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Rhiryd ap Bleddyn

Welsh king of Powys

Field	Value
name	Rhiryd ap Bleddyn
King of Powys
birth_date
death_date
death_place	Powys, Wales
father	Bleddyn ap Cynfyn
children	2+, including Madog
relatives	Maredudd ap Bleddyn (brother)
Owain ap Cadwgan (nephew)

King of Powys Owain ap Cadwgan (nephew) Rhiryd ap Bleddyn (1049–1088) was a Welsh king of Powys. He was a son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and Haer verch Gyllin.

He was killed in Powys in the same battle against Rhys ap Tewdwr that killed his brother, Madog ap Bleddyn.

His wife is unknown. He had two sons, Madog and Ithel. Rhiryd's brother, Maredudd, captured Madog and turned him over to their nephew, Owain ap Cadwgan, who blinded him. Maredudd's son, Gruffudd, killed Ithel in 1125.

References

"BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (Died 1075), prince".

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