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Maelgwn "Hên" ap Rhys, argwydd of Ceredigion

Male Abt 1170 - 1231  (61 years)


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  • Name Maelgwn "Hên" ap Rhys   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Suffix argwydd of Ceredigion 
    Nickname Hên 
    Born Abt 1170  of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Rhys ap Tewdwr} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1231  [2, 6, 7
    Person ID I100002715  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2006 

    Father Yr Argllwyd Rhys ap Gruffudd, Brenin of Deheubarth,   b. Abt 1130, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1197  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Gwerful ferch Llywelyn,   b. Abt 1170, of, Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Not Married 
    • STATUS: Not married.
    • STATUS: Not married.
    Family ID F100002173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gwenllian ferch Madog,   b. Abt 1130, of, , Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    • STATUS: Gwenllian was his step-mother.
    Children 
     1. Rhys ap Maelgwn "Hên",   b. Cal 1206, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1212  (Age 6 years)
     2. Maelgwn "Ieuanc" ap Maelgwn "Hên", arglwydd of Ceredigion Uwch Aeron,   b. Abt 1170, of, Ceredigion gwlad, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1257  (Age 87 years)
     3. Llywelyn ap Maelgwm "Hên",   b. Abt 1170, of, Ceredigion gwlad, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1230  (Age 60 years)
     4. Madog ap Maelgwm "Hên",   b. Abt 1170, of, Ceredigion gwlad, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1211  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2005 
    Family ID F100002160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 99 section XLIX gives his mother correctly, but section L gives his mother as Gwenllian ferch Maredudd ap Gruffudd.
    • KINSHIP: Illegitimate son. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 99)

      TITLES: Accession> to lands in various parts of Deheubarth in 1216. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 54)

      LIVING: 1187. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 10 p. 779)
      PROPERTY: Arglwydd (Lord) of Ceredigion.

      REMARKS: In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100000268] British Chronology, E. B. Fryde Greenway, S. Porter, and I. Roy, (London. Offices of the Royal Historical Society. University College. 1986.), FHL 942 C4rg., p. 53, 54.

    2. [S100001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 87, 97, 124.

    3. [S100002411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 8 p. H75*, 97*.

    4. [S100002434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 1 p. 47; vol. 2 p. 54*, 99*, 107.

    5. [S100002437] #4568 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (1980), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (25 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. [Wales]: University of Wales Press, 1980), FHL book 942.9 D2bp; FHL microfiche 6025561., vol. 2 p. 30; vol. 10 p. 778, 779.

    6. [S100000268] British Chronology, E. B. Fryde Greenway, S. Porter, and I. Roy, (London. Offices of the Royal Historical Society. University College. 1986.), FHL 942 C4rg., p. 54.

    7. [S100002437] #4568 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (1980), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (25 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. [Wales]: University of Wales Press, 1980), FHL book 942.9 D2bp; FHL microfiche 6025561., vol. 10 p. 779.