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Rhys ap Maredudd of Dryslwyn would have been in a similar position in Cantref Mawr, having adhered to the king during Llewellyn's rebellion, but he forfeited his lands by rebelling in 1287.
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This was in retaliation for a raid led by the Welsh rulers Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, Rhys ap Rhydderch, and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
Hirwaun moor, 4 miles to the north west of Aberdare, was according to tradition the scene of a battle at which Rhys ap Tewdwr, prince of Dyfed, was defeated by the allied forces of the Norman Robert Fitzhamon and Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last Welsh prince of Glamorgan.
Hotspur issued an amnesty in March which applied to all rebels with the exception of Owain and his cousins, Rhys ap Tudur and Gwilym ap Tudur, sons of Tudur ap Gronw ( forefather of King Henry VII of England ).
" Another account has Rhys ap Thomas himself slaying the king.
Rhys ap Gruffydd or ap Gruffudd ( Anglicised to " Griffith ") ( 1132 – 28 April 1197 ) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales.
Rhys's grandfather, Rhys ap Tewdwr, was king of Deheubarth, and was killed at Brecon in 1093 by Bernard de Neufmarche.
Rhys's father, Gruffydd ap Rhys, was eventually able to become ruler of a small portion, and more territory was won back by Rhys's older brothers after Gruffydd's death.
Rhys was the second son of Gruffydd ap Rhys, ruler of part of Deheubarth, and Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd.
Deheubarth was one of the traditional kingdoms of Wales, shown here as they were in 1093 when Rhys ap Tewdwr died.
Rhys married Gwenllian verch Madog, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, the last Prince of all Powys.
His grandfather, Rhys ap Tewdwr, had been king of all Deheubarth until his death in 1093.
Rhys ap Tewdwr was killed in Brycheiniog, and most of his kingdom was taken over by Norman lords.
Gruffydd ap Rhys was forced to flee to Ireland.
A revolt spread through south Wales in 1136, and Gruffydd ap Rhys, aided by his two eldest sons, Anarawd and Cadell, defeated the Normans in a battle near Loughor, killing over five hundred.
Gruffydd ap Rhys continued his campaign against the Normans in 1137, but died later that year.
In 1143, when Rhys was eleven, Anarawd was murdered by the bodyguard of Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, brother of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd.
Rhys and Maredudd
Rhys appears in the annals for the first time in 1146, fighting alongside his brothers Cadell and Maredudd in the capture by assault of Llansteffan Castle.
Maredudd and Rhys were able to drive Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd from Ceredigion by 1153.
Maredudd and Rhys also destroyed the castles at Tenby and Aberafan that year.
Maredudd died in 1155 at the age of twenty-five and left Rhys as ruler of Deheubarth.
Rhys met the king to discuss terms and was obliged to give more hostages, including another son, Maredudd.
In 1195 two other sons, Rhys Gryg and Maredudd, seized Llanymddyfri and Dinefwr, and Rhys responded by imprisoning them.
* Maredudd ap Rhys ( died 1239 ) was also given as a hostage, but was less fortunate than Hywel.
* 1287 – June 8 – the Welsh nobleman Rhys ap Maredudd begins a revolt in Wales that lasts until January 1288.
* June 2 – Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader
* June 8 – Rhys ap Maredudd revolts in Wales ; the revolt will not be suppressed until 1288.
Thereafter Gower remained beyond the reach of Llewelyn's successors as Prince of Wales ; but its population suffered at the hands of Rhys ap Maredudd during his revolt of 1287-8.
Owen's father Maredudd ap Tudur ( English: Meredith ) had been ( together with his two brothers Rhys and Gwilym ) stalwarts of Owain Glyndŵr's uprising of 1400.
The rule of Deheubarth now fell to Gruffydd's sons, of whom four, Anarawd, Cadell, Maredudd and Rhys ap Gruffydd ruled in turn.
* Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg ( 1244-1271 ) ( Cantref Mawr only )
* Rhys ap Maredudd ( 1271-1283 ) ( Cantref Mawr only, then from 1287 in rebellion, executed 1292 )
He fought against Rhys ap Maredudd during his rising from 1287 to 1291.
Probably the most famous people to be executed there were Rhys ap Maredudd, a Welsh nobleman and rebel, hanged in 1292, and Dick Turpin, who was hanged in 1739.
The earliest certain reference appears in a cywydd by the Welsh poet Maredudd ap Rhys ( fl.
* 1287 Revolt of Rhys ap Maredudd in Wales
Gruffydd had four sons by Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, Maredudd, Rhys, Morgan and Maelgwn.
Maelgwn was the son of Rhys ap Gruffydd ( The Lord Rhys ) by his wife Gwenllian ferch Madog, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd prince of Powys.
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Map was less favourably disposed towards Rhys, describing him as " This king I have seen and know, and hate ", but goes on to say " I would not have my hatred blacken his worth ; it is not my wish ever to suppress any man's excellence through envy ".
This would possibly relate Malory to Edward Rhys Maelor, a fifteenth-century Welsh poet.
Talks with the Welsh began after the English lords Roger Mortimer and William de Briouze expanded into Welsh territory in 1195, causing a concern that the Welsh lord Rhys ap Gruffydd would strike back across the border.
It was agreed that Dafydd would marry Emma of Anjou, who was Henry's illegitimate half sister, and receive the manor of Ellesmere as dowry, but unlike his southern counterpart, Rhys ap Gruffudd, he received no ' official ' recognition of his position in the north.
Wales would remain safe for a while, but the invasion of Ireland in 1171 pressured Henry II to end the issue through negotiations with Lord Rhys.
Rhys would later reunite with Very Annie Mary star Rachel Griffiths on Brothers & Sisters.
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