Rhys AP TEWDWR , King of Deheubarth, Wales
- Born: Abt 1040, Wales
- Marriage (1): Gwladys FERCH RHIWALLON AP CYNFYN of Powys
- Died: 1093, Wales aged about 53
General Notes:
https://biography.wales/article/arc_s-RHYS-APT-1093
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_ap_Tewdwr
Rhys ap Tewdwr (c. 1040 \endash 1093) was a king of Deheubarth in Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great. He was born in the area which is now Carmarthenshire and died at the battle of Brecon in April 1093.
Upon Rhys's death, the Normans seized much of south Wales, and there was fighting over the spoils with the chieftains of Powys and Gwynedd. Eventually, Rhys's eldest son, Gruffydd, was allowed to inherit a small portion of his father's kingdom. Rhys's daughter Nest was briefly one of the numerous concubines of Henry I, to whom she bore a son, and thereafter the wife of Gerald FitzWalter of Pembroke; their sons and grandsons, the FitzGerald conquerors of Ireland, were known collectively as the "sons of Nest". Through his son Gruffydd, Rhys was an ancestor of the Tudor dynasty.
Rhys married Gwladys FERCH RHIWALLON AP CYNFYN of Powys, daughter of Rhiwallon AP CYNFYN , King of Powys and Unknown.
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