 )

  Tudor (Twdr) Gruffydd

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  • According to Gary Boyd Roberts, Elen ferch Thomas was a great-aunt of Owen Tudor, founder of the Tudor dynasty and husband of Katherine of France, widow of Henry V, King of England. Roberts cites Bartrum in stating that Elen was not a descendant of Llywelyn Fawr ab Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales, and Joan Plantagenet.

• Sources for Elen ferch Thomas ap Llewelyn

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 509.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 813.
  • ³ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 236-237.