Maelgwn Hên ab yr Arglwydd Rhys
Lord of Ceredigion
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: between 20 November 1230 and 14 February 1231.
The date range is given by Pryce (p. 179). The date 1231 is given by Smith (ODNB). The death is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1231.
Place of Death: Llanerch Aeron.
The place is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1231.
Place of Burial: Strata Florida
The place is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1231.
Relationships
Father: yr Arglwydd Rhys ap Gruffudd (died 1197).
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Rhys ap Tewdwr 4), and given by Pryce (Acts Table 3), and by Smith (ODNB). It is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1187 (and other years up to 1231) and in Annales Cambriæ s.a. 1189 (and later).
Mother: Gwerful ferch Llywelyn.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Rhys ap Tewdwr 4).
(supposed) Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Madog.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG Rhys ap Tewdwr 4). Gwenllian was Maelgwn’s step-mother.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Rhys (about 1206 - 1212).
Maelgwn Fychan (died 1257) married Angharad ferch Llywelyn.
References
Bartrum, Peter C. (ed.), “Plant yr Arglwydd Rhys” in National Library of Wales journal XIV. pp. 97-104.
Bartrum, Peter C., “Rhys ap Tewdwr 4” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources Bartrum cites for Maelgwn are Brut y Tywysogion; “Plant yr Arglwydd Rhys” (3a); and Peniarth 131 (82, 121) -- a MS written about 1480 by Gutun Owain.]
Pryce, Huw. The Acts of the Welsh Rulers 1120 - 1283 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2005).
Smith, J.B. “Gruffudd ap Rhys” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press: 2004).
Williams ab Ithel, John (ed.). Annales Cambriæ (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).
Williams ab Ithel, John. Brut y Tywysogion; or, The Chronicle of the Princes (London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1860).