Gruffydd
"Prince of Deheubarth"
ap Rhys
Born about in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Son of Rhys ap Tewdwr
and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon
Husband of
Unknown Madog
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd
— married
1116 in Caerlleon, Monmouth, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Descendants 
Father of
Cadell ap Gruffydd, Anarawd (Deheubarth) ap Gruffydd, Gwladys ferch Gruffydd, Gruffudd Hir (Gruffudd) ap Gruffudd, Morgan ap Gruffydd, Maredudd (Gruffydd) ap Gruffydd, Nest ferch Gruffudd, Rhys ap Gruffydd and Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd
Died
at about age 56
in Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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Biography
Gruffudd was born in 1081. Gruffudd Rhys .
In this district, after the death of king Henry, whilst Gruffydh son of Rhys, then prince of South Wales, was engaged in soliciting assistance from North Wales, his wife Gwenliana (like the queen of the Amazons, and a second Penthesilea) led an army into these parts; but she was defeated by Maurice de Londres, lord of that country, and Geoffrey, the bishop's constable. [1]
Name
- Name: Gruffydd /Ap Rhys/
Parents and Siblings
- Gruffudd m. Gwenllian vh Gruffudd ap Cynan
- Hywel
- Eva
- Arddyu
- Nest (Gwenllian Nést)[3] m. Gerald of Windsor[4]
Birth
- Date: 1081
- Place: Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death
- Date: 1136
- Place: Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Sources
- ↑ p. 393 The Itinerary through Wales, and the Description of Wales, transcribed by sir R.C. Hoare - author: Giraldus (Cambrensis)
- ↑ Dwnn, Meyrick, Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, between the years 1586 and 1613; ed. with notes by Samuel Rush Meyrick. p. 99, retrieved 2014-06-16, amb
- ↑ Dwnn, Meyrick, Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, between the years 1586 and 1613; ed. with notes by Samuel Rush Meyrick. p. 99
- ↑ Lloyd, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, p. 767, Edition 2.
- Giraldus (Cambrensis) The Itinerary through Wales, and the Description of Wales, transcribed by sir R.C. Hoare.
- FMG: GRUFFYDD ap Rhys, son of RHYS ap Tewdr King of Deheubarth & his wife Gwladus --- ([1090]-murdered 1137). [1]
- Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
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is a good link for photos and data about his castle. It's a remarkable structure.