Painting of Dinefwr Castle, ancient seat of the Royal House of Dinefwr, in DeheubarthBattle of Bosworth, where Sir Rhys ap Thomas helped secure the victory of Henry Tudor as a CommanderThe ruins of Carreg Cennen Castle of Lord Rhys, it later belonged to the Crown under the Duchy of LancasterKing Hywel Dda proclaiming his laws
The Royal House of Dinefwr was a cadet branch of the Royal House of Gwynedd, founded by King Cadell ap Rhodri (reign 872–909), son of Rhodri the Great.[1][2] Their ancestor, Cunedda Wledig, born in late Roman Britain, was a Sub-Roman warlord who founded the Kingdom of Gwynedd during the 5th century, following the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. As Celtic Britons, the House of Dinefwr was ruling before the Norman conquest, having to fight with their neighbors such as the Celtics, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, before struggling with the Normans afterwards. Many members of this family were influential in Welsh history, such as Hywel Dda, who codified Welsh law under his rule, and achieved the important title of King of the Britons, or Lord Rhys, Prince of Wales, who rebelled against Richard the Lionheart, and became one of the most powerful Welsh leaders of the Middle Ages.[3][4]
^Professor Thomas Jones Pierce. "RHODRI MAWR ('the Great') (died 877), king of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
^The Houses of Cunedda and Rhodri Mawr, Welsh Medieval Law: The Laws of Howell the Good (1909) by Hywel ap Cadell, translated by Arthur Wade Wade-Evans.
^Thomas Peter Ellis. "Welsh Tribal Law and Custom In The Middle Ages, Volume 1". McMaster University. p. 356. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
^R.A. Griffiths and P.R. Schofield, ed. (2011). Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages, Essays presented to J. Beverley Smith. University of Wales Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780708324479. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
Royal HousesofDinefwr, Mathrafal. The Royal House is deemed to be a historiographical and genealogical term historians use to illustrate the line of succession...
branch of descendants from Rhodri Mawr). Idwal Foel ab Anarawd (Idwal the Bald) (916–942). Hywel Dda ap Cadell (Howell the Good) (942–950) (Dinefwr dynasty...
Dinefwr Park National Nature Reserve Plas Dinefwr, a country house now called Newton House, Llandeilo Baron Dynevor HouseofDinefwr, a royal house of...
realms united under the House of Dinefwr, but that Deheubarth itself was not considered a proper kingdom on the model of Gwynedd, Powys, or Dyfed is shown...
ferch Rhys, of the Welsh royal HouseofDinefwr. Maurice married a daughter of the Norman magnate Arnulf de Montgomery: the Montgomeries, lords of 150 manors...
(942–950) (houseofDinefwr usurped from the Aberffraw line of Manaw) Owain ap Hywel (950–986) (Mathrafal dynasty, cadet branch of the HouseofDinefwr) Maredudd...
The Royal Houseof Mathrafal began as a cadet branch of the Welsh Royal HouseofDinefwr, taking their name from Mathrafal Castle. They effectively replaced...
pp. 38–39. Sir Rhys ap Thomas ofDinefwr, who was Henry's most prominent supporter in Wales, was also a descendant of Rhys. Turvey p. 80. Giraldus Cambrensis...
which in the Middle Ages had been the court of the HouseofDinefwr and one of the three principal royal courts of Wales with Aberffraw and Shrewsbury. The...
descendant of Rhodri Mawr through his father Cadell, Hywel was a member of the Dinefwr branch of the dynasty. He was recorded as King of the Britons...
of Deheubarth, in Wales. His sister was the Princess Nest ferch Rhys. He was the father of Rhys ap Gruffydd, known as 'The Lord Rhys', who was one of...
Carmarthenshire - after 1155) Gwenllian joined her husband at his family seat ofDinefwr in Deheubarth. Deheubarth was struggling against the Norman invasion in...
Rhys ap Tewdwr (c. 1040 – 1093) was a king of Deheubarth in Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great. Following...
11th-century who ruled over the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth. Llywelyn was the son of Seisyll, about whom little is known. He first...
anonymous author of the C text of the Annals of Wales. However, after his defeat at Abergwill and deposition by Llywelyn ap Seisyll of Gwynedd in 1022...
tower, enlarging the peal of bells from eight to ten and by the "reconstruction", or completion, of the cathedral cloisters to house the cathedral choir, vestries...
was a prince of the kingdom of Deheubarth in Southwest Wales. Maredudd was the fifth of six sons of Gruffydd ap Rhys, and the third of four by Gwenllian...
Rhodri ap Hywel (died 964) was a King of Deheubarth in South Wales, and son of Hywel Dda. On Hywel's death in 950 Deheubarth was shared between Rhodri...
uncle of Merfyn the Oppressor, the line of Cunedda continued from the maternal side through the Houseof Aberffraw, and through the HouseofDinefwr through...
(Dinefwr), then another son Merfyn reigned in Powys (Mathrafal emerged as a cadet branch ofDinefwr in the 11th century). Coat of Arms of Royal Houses...
founded the medieval Welsh dynasty, The Houseof Aberffraw on Anglesey, also his other son Cadell founded HouseofDinefwr in Deheubarth, and another son, Merfyn...
documented instance of such a literary festival and competition took place under the patronage of Prince Rhys ap Gruffudd of the HouseofDinefwr at Cardigan...
Dinefwr Castle (also known as Old Dynevor Castle) is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It...
was a prince of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south west Wales. Maredudd was the son of Owain ab Edwin and was hence the male-line heir of Hywel Dda. The...
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