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Rhys ap Gruffydd + Gwenllian ferch Madog

Gruffydd ap Rhys
1081–1137
Gruffydd ap Rhys

Birth about 1081  Wales

Reference number Q2181  

Death 1137 (Age 56)  Wales

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd
1097–1136
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd

Birth about 1097  Aberffraw, Ynys Môn, Kingdom of Gwynedd

Reference number Q4089  

Death about 1136 (Age 39)  Kidwelly “Kidwelly Castle”, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Marriage about 1113  

Susanna ferch Gwynedd
?–?
Susanna ferch Gwynedd

Birth  Wales

Reference number Q3176  

Death  Wales

Madog ap Maredudd
?–?
Madog ap Maredudd

Birth  Wales

Reference number Q3175  

Death  

Marriage  Wales
Rhys ap Gruffydd
1136–1197
Rhys ap Gruffydd

Birth about 1136  Wales

Reference number Q2180  

Death 28 April 1197 (Age 61)  Wales

Gwenllian ferch Madog
?–?
Gwenllian ferch Madog

Reference number Q3172  

Death yes  

17 Children
Gwenllian verch Rhys
1178–1236
Gwenllian verch Rhys

Birth 1178  Wales

Reference number Q2179  

Death 1236 (Age 58)  Wales

Gruffydd ap Rhys
?–1201
Gruffydd ap Rhys

Reference number Q3069  

Death 25 July 1201  

Rhys ap Rhys
?–1234
Rhys ap Rhys

Reference number Q3146  

Death 1234  

Family Group Information

Marriage
 Wales

Source:  Wikipedia
Publication: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Number of children
17
 

Source:  Wikipedia
Publication: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Text: Maelgwn ap Rhys (died 1231), who was the eldest son but illegitimate, refused to accept Gruffydd as his father's successor. A bitter feud developed between the two, with several of Rhys's other sons becoming involved.

Hywel ap Rhys (died 1231) spent many years as a hostage at the court of Henry II and on his return became known as Hywel Sais (Hywel the Saxon, i.e. Englishman).

Maredudd ap Rhys (died 1239) was also given as a hostage, but was less fortunate than Hywel. He was blinded by King Henry after the failure of the invasion of Wales in 1165, and became known as Maredudd Ddall (Maredudd the Blind). He ended his days as a monk at Whitland Abbey.

Another Maredudd (died 1227) became Archdeacon of Cardigan.

Rhys's daughter Gwenllian ferch Rhys married Rhodri ab Owain, prince of the western part of Gwynedd.

Another Gwenllian (circa 1178 – 1236) married Ednyfed Fychan, seneschal of Gwynedd under Llywelyn the Great, and through her, Rhys became an ancestor of the Tudor dynasty. Through the Tudors inter-marrying with the House of Stuart Rhys is an ancestor to the current ruling house of the United Kingdom and also an ancestor of several ruling houses in Europe. When Henry Tudor landed in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1485 to make a bid for the throne, his descent from Rhys was one of the factors which enabled him to attract Welsh support (Henry flew a (Welsh) dragon banner at the battle of Bosworth Field).

Angharad ferch Rhys married William FitzMartin, lord of Cemais.

Other daughters married the Welsh rulers of Gwrtheyrnion and Elfael.
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