Dafydd Gam
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Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (c. 1380 - October 25, 1415), better known as Dafydd Gam, was a Welsh nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt fighting for King Henry V, King of England. The name "Gam" is taken from a Welsh word for "lame".
Gam had been loyal to the English crown throughout the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, and had been Glyndŵr's prisoner for a time. It is said that he was knighted either posthumously or as he was dying, possibly for saving the life of the king. He was later known in England as "Davy Gam," by which name he is mentioned briefly in Shakespeare's Henry V (4.8.102). His daughter, Gwladus, was the mother of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469).
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- ↑ The latter account is given by Jonathan Baldo in his "Wars of Memory in Henry V" (Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 2. (Summer, 1996), pp. 132-159), 150. Baldo does not mention why Dafydd ap Llewelyn was knighted.
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