Prince Gruffydd ap Rhys^[1]

Abt 1081 - 1137  (56 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Gruffydd ap Rhys
  Prefix	Prince
  Birth	Abt 1081	Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	1136-1137
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  + 1. Princess Nest ferch Rhys,   b. Abt 1073, Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Abt 1114  (Age 41 years) ▻ Owain ap Cadwgon;   Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor,  m. 1095 ;   King Henry I "Beauclerc" of England,  m. 1103-1105 ;   Stephen of Cardigan + 2. Prince Gruffydd ap Rhys,   b. Abt 1081, Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 1136-1137  (Age 56 years) ▻ Gwenllian II ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan,  m. 1116 + 3. Llywelyn "Ddiriaid" ap Rhys,   b. Abt 1084, Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown ▻ + 4. Elizabeth ferch Rhys   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Edmond Carew + 5. Gruffydd Hir ap Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1090, Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown ▻   6. Margaret ferch Rhys   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I40400	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	King Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, "the Great".,   b. Abt 1040, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Apr 1093, Aberhonddu, Breconshire, Wales (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon,   b. Abt 1041, Powys, Wales d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1073
  Family ID	F251806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwenllian II ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan,   b. Abt 1090, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 1136, Near Kidwelly, Wales (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1116
  Children	+ 1. King Rhys ap Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1106, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 4 May 1196 (Age 90 years) + 2. Gwladys ferch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1109   d. Abt 1130 (Age 21 years) + 3. Nest ferch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1110   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F17264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

• Notes

  13th Prince of Deheubarth, Lord of South Wales. he was brought up in Ireland after his father's death in 1093. But about 1113 he returned to Dyved, waged war, picked up some territory and laid claims to more. After a successful battle in 1136 he regained many of the lands of his ancient inheritance. He remarried and was slain in 1137 through the treachery of his new wife. "Returned from exile in Ireland to fight the Normans in 1113. Married Gwenillian, daughter of Griffith ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, in 1116. She was killed leading her husband's army in an attack on the Norman castle at Kidwell in 1136. The spot where she fell is named Maes Gwenillian in her honor. Griffith continued the rebellion against the Normans. Their sons were Meredith, Morgan, and Rhys." He was brought up in Ireland after his father's death in 1093. But about 1113, he returned to Dyfed, waged war, picked up some territory and laid claims to more. After a successful battle in 1136, he regained many of the lands of his ancient inheritance. He remarried and was slain in 1137 through the treachery of his new wife.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2013] John Bernard Burke, Genealogical History of the House of Gwysaney, (London, 1847), Anhang (Reliability: 3).