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Gruffydd ap Rhys, Brenin of Cantref Mawr

Male Abt 1090 - 1136  (46 years)


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  • Name Gruffydd ap Rhys  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33] 
    Suffix Brenin of Cantref Mawr 
    Born Abt 1090  Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [34, 35] 
    Christened {Tribe: Rhys ap Tewdwr} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1136  [36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42] 
    Person ID I100014110  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2016 

    Mother Gwladus ferch Rhiwallon,   b. Abt 1030, of, , Powys gwlad, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F100000817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gwenllian [2nd] ferch Gruffudd Verch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1100, Carnarvon, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Morgan ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1136  (Age 36 years)
     2. Maelgwn ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1136  (Age 36 years)
     3. Cadell ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1176  (Age 76 years)
     4. Owain ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Nest ferch Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Anarawd ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, Dynefwr, Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1143  (Age 43 years)
     7. Gwladus ferch Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Maredudd ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1100, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1155  (Age 55 years)
     9. Rhys "Fychan" ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1130, of, Elfael Uwch Mynydd commote, Radnorshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. [unknown] ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1130, of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. 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)
     12. Rhys ap Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1133, Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 24 Apr 1197  (Age > 64 years)
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F100002187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • TITLES: He was proclaimed Prince in 1113. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 220 fn. 7)
      TITLES: King of Caredigion. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 8 p. H54)
      TITLES: Accession> to Cantref Mawr portion of Deheubarth in 1135. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 53)

      REMARKS: Exiled to Ireland in 1116. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 53)
      REMARKS: According to Caradoc, "as the bravest, the wisest, the most merciful, liberal and just, of the Princes of Wales". (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 99 fn. 7)
      REMARKS: "Styled Lord of South Wales only, lived in Ireland till he was 25 years old, succeeded in 1112." (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 301)
      REMARKS: The term King can be misleading. In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Brenin' meaning chief or high one, and 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Bartrum's 'Welsh Genealogies 300-1400' volume 10 page 776 does not state to which wife he belongs. Placed with 1st wife until further research proves otherwise.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 99 gives him daughters named Gwenllian, Jonet, Alice, Margred, and Arddun, and a son named Rhys "Glôf".
      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H74 gives him additional daughters and sons: Gwenllian, Jonet, Alice, Margred, Arthyn.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 280 makes him the son of Yr Arglwydd Rhys and Gwenllian ferch Madog.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H54 confuses him and his grandson Gruffudd in the linking of generations.

      (Research) MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H74 gives him as a second wife "Maud d. of Philip de Breos Ld of Brecon".
    • TITLES: He was proclaimed Prince in 1113. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 220 fn. 7)
      TITLES: King of Caredigion. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 8 p. H54)
      TITLES: Accession> to Cantref Mawr portion of Deheubarth in 1135. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 53)

      REMARKS: Exiled to Ireland in 1116. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 53)
      REMARKS: According to Caradoc, "as the bravest, the wisest, the most merciful, liberal and just, of the Princes of Wales". (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 99 fn. 7)
      REMARKS: "Styled Lord of South Wales only, lived in Ireland till he was 25 years old, succeeded in 1112." (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 301)
      REMARKS: The term King can be misleading. In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Brenin' meaning chief or high one, and 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Bartrum's 'Welsh Genealogies 300-1400' volume 10 page 776 does not state to which wife he belongs. Placed with 1st wife until further research proves otherwise.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 99 gives him daughters named Gwenllian, Jonet, Alice, Margred, and Arddun, and a son named Rhys "Glôf".
      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H74 gives him additional daughters and sons: Gwenllian, Jonet, Alice, Margred, Arthyn.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 280 makes him the son of Yr Arglwydd Rhys and Gwenllian ferch Madog.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H54 confuses him and his grandson Gruffudd in the linking of generations.

      (Research) MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H74 gives him as a second wife "Maud d. of Philip de Breos Ld of Brecon".
    • TITLES: He was proclaimed Prince in 1113. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 220 fn. 7)
      TITLES: King of Caredigion. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 8 p. H54)
      TITLES: Accession> to Cantref Mawr portion of Deheubarth in 1135. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 53)

      REMARKS: Exiled to Ireland in 1116. (Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 53)
      REMARKS: According to Caradoc, "as the bravest, the wisest, the most merciful, liberal and just, of the Princes of Wales". (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 99 fn. 7)
      REMARKS: "Styled Lord of South Wales only, lived in Ireland till he was 25 years old, succeeded in 1112." (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 301)
      REMARKS: The term King can be misleading. In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Brenin' meaning chief or high one, and 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Bartrum's 'Welsh Genealogies 300-1400' volume 10 page 776 does not state to which wife he belongs. Placed with 1st wife until further research proves otherwise.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 99 gives him daughters named Gwenllian, Jonet, Alice, Margred, and Arddun, and a son named Rhys "Glôf".
      (Research) KINSHIP: Investigate> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H74 gives him additional daughters and sons: Gwenllian, Jonet, Alice, Margred, Arthyn.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 280 makes him the son of Yr Arglwydd Rhys and Gwenllian ferch Madog.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H54 confuses him and his grandson Gruffudd in the linking of generations.

      (Research) MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Evans' 'British Genealogist' book 8 page H74 gives him as a second wife "Maud d. of Philip de Breos Ld of Brecon".

  • Sources 
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    19. [S200000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 301*, 309.

    20. [S200001800] #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. 96, 97, 124, 161; vol. 6 p. 417.

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    25. [S2434] #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. 26*, 156, 220*, 225, 238, 261; vol. 2 p. 17, 24, 45, 53*, 57, 99*, 100, 175*, 280*.

    26. [S2435] #1875 Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containig a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry, Their Lineage, Alliances ... (1875), Nicholas, Thomas, (2 volumes. London: Longmans, Green, Reeder, 1875.), FHL microfilm 454,040 item 1., vol. 2 p. 621.

    27. [S2437] #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. 4 p. 208; vol. 7 p. 443, 444; vol. 8 p. 543; vol. 10 p. 776, 777, 794; vol. 12 p. 938.

    28. [S268] 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.

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    34. [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. 776.

    35. [S2437] #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. 776.

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    38. [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. 776.

    39. [S200000673] #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. Five volumes in 13. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), FHL book 942.43 H2b., vol. 3 p. 187.

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    41. [S2437] #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. 776.

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