Biography of Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth 1081-1137

Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth succeeded King Deheubarth.

Around 1081 Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth was born to Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth (age 16) and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth 1060-1137 (age 21) at Llandeilo.

Battle of Brecon

In Apr 1093 [his father] Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth (age 28) was killed by Bernard de NeufMaré at Brecon [Map] during the Battle of Brecon.

Around 1100 [his future brother-in-law] Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd Aberffraw and Gwerfel ferch Gwrgan Unknown were married. He the son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 45) and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd 1065-1162 (age 35).

Around 1113 Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 32) and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136 (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Deheubarth. She the daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 58) and Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd 1065-1162 (age 48). He the son of Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth 1060-1137 (age 53). They were half second cousin once removed.

In 1130 [his son] Maredudd King Deheubarth 1130-1155 was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 49) and [his wife] Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136 (age 30).

In 1132 [his son] Rhys ap Gruffydd "The Lord Rhys" Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 51) and [his wife] Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136 (age 32).

In 1136 [his wife] Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136 (age 36) died.

Florence of Worcester Continuation. 1137. Griffyth-ap-Rhys (age 56), king of Wales, perished through the artifices of his [his former wife] wife.1

Note 1. So far from this being the case, Gwenlian, the wife of Griffythap-Rhys, prince of South Wales, a woman of a gallant spirit, seconded her husband's efforts for independence, and, in his absence, took the field in person at the head of her forces. See Giraldus Cambreensis Itin. i., c. iv., and Dr. Powell's notes: see also Warrington's History of Wales, p. 293.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136.

[his daughter] Gwladus Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136.

[his son] Cadell Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth.

[his son] Maelgwn Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136.

[his son] Morgan Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136.

[his son] Anarawd Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth.

[his daughter] Nest Dinefwr was born to Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth and Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth 1100-1136.

Family Trees of Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth 1081-1137

Paternal Family Tree: Aberffraw

Royal Ancestors of Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth 1081-1137

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 2 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd -999

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 4 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 2 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd -999

Royal Descendants of Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth 1081-1137

Maredudd King Deheubarth 1130-1155 x 1

King Henry VII of England and Ireland x 1

Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland x 1

King Henry VIII of England and Ireland x 1

Mary Tudor Queen Consort France x 1

King James V of Scotland x 1

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 1

Queen Mary I of England and Ireland x 1

Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland x 1

Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 1

King Edward VI of England and Ireland x 1

Mary Queen of Scots x 1

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland x 2

Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia x 2

King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland x 2

King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland x 2

King James II of England Scotland and Ireland x 2

King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland x 2

Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine 1651-1685 x 2

King George I of Great Britain and Ireland x 2

Marie Louise Bourbon Queen Consort Spain 1662-1689 x 2

Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland x 2

Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland x 2

Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1668-1705 x 2

Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia 1669-1728 x 2

King George II of Great Britain and Ireland x 2

Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1687-1757 x 2

Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia 1688-1740 x 2

Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia x 2

Louis I King Spain 1707-1724 x 2

Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain 1709-1742 x 2

Louis XV King France x 2

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia 1711-1741 x 2

Frederick "The Great" I King Prussia 1712-1786 x 4

Ferdinand VI King Spain 1713-1759 x 2

Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1724-1751 x 2

Victor Amadeus III King Sardinia 1726-1796 x 2

President George Washington x 1

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 2

William Elector of Hesse x 2

Frederick William II King Prussia 1744-1797 x 4

Gustav III King Sweden x 4

Queen Sophia of Sweden 1746-1813 x 2

Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg x 2

Charles XIII King Sweden 1748-1818 x 4

Christian VII King Denmark and Norway 1749-1808 x 2

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1751-1775 x 2

Louis XVI King France x 4

Louis XVIII King France 1755-1824 x 4

King Charles X of France 1757-1836 x 4

King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland x 2

King William IV of the United Kingdom x 2

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1767-1852 x 4

Frederick VI King Denmark and Norway 1768-1839 x 4

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 2

Frederick William II King Prussia 1770-1840 x 4

Ernest Augustus King Hanover x 2

King Louis Philippe I of France x 2

Ferdinand VII King Spain x 2

Louis XVII King France 1785-1795 x 4

Frederick William IV King Prussia 1795-1861 x 4

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway 1796-1881 x 4

William I King Prussia 1797-1888 x 4

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain 1806-1878 x 4

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 1817-1898 x 2

King Christian IX of Denmark 1818-1906 x 4

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 2

George V King Hanover 1819-1878 x 2

Isabella II Queen Spain x 6

Frederick III King Prussia x 4

x 8

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 2

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 2

Frederick VIII King Denmark 1843-1912 x 6

Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England x 6

George I King Greece 1845-1913 x 6

Alfonso XII King Spain x 8

Gustav V King Sweden 1858-1950 x 8

Wilhelm Hohenzollern x 6

Maria de las Mercedes Unknown Queen Consort Spain 1860-1878 x 4

George V King United Kingdom x 8

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England x 6

Frederick Charles I King Finland 1868-1940 x 2

Constantine I King Greece x 14

Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway x 8

Christian X King Denmark 1870-1947 x 6

Haakon VII King Norway x 6

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1879-1952 x 8

Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden 1882-1973 x 8

Alfonso XIII King Spain 1886-1941 x 8

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain 1887-1969 x 2

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 2

George II King Hellenes x 20

Alexander I King Greece 1893-1920 x 20

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom x 14

King George VI of the United Kingdom x 14

Paul I King Greece 1901-1964 x 20

Olav Glücksburg V King Norway 1903-1991 x 14

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark 1910-2000 x 14

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 16

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 29

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain 1938- x 38

Juan Carlos I King Spain 1938- x 10

Constantine II King Hellenes 1940- x 38

Carl XVI King Sweden 1946- x 24

King Charles III x 45

Diana Spencer Princess Wales 1961-1997 x 61

William Windsor Prince of Wales 1982- x 106

Ancestors of Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth 1081-1137

Great x 2 Grandfather: Einion Dinefwr

Great x 1 Grandfather: Cadell Dinefwr

GrandFather: Tewdwr ap Cadell Dinefwr

Father: Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth

Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth 1081-1137

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed Mathrafal

Great x 1 Grandfather: Cynfyn ap Gwersytan Mathrafal

Great x 2 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys

GrandFather: Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn Mathrafal

Mother: Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth 1060-1137