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.

Griffith Rhys Jones-or Caradog as he was commonly known-was the Conductor of the famous ' Côr Mawr ' of some 460 voices ( the South Wales Choral Union ), which twice won first prize at Crystal Palace choral competitions in London in the 1870s.

Flockhart's last appearance on television was as Kitty Walker, opposite Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths and Matthew Rhys, in the ABC prime time series Brothers & Sisters, which premiered in September 2006 in the time slot after Desperate Housewives.

John Rhys later theorized that the tribal name was derived from the name of a Celtic goddess Domnu, probably meaning " the goddess of the deep ".

Apologetically, in a letter to Keidrych Rhys, editor of literary magazine Wales, Thomas ' father wrote that he was " afraid Dylan isn't much of a Welshman ".

This was followed briefly by Smith and Goody ( with Bob Goody ) and then the comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones, co-starring Griff Rhys Jones, its title being a pun on the name of the American TV series Alias Smith and Jones.

The account reads, " Richard ’ s horse was trapped in the marsh where he was slain by one of Rhys Thomas ’ men, a commoner named Wyllyam Gardynyr.

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 was one of the most successful and powerful Welsh princes, and after the death of Owain Gwynedd of Gwynedd in 1170 was the dominant power in 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 made an alliance with Owain Gwynedd and after the failure of another invasion of Wales by Henry in 1165 was able to win back most of his lands.

In 1171 Rhys made peace with King Henry and was confirmed in possession of his recent conquests as well as being named Justiciar of South Wales.

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 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.

In April 1197 Rhys died unexpectedly and was buried in St David's Cathedral.

Overall, it is considered that the Abbey was founded around 1164 A. D. thanks to the patronage of the Lord Rhys, which is why many of his descendants were buried there.

King Hywel ap Rhys ( d. 886 ) was buried at the monastery.

Rhys Davies died in Richmond in September 1838 as a result of stab wounds received in a fight with a workman and was buried on Belle Isle in the James River.

The same year Rhys is recorded as an independent commander for the first time, leading an army to capture the Norman castle of St Clears.

Rhys died excommunicate, having quarreled with the Bishop of St. David's, Peter de Leia, over the theft of some of the bishop's horses some years previously.

Effigy wrongly alleged to be of Rhys ap Gruffydd in St David's Cathedral

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.

The Fitzgeralds of Kildare at this time more or less ruled Ireland, Anthony Willoughby a son of Robert Willoughby, Baron Willoughby of Broke, Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, the heir of Lord Fitzwalter, Maurice St John ( a favourite nephew of Arthur's grandmother Lady Margaret Beaufort ), and Gruffydd ap Rhys the son of Thomas ap Rhys ( a powerful Welsh nobleman ).

Rhys had been attacked by Caradog ap Gruffudd of Gwent and Morgannwg, and had been forced to flee to the St David's Cathedral.

Gruffudd this time embarked from Waterford with a force composed of Danes and Irish and landed near St David's, presumably by prior arrangement with Rhys.

After Henry ’ s death, Rhys seized St. Clears, Llanstephan and Laugharne, and then lost them again to the crown.

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

In 1081 Caradog ap Gruffydd invaded Deheubarth and drove Rhys to seek sanctuary in the St David's Cathedral.

The same year William the Conqueror visited Deheubarth, ostensibly on a pilgrimage to St David's, but with a major show of power as well, traversing the width of southern Wales, and it seems likely he came to an arrangement with Rhys, whereby Rhys paid him homage and was confirmed in possession of Deheubarth.

Rhys was able to defeat the rebels in a battle at St. Dogmaels, killing Gruffydd.

: In that year, about the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen, Maelgwn ap Rhys, for fear and hatred of his brother Gruffydd, sold to the English for little profit the key and keeping of all Wales, the castle of Aber Teifi

* Rhys Stanley, AFL player with St. Kilda Football Club

He is also said to have had Norman arbalisters in his army, but at the Battle of Mynydd Carn, north of St David's, that year both Trahaearn and Caradog were killed, and Gruffydd ap Cynan took over the rule of Gwynedd while Rhys ap Tewdwr was restored as prince of Deheubarth.

At the church of St David's he met with Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth who had shortly before been driven from power by Caradog ap Gruffydd of Glamorgan and Gwent helped by Meilir ap Rhiwallon of Powys and Gruffydd's old nemesis Trahaearn ap Caradog of Gwynedd.

In September 2007 after the murder of Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old Everton fan shot dead in Croxteth, Stubbs delivered a reading at his funeral to a packed Liverpool Cathedral including members of Everton and Liverpool.

Rhys retreated to Cantref Mawr, where an army led by five earls, the Earls of Cornwall, Gloucester, Hertford, Pembroke and Salisbury, marched against him.

Rhys returned to Deheubarth where he captured and burned Cardigan Castle.

In 1216 Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd held a council at Aberdyfi where he allocated parts of Deheubarth to several sons and grandsons of Rhys.

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

Several kings, including Hywel ap Rhys of Glywysing and Hyfaidd of Dyfed ( where Asser's monastery was ), had submitted to Alfred's overlordship in 885.

In Welsh ( Cymraeg ), a late-riser may be referred to as a saith cysgadur — seven sleeper — as in the 1885 novel Rhys Lewis by Daniel Owen, where the protagonist is referred to as such in chapter 37, p. 294 ( Hughes a ' i Fab, Caerdydd, 1948 ).

Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones were greeted by a large crowd on the Market Square and enjoyed a night at the Mullingar Greyhound Stadium during this episode where Dara O ' Briain's dog Snip Nua raced.

In 2010, they appeared on BBC Three's Snog, Marry, Avoid where three members of Goldie Lookin Chain, Rhys, Eggsy and Adam had a make under.

In 1939 she married the poet and literary editor Keidrych Rhys at Llansteffan in Carmarthenshire, and they settled in the neighbouring LLanybri, where they lived during World War II in relative poverty, compared with what she was used to.

On November 14, 903, a disguised Camber accompanies Rhys to Saint Foillan's Abbey, where they confirm the existence of Prince Cinhil, who is living as a simple priest named Brother Benedict.

Although intrigued by Rhys ' discovery, Camber quickly returns to Valoret, where the aging King Cinhil's health is steadily declining.

She first appears to help Rhys escape from the dungeon, where he was thrown by his father to prevent him from starting a war with the Layans.

Maia ( Marlena in the Japanese version ) is the mysterious woman who washes up on the shores of Landen without her memory and gets taken in by the royal family, where she falls in love with Rhys and eventually becomes engaged to him.

He and 2 new recruits: Sergeant Rhys and Private Emmamo get in the Warthog to search for Jon, but it crashes, killing the recruits, and getting Kelly stuck in a bumbleberry tree outside Green Base, where he is hit by a rock knocking him unconscious.

# Kutadanta Sutta (): Kutadanta the Brahmin asks the Buddha how to perform a sacrifice ( Rhys Davids considers this an example of a peculiar straight-faced sort of humour to be found in texts such as this ); the Buddha replies by telling of one of his past lives, as chaplain to a king, where they performed a sacrifice which consisted of making offerings, with no animals killed ; Kutadanta asks whether there are any better sacrifices, and the Buddha recommends in succession going to the Three Refuges, taking the Five Precepts and the path as above

Fire-stick farming is a term coined by Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in 1969 to describe the practice of Indigenous Australians where fire was used regularly to burn vegetation to facilitate hunting and to change the composition of plant and animal species in an area.

Chemda worked with Rhys Fulber ( formerly of Front Line Assembly ), where she worked on the 2002 self titled album Conjure One.