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.

The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a European royal house of Welsh origin from Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms, including the Lordship of Ireland, later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1485 until 1603.

* Rhys ap Tewdwr

Rhys ap Tewdwr of Deheubarth was killed in 1093 in Brycheiniog, and his kingdom was seized and divided between various Norman lordships.

He was a maternal nephew of David fitzGerald, the Bishop of St David's and a grandson of Gerald de Windsor ( alias FitzWalter ), Constable of Pembroke Castle, and Nest the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr.

His mother may have been the Welsh princess Nest ferch Rhys, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr.

Fitzhamon defeated the prince of South Wales Rhys ap Tewdwr in battle in 1090.

Gruffudd fled to Ireland but in 1081 returned and made an alliance with Rhys ap Tewdwr prince of Deheubarth.

His daughter, Gwenllian, who married Gruffudd ap Rhys of Deheubarth, son of his old ally Rhys ap Tewdwr, is also notable for her resistance to English rule.

Rhys ap Tewdwr ruled from 1078 to 1093 and was able to fight off several attempts to dethrone him, considerably increasing the power of the kingdom.

* Rhys ap Tewdwr 1078-1093

Through Maurice's mother Nest ferch Rhys ap Tewdwr, the House of Desmond traced descent in the female line from the House of Dinefwr.

Around 1093 he was part of the invasion of South Wales following the death in battle of Rhys ap Tewdwr.

Over the past two hundred years, the fortification had been wrongly thought to be the burial place of Rhys ap Tewdwr or a druidic worship site.

Nest ferch Rhys ( b. c. 1085-d. before 1136 ) was the only legitimate daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last King of Deheubarth, by his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys.

cy: Nest ferch Rhys ap Tewdwr

Rhys ap Tewdwr ( before 1065 – 1093 ) was a Prince of Deheubarth in south-west Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great.

The American composers Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca have written " symphonic " works for large ensembles of electric guitars, in some cases numbering up to 100 players, and the instrument is a core member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars ( played by Mark Stewart ).

Some scholars, most prominently Kyle Gann, consider him ( and Rhys Chatham ) to be a member of the totalist school of post-minimalism.

This may, however, be one of the many reasons ( s ) he is regarded with little respect by the drudak ' ak, in addition to the schism between the modernist and traditionalist dwarfs, Rhys being regarded as a conservative member of the former group.

Another member of the group, Rhys Bevan, moved to the South Island of New Zealand and began a career as a baker.

She becomes a permanent member of Rhys ' team towards the end of his quest.

Conjure One is a Canadian electronic music project, headed by Rhys Fulber, better known as a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, as well as other musical groups alongside Bill Leeb.

Former Factol Rhys is now a member of Sigil's city council.

Through the Tudors inter-marrying with the House of Stuart Rhys is an ancestor to the current ruling house of the United Kingdom and also an ancestor of several ruling houses in Europe.

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These were the paternal arms of Gwenllian, the daughter and heiress of Rhys Mechyll ( d. 1244 ) Prince of the Welsh House of Dinefwr, grandson of Rhys ap Gruffydd, and wife of Gilbert Talbot ( d. 1274 ), grandfather of Baron Talbot | Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot ( d. 1345 / 6 ) assumed by Talbot as arms of alliance of a great heiress, superseding his own former paternal arms of Bendy of 10 pieces argent and gules

* Records of Caroline Rhys Davids at Senate House Library, University of London

Glynneath is home to the ruins of Aberpergwm House, once owned by Rhys ap Siancyn ; the site now houses St Cadoc's Church ( 1809 ).

The Prince of Gwynedd owed an honour debt to the House of Dinefŵr, as Gruffydd's father, Rhys ap Tewdwr, had aided Gruffydd ap Cynan in his own bid to reclaim Gwynedd from rivals in 1081.

In 2004 Castle Green House appeared on the BBC's second series of Restoration, presented by Griff Rhys Jones.

He won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his next book, An Introduction to the House of Commons.

The Ugliest House in the World won the John Llewellyn Rhys and PEN / Macmillan Prizes in the UK, as well as the 1998 H. L.

The first community at Dyvanner (, " Manor House ") failed because of the intervention of Hugh de Mortimer, Earl of Hereford but in 1176 the Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth re-established the Abbey on land given by Cadwallon ap Madog.

During his time at RADA, Rhys appeared in Back-Up, the BBC police series about the operational support units Hooli Vans, as well as in House of America.