Editing Rhys ap Tewdwr (section)

==Family==
Rhys ap Tewdwr was born in the area which is now [[Carmarthenshire]]. As a member of the [[House of Dinefwr]], he claimed the throne of [[Deheubarth]] following the death of his second cousin [[Rhys ab Owain]], who was beheaded after the battle of Gwdig (modern day [[Goodwick]]) against [[Caradog ap Gruffydd]] in 1078.

He was a grandson of [[Cadell ab Einion ab Owain]] ab [[Hywel Dda]] and a great-grandson of [[Einion ab Owain]], thus a descendant of [[Hywel Dda]], [[king of the Britons]].<ref>A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, Volume 2</ref>

He married more than once. His first wife was Catrin (or Gwladus) verch Iestyn (b. 1041 in Powys). The name of his last wife was Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon, daughter of [[Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn]] of the [[House of Mathrafal|Mathrafal Dynasty]] of [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania|last=Glenn|first=Thomas Allen|year=1913|isbn=0806304308|location=Oxford, England}}</ref>

Issue by early alliances:<ref name=":0" />
* Goronwy (died 1103)
* Hywel
* Owain

Issue by Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon:<ref name=":0" />

* [[Gruffydd ap Rhys|Gruffydd]]
* Gwellian
* [[Nest ferch Rhys|Nest]] who married [[Gerald de Windsor]], [[Constable of Pembroke]], [[progenitor]]s of the [[FitzGerald]] and [[de Barry]] dynasties of [[Ireland]]. These [[Hiberno-Norman]], or [[Cambro-Norman]], families have been [[Peerage of Ireland|Peers of Ireland]] since at least the 14th century.
* Efa
* Ardden.