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Rhys "Fychan" ap Gruffudd

Male Abt 1130 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Rhys "Fychan" ap Gruffudd   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Nickname Fychan 
    Born Abt 1130  of, Elfael Uwch Mynydd commote, Radnorshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Rhys ap Tewdwr} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I100024448  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2005 

    Father Gruffydd ap Rhys, Brenin of Cantref Mawr,   b. Abt 1090, Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1136  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Gwenllian [2nd] ferch Gruffudd Verch Gruffydd,   b. Abt 1100, Carnarvon, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F100002187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • REMARKS: He besiged and took the Castle of Llanymddyfri about 1209. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 99 fn. 8)
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 252 reverses the generations of Rhys "Gloff" and Rhys "Fychan", reading thus Rhys "Fychan" ap Rhys "Gloff".
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 1 page 254 makes him the son of Rhys "Grgy".
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 280 omits this generation from the name string.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 6 page 232 makes him the son of Rhys "Mechell" ap Rhys, thus inserting two generations between Rhys "Fychan" and his father Gruffudd".
      MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 6 page 232 gives his wife as Margred ferch Gruffudd, lord of Cymydmaen.
    • REMARKS: He besiged and took the Castle of Llanymddyfri about 1209. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 99 fn. 8)
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 252 reverses the generations of Rhys "Gloff" and Rhys "Fychan", reading thus Rhys "Fychan" ap Rhys "Gloff".
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 1 page 254 makes him the son of Rhys "Grgy".
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 280 omits this generation from the name string.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 6 page 232 makes him the son of Rhys "Mechell" ap Rhys, thus inserting two generations between Rhys "Fychan" and his father Gruffudd".
      MARRIAGE: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 6 page 232 gives his wife as Margred ferch Gruffudd, lord of Cymydmaen.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100000712] #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. 46.

    2. [S100001800] #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. 161; vol. 6 p. 232*.

    3. [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. 26*, 261; vol. 2 p. 17, 99 fn. 8, 175 fn 1, 252.

    4. [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, 794, 797.

    5. [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. 46.

    6. [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. 161; vol. 6 p. 232*.