Matilda de Braose was the 2nd wife [ citation needed] of Rhys Mechyll, son of Rhys Gryg and grandson of the Lord Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth. [1]
Her parents were Reginald de Braose, Lord of Brecon and Abergavenny (c.1182-1228) and his wife Gwladus (Also known as "Gwladus the Dark Eye") Ddu (Daughter of Gwladus Ferch Llywelyn) (c.1189-1251)
Rhys Mechyll died in 1244 [1] and some time after this Matilda placed the castle of Carreg Cennen in the hands of the Normans. [2]
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." [2]
References
- ^ a b Walker, David (1990). Medieval Wales. Cambridge: CUP. p. 98. ISBN 0-521-31153-5. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ a b Jones, Thomas (trans.) (1973). Brut y Tywysogyon. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 243. ISBN 0-7083-0104-5. Retrieved 16 January 2011.