Gruffydd Ap Rhys 
Gruffydd Ap was born about 1081 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Gruffydd Ap's father was Prince of Deheubarth Rhys Ap Tewdwr Mawr Prince of Deheubarth and his mother was Gwladys Verch Rhiwallon. His paternal grandparents were Tewdwr Mawr Ap Cadell Prince Of South Wales and Gwenlyian Verch Gwen; his maternal grandfather was Rhiwallon Ap Cynfyn Prince Of Powys. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Gruffydd Hir Ap, Llywelyn "Ddiriaid" Ap, Nesta Verch, Gladys Verch and Agnes Verch. He was the third oldest of the six children. He had a half-sister named Margred Verch. He died in 1137.General Notes
[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography; History of the Morgan Family;
Dakota.
Dakota: Griffith ap Lord Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, P/W.
Dictionary says 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.
Dictionary doesn't give details. One and one-half pages on this man, Page 310.
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Gruffydd (Griffith) ap Rhys, King of Wales, 1135.
"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." [Source 1]
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. This source does not give details. It devotes one and a half
pages to Gruffydd. [Source 2]
SOURCES:
1. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
2. _Dictionary of National Biography_; page 310.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0987
- b.0933 in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, England
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.0953 d.0993
- b.0938
- b.0977 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeissant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. in Pen Rhys
- b.~ 0940 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 0948
- b.0997 d.Apr 1093 in Aberhonddu, Breconshire, Wales
- b.0993
- b.~ 1020
- b.~ 1081 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.1137
- b.~ 0940 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1002 in Powys, Wales d.1023
- b.~ 0948
- b.~ 1023 in Powys, Wales d.1070 in Battle, Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0987
- b.~ 0938 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0999
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0982 in Deheybarth, Waes
- b.~ 1041 in Powysland, Wales
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