Gruffydd ap Rhys († after 1267)

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Gruffydd ap Rhys (also Gruffudd ap Rhys ) († after 1267 in Kilkenny ) was the last Welsh lord of Senghenydd .

Life

Gruffydd ap Rhys succeeded his father Rhys ap Gruffydd as Lord of Senghenydd in 1256 . In contrast to his father, who had mostly been loyal to his English overlord, the Lord of Glamorgan , Gruffydd ap Rhys allied himself in 1258 with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , the Welsh prince of Gwynedd . Through this alliance, the influence of Llywelyn, who in 1262 also conquered Brecknockshire , which is adjacent to Senghenydd to the north , extended far into southeast Wales. As an ally of Lord Llywelyn, Gruffudd came into conflict with the young Earl Gilbert de Clare , who had taken over the rule of Glamorgan in November 1266 after the turmoil of the Second War of the Barons . Thereupon Clare attacked Senghenydd surprisingly in January 1267. and captured Gruffydd ap Rhys on January 9th. Gruffydd was initially imprisoned in Cardiff Castle before Clare had him taken to his Irish castle, Kilkenny , where he was believed to have died in dungeon.

Aftermath

Senghenydd remained controversial between Earl Gilbert and Lord Llywelyn, who saw himself as the patron of all Welsh princes and lords. Llywelyn complained to the English King Henry III. about the attack on his vassal and supported the claims of Maredudd ap Rhys , who was believed to be a brother of Gruffydd , until 1272 . Nevertheless, Senghenydd remained occupied by Gilbert de Clare and was incorporated into Glamorgan until 1272. Gruffydd's sons kept a scattered estate. One of his sons was Llywelyn Bren , who led an unsuccessful Welsh revolt against English rule in 1316.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 79
  2. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 123
  3. ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3 , p. 122
  4. ^ David Crouch: Ifor ap Meurig [called Ifor Bach] (fl. 1158). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  5. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 134
personal data
SURNAME Gruffydd ap Rhys
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruffudd ap Rhys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Senghenydd (South Wales)
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1267
Place of death Kilkenny