Rhys "Mechyll" ap Rhys Lord of Dynevor

Rhys "Fychan" ap Gruffydd Prince of Wales
(Abt 1127-1197)

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(Abt 1135-)

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(Abt 1153-1217)

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(1160-1224/5)

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(Abt 1150-1234)

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(Abt 1175-1213)

Rhys "Mechyll" ap Rhys Lord of Dynevor
(Abt 1150-1244)

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Spouses/Children:
Matilda

Gwenthlian verch Rhys+

Rhys "Mechyll" ap Rhys Lord of Dynevor

Born: Abt 1150, Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Marriage: Matilda about 1200 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
Died: 1244, Wales about age 94

Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Rhys Mechyll.
The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Rhys Mechyll son of Rhys the Hoarse, son of the lord Rhys" died in 1244 [Brut y Tywysogion (Williams), p. 331]. Rhys Mechyll married Matilda de Braouse, whose parentage is not known.

• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
Gilbert Talbot married Gwenthlian, daughter and eventual heir (in her issue) of Rhys Mechyll*, Lord of Dynevor.

*Rhys Mechyll was son and heir of Rhys Grig, younger son of Rhys ap Griffith, Prince of South Wales.

~Cokayne's The Complete Peerage, XII 608-609

Rhys married Matilda about 1200 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales.