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Gelert
Llewellyn,
Prince of North Wales, married Joan
Plantagenet, an illegitimate daughter
of King John. One of the marriage gifts
was a Wolfhound named Gelert.
The hound was to be his faithful companion
at home and at the hunt.
One
day when the prince made ready to go
hunting, Gelert was not readily waiting
and was nowhere to be found. Finally
Llewellyn went to the house, in
the back of the room he saw the cradle
overturned and the baby nowhere to be
seen. And there Gelert came towards
him with a bloody muzzle.
Full
of shock and anger he run his
sword through the dog and killed him.
Then he heard the baby's muffled crys
from under a blanket. In seeing to the
baby he found a dead wolf, killed
by a mighty bite to his neck.
Full
of remorse for killing innocent Gelert,
that had saved the child's life, he
buried the dog and set a Memorial stone
on the grave.
The
supposed Grave of Gelert, the faithful Hound of
Llewellyn
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