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Birth:          ABT 1195 of Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death:          1244 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Mechyll
Rhys Mechyll (died 1244) was a Welsh prince of the House of Dinefwr, ruler of part of 
the kingdom of Deheubarth in southern Wales from 1234 to 1244. He was a son of 
Rhys Gryg (died 1234) ("Rhys the Hoarse"), son of Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197),[1] 
"The Lord Rhys", ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth.
Marriage[edit]

He married Matilda de Braose (died 1248) who betrayed the dynasty's chief castle of 
Carreg Cennen to the Anglo-Normans in 1248, against the interests of her son Rhys. A 
Welsh chronicle, the Brut y Tywysogyon, records under the year 1248: "Rhys Fychan 
ap Rhys Mechyll regained the castle of Carreg Cennen, which his mother had 
treacherously placed in the power of the French, out of enmity for her son."[2]

Progeny[edit]

He had a son Rhys Fychan (i.e. "The Younger") ap Rhys Mechyll,[1] and a daughter 
Gwenllian, his eventual heiress who married Gilbert Talbot (died 1274), grandfather of 
Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (died 1345/6),[3] to whom passed the ancient 
armorials of the House of Dinefwr, assumed as arms of alliance to a great princess in 
place of his own paternal arms.[4]

Parents
AP RHYS Rhys "Gryg" (ABT 1160 - 1234)
DE CLARE Mathilde (ABT 1175 - )

Siblings
AP RHYS Rhys "Mechyll" (ABT 1195 - 1244)

Marriage To DE BRAOSE Matilda (ABT 1195 - 1248)
    m.  

Notes


Children by DE BRAOSE Matilda ABT 1195 - 1248
VERCH RHYS Gwenllian (ABT 1219 - )

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