Editing Rhys ap Tewdwr (section)

==Death and succession==
[[File:Llyfr Coch Hergest 240-241.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Part of the Welsh version of ''[[Brut y Tywysogion]]'' found in the [[Red Book of Hergest]]]]
Rhys was unable to withstand the increasing Norman pressure. The Welsh ''Bruts'' (chronicles) state that "Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, was slain by the Frenchmen who were inhabiting Brycheiniog." The ''[[Brut y Tywysogion]]'' adds "and with him fell the [[King of the Britons|kingdom of the Britons]]." This passage lends evidence to the belief that the conquest of Brycheiniog ([[Brecon]]), led by [[Bernard de Neufmarche]], was mostly finished by Eastertide 1093. The battle of Brecon opened the way to the conquest of Deheubarth.

The monastery and village of [[Penrhys]] in [[Rhondda Cynon Taff]] is said to be named for Rhys, as he was beheaded at the site by Norman forces. The village was originally named, ''Pen-Rhys ap Tewdwr'' (English: Rhys ap Tewdwr's Head). Upon Rhys's death, the Normans seized much of south Wales, and there was fighting over the spoils with the chieftains of Powys and Gwynedd. Eventually, Rhys's eldest son, Gruffydd, was allowed to inherit a small portion of his father's kingdom. Rhys's daughter [[Nest ferch Rhys|Nest]] was briefly one of the numerous concubines of Henry I, to whom she bore a son, and thereafter the wife of [[Gerald of Windsor|Gerald FitzWalter]] of Pembroke; their sons and grandsons, the FitzGerald conquerors of Ireland, were known collectively as the "sons of Nest". Through his son Gruffydd, Rhys was an ancestor of the [[Tudor dynasty]].