Prince Cynwrig ap Rhys

- 1237

• Name	Cynwrig ap Rhys
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  General Information	According to the Dictionary of Welsh Biography "Nothing is known of him other than the impression he made on Gerald the Welshman when he was travelling through Ceredigion with Archbishop Baldwin preaching the crusade. Gerald says that he was a tall, handsome young man with fair curly hair, dressed in the style of Welshmen of the period — a shirt and a thin clock and barefooted — but lithe and dignified in appearance. He survived to old age but left no mark on the history of the period."  [1]
  Death	1237	Wales   [1, 2]
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Gruffudd ap Rhys   d. 1201, Wales   2. Maredudd I ap Rhys   d. 1201, Wales   3. Prince Cynwrig ap Rhys   d. 1237, Wales   4. Rhys Gryg ap Rhys   d. 1233, Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales ▻ Ellyw verch Thomas   5. Maredudd II ap Rhys   d. 1239, Wales   6. Hywel Sais ap Rhys   d. 1204, Wales   7. Maelgywm ap Rhys   d. 1231, Wales   8. Maredudd III ap Rhys   d. 1227, Wales
  Person ID	I22376
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Rhys ap Gruffydd, "The Lord of Rhys"   d. 1197, Wales
  Mother	Gwenllian verch Madog
  Family ID	F5928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 1237 - Wales  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1766] Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig - Dictionary of Welsh Biography, (https://biography.wales/), CYNWRIG ap RHYS (died 1237), prince. [S1467] Maund, Kari. The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes, (Straud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Tempus Publishing Limited, 2006).