Esmeralda Ribeiro
Esmeralda Ribeiro( born 1958) is a Brazilian journalist and writer of African descent.
She was born in São Paulo and studied journalism at the University of São Paulo.
Ribeiro became a member of Quilombhoje, an Afro -Brazilian literary group, in 1982.
Her first poems appeared in the 1982 anthology" Cadernos negros"( Black notebooks); her first short story" Ogun" appeared in the 1985 anthology.
She later worked with Marcio Barbosa as editor for" Cadernos negros".
Her work was translated into English for the collections" Moving Beyond Boundaries, International Dimension of Black Women's Writing" and" Enfim ... Nos/ Finally ... Us: Escritoras Negras Brasileiras Contemporaneas/ Contemporary Black Brazilian Women Writers", both published in 1995.
In 1988, she published a short novel" Malungos e milongas".
Ribeiro has also worked for the São Paulo state Secretary of Culture.
Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas
Sir Gruffydd ap Rhys( c. 1478–1521)( also known as Griffith Ryce in some antiquarian English sources) was a Welsh nobleman.
He was the son of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, the" de facto" ruler of most of south- west Wales who aided Henry Tudor in his victory on Bosworth Field in 1485 and Efa ferch Henry.
Maelgwn ap Rhys (rebel)
Maelgwn ap Rhys( died 1295, birth unknown) was a rebel and descendant of Maelgwn ap Rhys ap Gruffydd.
HIs father was Rhys Fychan, Geneu'r Glyn's last lord.
On 29 September 1294, Madog ap Llywelyn led a national revolt against King Edward's royal administration in north and west Wales.
While Madog rebelled in the North, Maelgwn ap Rhys led the revolt in Ceredigion.
Maelgwn attempted a siege of Llanbadarn but was unsuccessful.
His campaign also involved heavy raids in Pembroke and Carmarthen, until the earl of Gloucester's men killed Maelgwn in 1295 in a fight near Carmarthen.
Maelgwn had two brothers, Rhys and Gruffydd, both of whom were imprisoned in Norwich until as late as 1308.
Gruffydd ap Rhys II
Gruffydd ap Rhys II( died 25 July 1201) was a prince of Deheubarth in south- west Wales.
Maredudd ap Rhys
Maredudd ap Rhys( fl. 1450-1485), also spelt Meredudd ap Rhys, was a Welsh language poet and priest from Powys.
He was born in gentry, having pedigree blood, as discovered from the Peniarth Manuscripts.
He is thought to have been the bardic tutor to Dafydd ab Edmwnd, and thus won distinction both as a poet and as a poetry teacher.
Gruffydd ap Rhys
Gruffydd ap Rhys( c. 1081 – 1137) was King of Deheubarth, in Wales.
His sister was the Princess Nest ferch Rhys.
He was the father of Rhys ap Gruffydd, known as' The Lord Rhys', who was one of the most successful rulers of Deheubarth during this period.
Gruffydd ap Rhydderch
Gruffydd ap Rhydderch( d. AD 1055) was a king of Gwent and part of the kingdom of Morgannwg in south Wales and later king of Deheubarth.
Gruffydd was the son of Rhydderch ab Iestyn who had been able to take over the kingdom of Deheubarth from 1023 to 1033.
He received the lordship of Caerleon in 1031 and strengthened its fortifications.
Already king of part of Morgannwg, Gruffydd became involved with Deheubarth when that kingdom was taken over from Hywel ab Edwin by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, already king of Gwynedd, in 1044.
Gruffydd ap Rhydderch was however able to expel him in 1045 and became king of Deheubarth himself.
He was said to be a powerful king who stoutly resisted raids by the Danes and attacks by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
In 1055 however Gruffydd ap Llywelyn killed him in battle and recaptured Deheubarth.
In 1049 he is reported raiding up the River Severn in alliance with an Irish Viking Fleet.
His son Caradog ap Gruffydd( who received Caerleon in 1057) also attempted to emulate his father and grandfather by gaining control of Deheubarth but was killed at the Battle of Mynydd Carn.
Vivien ap Rhys Pryce
Vivien Mary ap Rhys Pryce, (born 1937) is a British sculptor.
ap Rhys Pryce has created large public works, including fountains, and also designed medals and trophies.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Rhys ap Rhydderch
Rhys ap Rhydderch was the brother of Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, king of Deheubarth from 1044 to 1055.
Both were the sons of Rhydderch ab Iestyn, who had been able to take over the Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth from 1023 to 1033.
By 1045, he and his brother had secured control of Morgannwg, and the native chronicles mention that in 1045 the two brothers performed some treacherous action against Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, the king of Gwynedd and Powys.
The exact nature of this treachery is not specified, however.
Although both Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and the brothers were rivals to rule Deheubarth, in the end, the two brothers became the rulers of the disputed territory.
In 1049, Gruffydd ap Rhydderch joined with an Irish and Viking raiding party that raided England.
Probably, Rhys was with his brother on this raid into England.
The raid was opposed by Ealdred, the Bishop of Worcester, but the English forces were betrayed by Welsh soldiers serving with the English army, and the Welsh and Viking raiders defeated Ealdred's defenders.
King Edward the Confessor of England ordered the killing of Rhys in reprisal for his raiding of England, the decision being made at the royal court held at Christmas, 1052.
Rhys was killed, according to the D version of the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", because he "did harmful things".
The chronicle of Florence of Worcester recorded a bit more information, stating that Rhys was killed at "Bulendun", which may be Bullen's Bank near Clyro in Radnorshire.
After his death, Rhys' head was brought to King Edward on 5 January 1053.
This left his brother as the only ruler in Deheubarth, but this did not last long, as around 1055, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn attacked the south and killed Gruffydd ap Rhydderch.
This left Gruffydd ap Llywelyn as the sole ruler of Wales, the first Welshman to be so.
Gruffudd ap Rhys
Gruffudd ap Rhys was Archdeacon of Brecon from 1345 until 1366.

Question: Were Esmeralda Ribeiro and Gruffydd Ap Rhys of the same nationality?
Answer: no