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Catrin Berain was the most powerful and wealthy woman in Tudor Wales. Rental income made her very wealthy - owning about 3,000 acres brought in a very substantial annual income.

Catrin nurtured her wealth and increased her influence through four strategic marriages. She had six children and numerous step-children, which is why she is known as Mam Cymru because those children went on to marry further into gentry families.

The record of pedigrees and rental deeds tells us little of Catrin the woman. There is a suggestion there that she is quite clever at manipulating the men around her. These kinds of traditions and legends would have really defined people鈥檚 image of Catrin.