Knowledge

Portal:Middle Ages/Selected biography/7

Source 📝

114:
in 1158. Henry invaded Deheubarth in 1163, stripped Rhys of all his lands and took him prisoner. A few weeks later he was released and given back a small part of his holdings. Rhys made an alliance with Owain Gwynedd and after the failure of another invasion of Wales by Henry in 1165 was able to win
31: 110:, 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 became ruler of Deheubarth in 1155. He was forced to submit to King 134:, who maintained a feud with each other. Rhys launched his last campaign against the Normans in 1196 and captured a number of castles. The following year he died unexpectedly and was buried in 126:
and attacked the Norman lordships surrounding his territory, capturing a number of castles. In his later years Rhys had trouble keeping control of his sons, particularly
122:. He maintained good relations with King Henry until the latter's death in 1189. Following Henry's death Rhys revolted against 21: 118:
In 1171 Rhys made peace with King Henry and was confirmed in possession of his recent conquests as well as being named
63:, but this title may not have been used in his lifetime. He usually used the title "Proprietary Prince of 119: 135: 67:" or "Prince of South Wales", but two documents have been preserved in which he uses the title " 99: 123: 8: 131: 111: 72: 84: 17: 107: 44:(Anglicised to "Griffith") (1132 – 28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of 140: 127: 68: 91: 57: 80: 64: 45: 103: 166:
while a charter dated 1184 concerning Strata Florida Abbey uses
102:. Following his death, most of Deheubarth was taken over by the 95: 76: 49: 162:
In a charter concerning a grant to Chertsey Abbey he uses
30: 75:". Rhys was one of the most successful and powerful 94:, was king of Deheubarth, and was killed at 170:. See Pryce (2005) pp. 96–7, 168–9, 171–4 87:in 1170 was the dominant power in Wales. 14: 27: 29: 28: 182: 79:princes, and after the death of 156: 147: 13: 1: 7: 52:. He is commonly known as 10: 187: 120:Justiciar of South Wales 115:back most of his lands. 34: 100:Bernard de Neufmarche 33: 136:St David's Cathedral 90:Rhys's grandfather, 112:Henry II of England 73:Prince of the Welsh 141:(read more . . . ) 35: 22:Selected biography 18:Portal:Middle Ages 106:. Rhys's father, 178: 171: 168:Walliar princeps 160: 154: 151: 108:Gruffydd ap Rhys 61:Yr Arglwydd Rhys 38:Rhys ap Gruffydd 186: 185: 181: 180: 179: 177: 176: 175: 174: 161: 157: 153:Turvey pp. 91–2 152: 148: 69:Prince of Wales 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 184: 173: 172: 155: 145: 92:Rhys ap Tewdwr 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 183: 169: 165: 164:princeps Wall 159: 150: 146: 144: 143: 142: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 116: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 88: 86: 82: 81:Owain Gwynedd 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 59: 55: 54:The Lord Rhys 51: 47: 43: 39: 32: 23: 19: 167: 163: 158: 149: 139: 117: 89: 60: 53: 41: 37: 36: 98:in 1093 by 42:ap Gruffudd 65:Deheubarth 46:Deheubarth 124:Richard I 48:in south 132:Gruffydd 20:‎ | 128:Maelgwn 104:Normans 85:Gwynedd 96:Brecon 71:" or " 77:Welsh 58:Welsh 56:, in 50:Wales 16:< 130:and 83:of 40:or 138:.

Index

Portal:Middle Ages
Selected biography

Deheubarth
Wales
Welsh
Deheubarth
Prince of Wales
Prince of the Welsh
Welsh
Owain Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Rhys ap Tewdwr
Brecon
Bernard de Neufmarche
Normans
Gruffydd ap Rhys
Henry II of England
Justiciar of South Wales
Richard I
Maelgwn
Gruffydd
St David's Cathedral
(read more . . . )

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.