Rhys ap Tewdwr

Rhys ap Tewdwr Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr or ( engl. Rhys of Tudor the Great, German Rhys Tudor, called the Great, † 1093 in Brecon ) was a Prince of Deheubarth in south Wales.

Life

Rhys was the son of Tewdwr ap Cadell and thus a grandson of Cadell from Einion, who had been to 1018 King of Deheubarth. After King Rhys from Owain, a distant cousin of him, had fallen in 1078 in the fight against Trahern ap Caradog, Rhys fought against Caradog ap Gruffydd of Gwent control of Deheubarth and became king in 1079. In 1081 he was briefly marketed by Caradog and had to seek shelter allegedly at the Cathedral of St Davids. Gruffydd ap Cynan With the help of which had landed from Ireland coming in Porthclais and wanted to reclaim the throne of Gwynedd, Rhys Caradog was able to defeat and its allies Trahern ap Caradog and Meilyr ap Rhiwallon at the Battle of Mynydd Carn in southern Ceredigion. Both Caradog and Trahern fell in battle. However, the two winners could not agree on the division of the conquered country, and Gruffydd ap Cynan plundered parts of Rhys Empire. In the same year William the Conqueror came after Deheubarth, ostensibly on a pilgrimage to St Davids. Rhys paid him homage and paid tribute to him from now on. In return he was for it confirmed in the possession of Deheubarth and was able to consolidate his position.

Family and descendants

Rhys was married to Gwladus, a subsidiary Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, with whom he had two sons, Gruffydd and Hywel and a daughter, Nest. Was brought to safety while the young Gruffydd 1093 by relatives in Ireland, and in 1116 was able to win a share of his father's kingdom back, Hywel and nest were taken prisoner. Hywel was for several years a prisoner of Arnulf de Montgomery. Nest was a mistress of the future King Henry I and later married with a Anglo-Norman nobles.