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Sir Aron ap Rhys, Knight of the Sepulchre

Male Abt 1130 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Aron ap Rhys   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix Knight of the Sepulchre 
    Born Abt 1130  of, Cil-sant, Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Cydifor Fawr} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I100002012  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2009 

    Family Gwenllian ferch Ednyfed "Fychan",   b. Abt 1200, of, Is Dulas commote, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 31 May 2005 
    Family ID F100001495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MILITARY: Crusades> Crusader with Richard I, 1190. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3 p. 1290)
      HONOURS: Knight of the Sepulchre. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 4 p. 187)

      LIVING: He was a contemporary of Richard I.
      PROPERTY: Lord of Cil-sant. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3 p. 1290)

      REMARKS: He went to Jerusalem in the crusade with Richard I "Cour de Lion" in 1190.

      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 1 page 27 makes him the son of his grandfather Bledir ap Cydifor.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 1 page 57 makes him the son of his grandfather Bledri, thus omitting the generation of Rhys ap Bledri.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> J-Morris' 'Shropshire Genealogies' volume 1 page 88 makes him the son of his grandfather Bledri, thus omitting the generation of Rhys ap Bledri.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 1 page 218 gives him a daughter called Gwenllian who was married to Jenkin fitz [omits a generation called Cynhaethwy fitz] Adam fitz Herbert.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 1 pages 3 and 213 give him a daughter named Gwenllian married to Jenkin fitz Adam fitz Herbert.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Thomas' 'Golden Grove MS' book 7 page D849 incorrectly gives him a son Rhys who had children Madog and Dafydd "Fychan". Madog was the son of Cadwgon "Wenwys" and who Dafydd "Fychan" was is unclear at this time.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Joseph Morris' 'Shropshire Genealogies' volume 3 page 1290 gives him a daughter named Gwenllian who was married to 'Jenkin Fitz Adam Fitz Herbert'.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100001257] #248 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honors (1834-1838), Burke, John, (4 volumes. London: Published for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley, 1834-1838), FHL book 942 D2bc., vol. 4 p. 107, 382, 473.

    2. [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 1 p. 3*, 25*, 53, 57, 76, 79, 120, 141, 213*, 260; book 2 p. B43*, 77, 84; book 3 p. C43*.

    3. [S100002416] #12627 Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 1 p. 87.

    4. [S100002420] #11886 The Golden Grove books of pedigrees (filmed 1970), (Manuscript, National Library of Wales manuscript number Castell Gorfod 7. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,349-104,351., book 1 p. A75; book 6 p. D807; book 7 p. D849*; book 13 p. K1513.

    5. [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. 27, 38, 52, 65, 91, 114*, 148, 203, 208, 215, 218*, 227, 294, 328; vol. 2 p. 46, 53*, 58.

    6. [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. 13; vol. 3 p. 164; vol. 4 p. 187*, 188; vol. 9 p. 640, 671; vol. 10 p. 769.