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Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys 1529 – 1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1529

Birth Location: Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales

Death Date: 8 Aug 1592

Death Location: Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, Middlesex county, England

Father: Rhys Wales

Mother: Lady Rhys

Spouse(s): Gwenlain Morgan

Children(s): Princess Rees

The story of Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" began in 1529 in Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales. Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" married Gwenlain verch Rhys Konan Gwrgeneu Morgan, and had children including Princess Gwendolyn Gwellion Konan Rees. Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" passed away in 1592 in Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, Middlesex county, England.

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  • The story of Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" began in 1529 in Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales.
  • Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" married Gwenlain verch Rhys Konan Gwrgeneu Morgan, and had children including Princess Gwendolyn Gwellion Konan Rees.
  • Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" passed away in 1592 in Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, Middlesex county, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rhys Wales
1500 – 1543
Birth Location: Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
RW
Lady Rhys
1505 – 1543
Birth Location: Coed Rhath, Pembrokshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
LR

Spouses(s)

Gwenlain Morgan
1543 – 1624
Birth Location: Brithdir, Gelli-gaer, Glamorganshire, Wales
GM

Children(s)

Princess Rees
1585 – 1660
Birth Location: Llandaff, Glamorganshire, Wales
PR

Griffith Rhys's Ancestors

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Griffith Rhys
1529 – 1592
Birth Place: Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales
Parents
Rhys ap Owain Tudur Fychan Gruffudd, Prince of South Wales
1500 – 1543
Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Lady (Elspeth Verch) Rhys
1505 – 1543
Coed Rhath, Pembrokshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Margaret Croft
1467 – 1540
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Griffith Rhys's Descendants

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Griffith (High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap) Rhys (4 Feb 1529 – 8 Aug 1592) m. Gwenlain (verch Rhys Konan Gwrgeneu) Morgan (1543 – 1624)
  1. 1. Princess (Gwendolyn Gwellion Konan) Rees (1585 – 1660) m. David (Wynne of Dinevwar Rhys (Rees)) (Wales) (1580 – 26 Feb 1645)
    1. 1. Thomas Rhys** (1617 – 1696) m. Anne (Edmund) Debrewys (1621 – 1689)
      1. 1. Sarah Morgan (1652 – 11 Oct 1729) m. James (“Jeremiah”) Morgan (1648 – 28 Apr 1695)
        1. 1. Amy Morgan (1689 – 3 May 1762) m. John Davies (1689 – 4 Apr 1745)

Griffith Rhys's Timeline

2 Records

1529
4 Feb 1529
Birth of Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" in Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales
Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales
1592
8 Aug 1592
Age 63
Death of Griffith High Sheriff of Caermarthen Rice ap Rhys "King of South Wales" in Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, Middlesex county, England
Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, Middlesex county, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1529
    Event Place: Newton, Carmathamshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Aug 1592
    Event Place: Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, Middlesex county, England
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