Maelgwyn Fawr ap Rhys

Maelgwyn Fawr ap Rhys
Birthdate:	circa 1150
Birthplace:	Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death:	Deheubarth, Wales
Immediate Family:	Son of Rhys ap Gruffudd, Prince of South Wales and Gwerfyl verch Llewelyn Husband of Unknown Wife Father of Llewelyn ap Maelgwyn Half brother of Maelgwn Hen ap Rhys; Gruffydd ap Rhys; Rhys Gryg ap Rhys; Margred 1 ferch Rhys; Maredudd Gethin ap Rhys and 21 others

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See Darrell Wolcott, http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id187.html, "The Children of Lord Rhys," for untangling of these lines. (April 21, 2016, Anne Brannen, curator)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Children of Lord Rhys; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id187.html. (Steven Ferry, September 15, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Maredudd Gethin ap Lord Rhys; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id213.html. (Steven Ferry, September 17, 2020.)

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Maelgwyn was technically ineligible as his father's successor, because he was illegitimate. He didn't let that stop him from trying.

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1150	1150	Birth of Maelgwyn Fawr ap Rhys Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
????		Birth of Llewelyn ap Maelgwyn
????		Death of Maelgwyn Fawr ap Rhys at Deheubarth, Wales Deheubarth, Wales

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