Gruffydd Ap Rhys 
Gruffydd Ap was born about 1081 in Dynevor Castle,Llandilo,Carmarthenshire,Wales. Gruffydd Ap's father was Rhys Ap Tewdwr Mawr and his mother was Gwladys Verch Rhiwallon. His paternal grandfather was Tewdwr Mawr Ap Cadell; his maternal grandfather was Prince Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. He had a sister named Nesta Verch. He was the younger of the two children. 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 andlaid claims to more. After a successful battle in 1136 he
regained many of thelands of his ancient inheritance.
He remarried and was slain in 1137 throughthe 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 ofWales, 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 in1136, he regained many of the lands of his
ancient inheritance. He remarriedand was slain in 1137 through the treachery
of his new wife. This source doesnot 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 of Dynevor,Llandyfeisant,Caernarvon,Wales d.0987
- b.0933 in of Dynevor,Llandyfeisant,Carmarthen,Wales d.0984 in Gwen,Manmouth,England
- b.~ 0918 in of Llandeilo,Carmarthen,Wales
- b.0953 d.0993
- b.0938
- b.0977 in Dynevor Castle,Llandyfeissant,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.0994 in Pen Rhys
- b.~ 0970 in Powys,Wales d.DECEASED
- b.~ 0970 in (Estimated)
- b.1020 d.Apr 1093 in Aberhonddu,Breconshire,Wales
- b.~ 1081 in Dynevor Castle,Llandilo,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.1137
- b.~ 0982 in Powys, Wales
- b.1026 in Powys, Wales d.1069 in Battle,Mechain,Montgomeryshire,Wales
- b.0982 in deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1041 in Powysland,Wales
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‌Gruffydd Ap and Gwenllian II Verch were married in a religious ceremony in 1116. They had a daughter named Gwladys Verch.
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