Rhys Mechyll
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Rhys Mechyll (died 1244) was a Welsh prince, Lord of Dinefwr, of the House of Dinefwr and Kingdom of Deheubarth in southern Wales from 1234 to 1244. He was a son of prince Rhys Gryg (died 1234) ("Rhys the Hoarse"), son of prince Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197),Walker, 1990, p. 98 "The Lord Rhys", ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth.
Marriage
He married Matilda de Braose (died 1248) who betrayed the dynasty's chief castle of Carreg Cennen to the Anglo-Normans in 1248, against the interests of her son Rhys. A Welsh chronicle, the Brut y Tywysogyon, records under the year 1248: "Rhys Fychan ap Rhys Mechyll regained the castle of Carreg Cennen, which his mother had treacherously placed in the power of the French, out of enmity for her son."[https://books.google.com/books?id=CfRAAAAAYAAJ&q=intitle:%22Brut+y+Tywysogyon%22+%22Carreg+Cennen%22 Jones, Thomas (translated by). Brut y Tywysogyon, Cardiff, 1973], p. 243
Progeny
He had four sonsJohn Edward Lloyd: A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest . Vol. II. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1912, p. 750Bartrum, P.C. Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400, Vol. 10, pp. 783, 785, Vol. 12 p. 921, Aberystwyth University. and a daughter, Gwenllian, who married Gilbert Talbot (died 1274), the grandfather of Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (died 1345/46),{{cite book|last=Cokayne |first=G.E., rev. & ed. Geoffrey H. White |title =The Complete Peerage, Vol. 12 pt 1|publisher=The St. Catherine Press Ltd. |year=1953 |location = London |pages=609–610 }} who claimed the ancient armorials of the House of Deheubarth, assumed as arms of alliance to a great princess in place of his own paternal arms.Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th. ed., vol. 11, p. 691, Talbot arms of alliance The assumption about Gwenllian, however, was unfounded {{clarify|date=July 2023}} as Rhys Mechyll, Lord of Dinefwr, also had male heirsSiddons M P: 'The Development of Welsh Heraldry', Vol. 1, p. 289, NLW 1991. who acceded to the arms of the House of Deheubarth.
Notes
- Walker, David. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lrKKiREQ_kYC&q=intitle:%22Medieval+Wales%22+inauthor:%22David+Walker%22 Medieval Wales], Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. 98. {{ISBN|978-0-521-31153-3}}
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