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Richard Rhys Prince of Wales 1560–1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales

Death Date: 1610

Death Location: Wales

Father: Richard Rhys

Mother: Mary Thomas

Spouse(s): Nest Gruffydd

Children(s): Sir ReesRhys

The story of Richard Rhys Prince of Wales began in 1560 in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales. Richard Rhys Prince of Wales married Nest Verch Gruffydd, and had children including Sir Griffith Reesrhys. Richard Rhys Prince of Wales passed away in 1610 in Wales.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Rhys Prince of Wales began in 1560 in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales.
  • Richard Rhys Prince of Wales married Nest Verch Gruffydd, and had children including Sir Griffith Reesrhys.
  • Richard Rhys Prince of Wales passed away in 1610 in Wales.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Rhys
1525–1588
Birth Location: Tyddyn Tyfod, Merionethshire, , Wales
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Mary Thomas
1540–1647
Birth Location: Merionethshire, Wales
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Spouses(s)

Nest Gruffydd
1563–1653
Birth Location: Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
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Children(s)

Sir ReesRhys
1596–1650
Birth Location: Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales
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Richard Wales's Ancestors

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Richard Wales
1560–1610
Birth Place: Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales
Parents
Richard of Tyddyn Tyfod Ap Gryffydd Rhys
1525–1588
Tyddyn Tyfod, Merionethshire, , Wales
Mary (Verch) Thomas
1540–1647
Merionethshire, Wales
Grandparents
Lady (Countess Katherine Duchess of Bridgewater Howard, Daughter of Thomas) I
1500–1554
Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England -Held anciently by the Thorpe's; passed to the Bourchier's; and held in the time of Henry VII (1485-1509) by Sir John Bourchier, the translator of Froissart, and ancestor of the present Lord Berners.
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Richard Wales's Descendants

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Richard (Rhys Prince of) Wales (1560–1610) m. Nest (Verch) Gruffydd (1563–1653)
  1. 1. Sir (Griffith) ReesRhys 1596–1650 m. Elizabeth ((2) Gwenllian) Wynn 1595–1656
    1. 1. RICHARD (GRYWWTH PRICE) II 1626–1684 m. Margaret ("Hannah" Verch) JONES 1630–1685
      1. 1. Hannah (Richards or Price William (never a Jones, used name of Mother's surname JONES) David Evan, Aged 85, 7Th GM, Wales-3 Ch., Richard, Lowry, Evan, Arr. 1684, Quaker, 3) Husbands 1656–1741 m. *Rees (John William) Jones 1652–1697
        1. 1. RICHARD (BRIGHT ROBERT JONES, 6Th GF, surname from GM, Quaker, Aged 92, Officer, Soldier? NOT Hardley removed to WALES TO START) FAMILY, 1679–1771 m. Jane (Evans Jones, Quaker, 6Th) GM, 1680–1711

Richard Wales's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Richard Rhys Prince of Wales in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales
Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales
1610
1610
Age 50
Death of Richard Rhys Prince of Wales in Wales
Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Wales
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