Rhys ap Bledri , Lord Justice of South Wales 
Rhys ap was born about 1115 in Cilsant Castle, St Clears, Dyfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Rhys ap's father was Bledri Latimer ap Cydifor , of Cilsant and his mother was Clydwen verch Gruffudd. His paternal grandparents were Cydifor "Fawr" ap Collwyn , of Blaen Cuch and Elinor verch Llywarch , Heiress of Cilsant; his maternal grandparents were Gruffudd ap Cydrych , of Gwynfe and Joan verch Rhys. He was an only child.General Notes
Rhys ap Bledri; did homage to Henry II by whom he was made Lord Justice of South Wales; married Angharad, daughter of Llywelyn Ddiriaid, son of Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of Deheubarth (technically Seisyllwg and Dyfed) 1153-97, and had, with a daughter (married Edmund Vychan, Lord of Ergyath, Steward and Chief Counsellor to Prince Llywelyn (presumably the one known as "The Great", who reigned 1190-1240). [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1005 in Wales
- b.~ 1030 in Blaen Cuch, North Dyfed, Wales
- b.~ 1055 in Blaen Cuch, North Dyfed, Wales d.1091
- b.~ 1085 in Cilsant Castle, St Clears, Dyfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.> 1117
- b.~ 1045 in Cilsant Castle, St Clears, Dyfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1060 in Cilsant Castle, St Clears, Dyfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1115 in Cilsant Castle, St Clears, Dyfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Ystrad Tywi, Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1015 in Gwynfe, Llangadog Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1047 in Gwynfe, Llangadog Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0995 in Merionethshire, Wales
- b.~ 1027 in Merionethshire, Wales
- b.~ 1095 in Wales
- b.~ 1027 in Perfedd Cmt, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1060 in Perfedd Cmt, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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They had a son named Aron ap.
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Children
Aron ap Rhys , of Cilsant, Sir Knight
Aron ap was born about 1165 in Cilsant Castle, St Clears, Dyfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
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