Rhydderch ap Iestyn (died 1033) was king of Gwent and Morgannwg in south Wales and later took over the kingdom of Deheubarth and controlled Powys. Comparatively little has been recorded about Rhydderch ab Iestyn in the annals. He appears to have originally been ruler of Gwent and Morgannwg, where his son later continued to have his power base. When Llywelyn ap Seisyll, king of

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and Deheubarth died unexpectedly in 1023, Rhydderch was able to seize Deheubarth, apparently by force of arms. In 1033 Rhydderch is recorded by Brut y Tywysogion as having been slain by the Irish, but with no explanation of the circumstances. The kingdom of Deheubarth returned to the original dynasty in the form of

Hywel ab Edwin Hywel ap Edwin (died 1044) was king of Deheubarth in south Wales from 1033 to 1043. Hywel was the son of Edwin ap Einion and great-grandson of Hywel Dda. When the previous king, Rhydderch ap Iestyn, who had usurped the throne, died in 1033 Hywel ...

and his brother Maredudd. A battle between Hywel and his brother and the sons of Rhydderch is recorded the following year. In 1045 Rhydderch's son, Gruffydd ap Rhydderch was able to seize Deheubarth from Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and held it for ten years until Gruffydd regained it. Rhydderch had at least three sons, they were as follows: * Gruffydd ap Rhydderch (died 1055), King of Morgannwg and Deheubarth, killed in battle against Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. *Caradog ap Rhydderch (died 1035), killed by the "Saxons". *

Rhys ap Rhydderch Rhys ap Rhydderch was the brother of Gruffydd ap Rhydderch,Maund ''Welsh Kings'' pp. 88–90 king of Deheubarth from 1044 to 1055.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 52 Both were the sons of Rhydderch ab Iestyn, who had been able ...

(died 5 January 1053), put to death by order of King

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John Edward Lloyd Sir John Edward Lloyd (5 May 1861 – 20 June 1947) was a Welsh historian, He was the author of the first serious history of the country's formative years, ''A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest'' (1911). Ano ...

''A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest'' (Longmans, Green & Co.) * Thomas Jones, ed. ''Brut y Tywysogion: Peniarth MS. 20 version'' (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1952) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhydderch Ap Iestyn 1033 deaths Monarchs of Deheubarth Monarchs of Gwent Monarchs of Morgannwg 11th-century Welsh monarchs Year of birth unknown Monarchs of Glywysing