At this council the king gave Meirionnydd, part of the kingdom of Gwynedd, to Rhys.

Some Welsh clerics were not happy about this visit, but Rhys was enthusiastic and gave the Archbishop a great deal of assistance.

Langham was upset at the inclusion of the sketch, which gave the team and producer John Lloyd the excuse for his replacement by support player Griff Rhys Jones.

It has included guest-stars such as Bob Monkhouse, Griff Rhys Jones, Rik Mayall, Jack Dee, Bill Bailey and John Bird, who are mainly associated with comedy, but who gave straight performances.

He gave the John Rhys Lecture at the British Academy in 1953 on " Common Gaelic ", and the 1964 Rede Lecture on " The Oldest Irish Tradition ".

Gerald tells the story of a banquet at Hereford in 1186 where Rhys sat between two members of the Clare family.

What could have been a tense affair, since Rhys had seized lands in Ceredigion previously held by the Clare family, passed off with an exchange of courteous compliments, followed by some good-natured banter between Rhys and Gerald about their family connections.

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.

Through their mother, Angharad, Gerald and his siblings were closely related to Angharad's first cousin, Rhys ap Gruffydd, the Lord Rhys ( Yr Arglwydd Rhys ), and his family.

Gerald became a royal clerk and chaplain to King Henry II of England in 1184, first acting mediator between the crown and Prince Rhys ap Gruffydd.

Gerald returned, and his cause was now supported by the Princes of Wales, most notably Llywelyn the Great, and Gruffydd ap Rhys II, while King John, frequently in conflict with the Welsh, warmly espoused the cause of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Maurice was the second son of Gerald de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke, Wales and his wife given to him by Plantagenet Norman English King Henry II, the South Welsh Princess Nesta or Nest ferch Rhys thus descended from Howell the Good, king of the Britons who codified Welsh Law.

Much of the information on his career comes from people hostile to him, for example, Gerald of Wales, who wrote favorably of the Welsh prince Rhys ap Gruffydd, called Longchamp that " monster with many heads ".

Due to this difference, the titles have separated on one occasion: the Dukedom of Ciudad Rodrigo passed to the 7th Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo ( Anne Maud Rhys ) and the Dukedom of Wellington passed to her uncle ( Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington ).

He married Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of the Mathrafal dynasty of Powys, by whom he had four sons, Gruffudd, Hywel ap Rhys, Goronwy and Cadwgan, and a daughter Nest ( who married Gerald de Windsor Constable of Pembroke, progenitors of the FitzGerald and de Barry dynasties of Ireland.

Giraldus Cambrensis, who was related to Rhys, gives an account of his meetings with Rhys in 1188 when Giraldus accompanied Archbishop Baldwin around Wales to raise men for the Third Crusade.

Rhys had nominated his eldest legitimate son, Gruffydd ap Rhys, as his successor, and soon after his father's death Gruffydd met the Justiciar, Archbishop Hubert Walter, on the border and was confirmed as heir.

Einion o ' r Porth and Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth entertained Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Giraldus Cambrensis here in 1188 during their famous tour of Wales recruiting for The Crusades.

Baldwin is now a working Producer in Hollywood, producing movies such as Danny Deckchair, starring Rhys Ifan, Ray starring Jamie Foxx, and Sahara starring Matthew McConaughey.

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

He also is often mistaken for fellow actor Rhys Ifans: " Twice a week, people come up to me and say, ' You were great in Notting Hill.

Just outside Pennal is the farmstead of ' Esgair Weddan ' which from the 14th century until the mid 18th was the home of the Price ( ap Rhys ) family of Esgair Weddan, patrilineal descendants of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, son of Llywelyn fawr ( the great ) Prince of Wales ( 1240-1246 ).

( Zonal Organization for World Intelligence and Espionage ), is brought out of retirement to deal with the threat of Galaxy, a world-wide organization led by a trio of mad scientists: Doctor Krupov ( Rhys Williams ), Doctor Wu ( Peter Brocco ), and Doctor Schneider ( Benson Fong ).

Rhys was content with the arrangement as it meant that he only had to deal with the jealousy of his fellow Welsh princes.

The following night, Cinhil performs the ritual with the assistance of Camber, Joram, Evaine, and Rhys, but the strain of the working is too much for the king.

* Woman Recumbent: Ghosts of the Old Year: New Welsh Short Fiction ( an anthology representing the winners of the 2001 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition ); Parthian ( with the assistance of the Rhys Davies Trust ), Cardigan 2003

* Pod: Ghosts of the Old Year: New Welsh Short Fiction ( an anthology representing the winners of the 2001 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition ); Parthian ( with the assistance of the Rhys Davies Trust ), Cardigan 2003

Roderic, also, who a short time before had incestuously married the daughter of Rhys, related to him by blood in the third degree, in order, by the assistance of that prince, to be better able to defend himself against the sons of his brothers, whom he had disinherited, not paying attention to the wholesome admonitions of the archbishop on this subject, was a little while afterwards dispossessed of all his lands by their means ; thus deservedly meeting with disappointment from the very source from which he expected support.

Deheubarth was one of the traditional kingdoms of Wales, shown here as they were in 1093 when Rhys ap Tewdwr died.

In 1143, when Rhys was eleven, Anarawd was murdered by the bodyguard of Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, brother of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd.

Rhys gained his first recorded military experience at the age of fourteen when he participated in the storming of Llansteffan Castle in 1146.

Warren suggests that when Rhys and Owain were obliged to do homage to Henry in 1163 they were forced to accept a status of dependent vassalage instead of their previous client status, and that this led to the revolt.

Rhys first appealed to the king to intercede, then when this failed invaded Ceredigion and recaptured all of it apart from the town and castle of Cardigan.

* Comedian and presenter Griff Rhys Jones appeared as himself in July 2004, when he was drafted into Lynda's campaign to restore the Cat and Fiddle pub.

Rosamund probably first met the King when he passed by Clifford Castle in 1163 during one of his campaigns in Wales against Rhys ap Gruffydd.

Around this time, Leeb and Rhys Fulber became friends when they discovered they both had a similar interest in underground music.

The coming Aurora, an annual event when the plane darkens and lights appear in the sky, is the key to whatever it is that Rhys needs to do.

By 1922, when T. W. Rhys Davids died, the Pāli Text Society had issued 64 separate texts in 94 volumes exceeding 26, 000 pages, as well a range of articles by English and European scholars.

The tradition of such a meeting of Welsh artists dates back to at least the 12th century, when a festival of poetry and music was held by Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth at his court in Cardigan in 1176 but, with the decline of the bardic tradition, it fell into abeyance.

The manuscript appears to have been retained by Hopcyn's family until the end of the 15th century, when Hopcyn's grandson Hopcyn ap Rhys was held complicit in the rebellion against King Edward IV and consequently saw much of his property forfeited.

In addition, Rhys makes a postcolonial argument when she ties Antoinette's husband's eventual rejection of Antoinette to her Creole heritage ( a large factor in Antoinette's descent into madness ).

He played for Wales Under 19's, Under 21's, Wales A and played in the Youth World Cup in 1999 when Wales reached the final, losing to New Zealand along with fellow Cardiff Blues player Rhys Williams.

Maelgwn was in exile when Rhys died in 1197.

However when Llywelyn redistributed the lands formerly under the rule of the Lord Rhys in 1216, Maelgwn was still only allowed the southern part of Ceredigion.

It is thought to have been compiled in the late 12th century when this area came under the rule of Rhys ap Gruffydd ( The Lord Rhys ) of Deheubarth.

The style acquired a name around 1990, when it became evident to composers working in New York City that a number of them — John Luther Adams, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Kyle Gann, Michael Gordon, Arthur Jarvinen, Diana Meckley, Ben Neill, Larry Polansky, Mikel Rouse, Evan Ziporyn, among others — were employing similar types of global tempo structures in their music.

Beth arrives in Summer Bay and meets Rhys Sutherland ( Michael Beckley ) when their respective eldest children, Scott and Dani ( Tammin Sursok ) become a couple.

Trahaearn ruled Gwynedd until 1081, when Gruffydd ap Cynan returned from Ireland with an army of Danes and Irish and made an alliance with Rhys ap Tewdwr who had recently been ousted as prince of Deheubarth by Caradog ap Gruffydd of Morgannwg.