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- Fleance or Flaald or Flathold, son of Banquo, when his father was slain by Macbeth, sought the protection of Griffith ap Llewellyn, Prince of South Wales, and abused his confidence, winning the affections of his daughter, the Princess Gwenta, who after (the writer hopes) a private marriage, though history fails to record one, gave birth to a son, whom all legends agree in naming Alan, but she and her lover were put to death by the irate father. The Princess Gwenta was the daughter of Griffith, Prince of North Wales, by Agatha, daughter of the Earl of Mercia, and granddaughter of the Lady Godiva of Coventry. Agatha was the widow of Harold, King of England, who was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, when he was defeated by William, the Conqueror, and the Norman army. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 847-848)
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